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Industry Moves: Sky Mobile Head, Yomego New MD, Bauer’s New Digi Director - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 07 Aug 2008 01:18 AM PST

-- Sky: BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) has moved quickly to replace outgoing mobile head Tim Satchell, today appointing biz dev director Emma Lloyd in his place. Before Sky, Lloyd was MD…

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Bauer To Start Buying In Video, Go Pay-For, Hires Blinkx Exec - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 23 Jul 2008 04:00 PM PST

Bauer Media is to start buying in video to run across its network of magazine websites. It’s hired Blinkx’s content acquisition director Marco Nadotti to a newly created position of…

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Industry Moves: Absolute Radio Takes Digital Director From Bauer - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 15 Jul 2008 03:56 AM PST

New Virgin Radio owner Absolute Radio will use Bauer Performance digital director Chris Lawson to fill the hole created by the loss of Andy Gumbridge from its equivalent position last…

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Industry Moves: BSkyB, ITV, LinkedIn Tool Up For Ads; More Emap/Bauer Departures - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 28 May 2008 05:41 AM PST

-- BSkyB: BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is adding Times Media digital commercial director Giles Ivey, who joined the newspaper group in October, to head portal sales, with existing director Paul Wright…

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Emap B2B Restructures As Four Units; Separate Online Strategy For Each - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 12 May 2008 06:31 AM PST

Two months after leaving the Informa helm, new Emap (LSE: EMA) CEO David Gilbertson is restructuring the B2B company following its acquisition by GMG/Apax in December. The former Emap Communications…

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Magazines 2008: B2B ‘The Place To Be’ As GMG/Apax Go For Data - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 06 May 2008 07:49 AM PST

Leaders of the Apax/Guardian Media Group alliance confirmed their belief in B2B publishing’s ability to weather an economic storm, at Magazines 2008, the Periodical Publishers Association’s annual conference, this morning.…

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Industry Moves: Current Hires First UK New Media Head From Bauer - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 24 Apr 2008 02:04 AM PST

Al Gore-backed progressive video network Current has appointed Bauer Consumer Media digital business director Rebekah Billingsley as its first UK new media director. She leaves the former Emap (LSE: EMA),…

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Broadband Content Bits: FHM.com/MoMedia; Five VOD; ITV/BT - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 15 Apr 2008 03:39 AM PST

-- FHM.com/MoMedia: Mobile and web video production house MoMedia, in which Endemol owns a stake, has signed a deal with Bauer (formerly Emap) men’s mag site FHM.com to supply Kamikaze…

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Informa Loses CEO Gilbertson To New-Look Emap B2B; Centaur Review? - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 17 Mar 2008 01:09 AM PST

Apax and Guardian Media Group have poached Informa CEO David Gilbertson to the B2B publishing division of Emap (LSE: EMA) they bought for £1.2 billion before Christmas. In a statement…

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Industry Moves: Ex-Emap CEO Moloney Joins Healthcare Info Publisher Dr Foster - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 10 Mar 2008 09:24 AM PST

Former Emap (LSE: EMA) CEO Tom Moloney has joined healthcare information publisher Dr Foster Intelligence (DFI) in the same position. DFI is a JV with the NHS, powering its NHS…

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GMG/Apax To Merge Emap B2B With Incisive: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Sun 23 Dec 2007 07:54 AM PST

Incisive Media CEO Tim Weller has been invited to take charge of a new outfit formed from the merger of his company and Emap’s (LSE: EMA) B2B unit, Telegraph.co.uk says,…

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Guardian Media and Apax Buy Emap’s B2B Division For £1 Billion; May Merge Some Mags With Incisive - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 21 Dec 2007 10:04 AM PST

So ends the saga of Emap, (LSE: EMA) one of the biggest magazine companies to ever exist in UK. It has sold off its remaining division, the B2B media unit,…

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Emap Sells Consumer, Radio Units To Bauer, Focuses On B2B - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 07 Dec 2007 01:53 AM PST

Emap (LSE: EMA) will sell its consumer magazines and radio divisions to H. Bauer for £1.14 billion, it announced in the early hours of this morning. Two caveats - shareholders…

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More on Emap: Digital Revenues Up 23 Percent; Breakup on Track - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 13 Nov 2007 11:12 AM PST

We reported on Emap (LSE: EMA) results earlier today, and some further numbers on the digital side: its total revenues were up 23 percent...see the chart on the right. OF…

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Earnings: Emap Profit Slides, Six More Integrated Portals Planned - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 13 Nov 2007 02:00 AM PST

Emap’s (LSE: EMA) figures for the six months to September 30 have given bidders a few bargaining chips - circulation, ads, revenue and profit are all down. The publisher said…

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M&A Rumour Mill: ITV Tempts Apax, Hearst Ups Emap Interest - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 05 Nov 2007 03:05 AM PST

From the Sunday papers… - ITV: Private equity super-house Apax is interested in making another bid for ITV, anonymous “sources” tell the Financial Mail. Apax circled the broadcaster with big…

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Emap: More Details On The £2.5 Billion Sell Off - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Fri 12 Oct 2007 02:09 AM PST

A group of private equity houses and rival media companies have made it through to the second round of bidding for the assets of UK publishers Emap, which has said…

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Hearst ‘Bids For Emap Magazines’ - Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Sun 07 Oct 2007 01:25 PM PST

Update: Hearst has made an indicative offer of £700 million for the consumer division of Emap (LSE: EMA), reports the FT today (Monday, 8 October). It also reports that Phil…

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@ AOP: Mobile Publishers Disagree, Find Different Fortunes On Open Web - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 03 Oct 2007 07:52 AM PST

- FT.com: FT.com is now getting 97 percent of its mobile traffic from off-portal sources, having almost entirely ditched relationships with network operators. “We’ve gone thoroughly commando,” FT’s mobile business…

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Earnings Preview: Emap, Future Concentrate On Online Development - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 27 Sep 2007 01:34 AM PST

- Emap (LSE: EMA): The magazine and radio group issued a realistic trading update for the half-year to September, ahead of its official half-year results on November 13. B2B division…

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Emap Off-Loads Aussie Magazines Division To ACP For £38 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 12 Sep 2007 07:34 AM PST

Emap is selling its Australian consumer magazines business, Emap Australia, to ACP Magazines for AUS $94 million (£38 million) in cash as part of the strategic review that will likely…

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Industry Moves UK: Emap; Virgin Radio - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 20 Aug 2007 05:16 PM PST

- Emap: The magazine publisher’s consumer division has appointed the second and third of its planned three digital directors. Ralph Percival, e-commerce director at camera retailer Jessops, will head digital…

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Emap Buys Online Retail Publisher Planet Retail For $45 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 17 Aug 2007 08:25 AM PST

U.K. magazine publisher and radio operator Emap has bought Planet Retail, an online B2B publisher of news to the global retail and food industries, for a hefty £23 million ($45…

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Emap Considers Complete Or Partial Sale; Break-Up Likely - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 27 Jul 2007 05:43 AM PST

After repeatedly stating it was not an option, U.K. magazine publisher Emap (LSE: EMA.L) has put itself up for sale. It just announced it has called in Citi and Lazard,…

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Broadband Content Bits UK/EU: BSkyB/Jalipo; C4/Emap; Nuts TV; YouTube - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 24 Jul 2007 05:19 AM PST

-- Jalipo-BSkyB: BSkyB has signed a distribution agreement with new service Jalipo that puts its Sky News 24/7 rolling TV news channel on the recently-launched U.K. web TV platform. Jalipo…

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