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'05 M&A Outlook: Influx of Private Equity Makes B2B a Seller's Market

Ist Teil von

• MIN's B 2 B, 2005-01, Vol.8 (2), p.1

Ort / Verlag

Potomac: Access Intelligence LLC

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

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• Media mavens who've been singing the death knell for B2B magazines might ponder this: If print is so yesterday, why, according to deal activity figures released last week by media broker Jordan Edmiston Group, Inc., did valuations on 2004 B2B print deals soar 237.7%? One partial answer might be: So they could be packaged with complementary online media offerings--whose '04 deal value jumped nearly 200%--a to achieve broader market coverage, especially among hungry, relatively new (but very well financed) private equity players that are eager to clinch deals soon. Indeed, jegi-charted 2004 deal activity (see above) in three major sectors that impact B2B--Magazines (+237.7% in dollar values), Exhibitions/ Conferences (+752.8%), and Online Media (+198.5%)--speak to a much greater demand for B2B products, both as investment and info source, than some might have expected.