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Reed Business Sale: Apax Sitting Out For Now; Parts To Be Broken Up; U.S. To Be Sold Separately - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 24 Apr 2008 03:05 PM PST

So some reality check coming into the sale process of Reed Business Information, the business publishing arm of Reed Elsevier (NYSE: RUK) . We have learned that Apax, initially thought…

Inside The Deals: Reed Elsevier Tests The Market - 1 Comment
Posted By Steve Rosenbush - Tue 11 Mar 2008 06:43 AM PST

Ed’s Note: Welcome to Inside The Deals, a weekly column about M&A in the media written by veteran business journalist Steve Rosenbush. Steve is based in New York, and previously…

More On Reed Business: Apax Considering A Bid - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 22 Feb 2008 04:19 PM PST

As I chalked out on some of the possible options yesterday for Reed Business, it seems Apax is already considering a bid, according to Times UK. UBS has been appointed…

Thus Ends Audible’s Tyranny Of Low Profile - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 31 Jan 2008 10:14 AM PST

Thus ends the long story of Audible (NSDQ: ADBL). I have always had a particular affinity with Audible, ever since I started paidContent.org in 2002 and two years prior. It…

GMG/Apax To Merge Emap B2B With Incisive: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 24 Dec 2007 06:52 AM PST

As was noted before when we reported on the Emap (LSE: EMA) B2B buyout by Apax+Guardian combined, London-based Incisive Media CEO Tim Weller has been invited to take charge of…

Guardian Media And Apax Buy Emap’s B2B Division For $2 Billion; May Merge Some Mags With Incisive - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 21 Dec 2007 10:14 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,…

Apax Selling Off Its Stake in Audible - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 15 Dec 2007 08:44 AM PST

Private equity firm Apax Partners, which has been a long time investor in spoken word digital audio firm Audible, (NSDQ: ADBL) is in the process of selling off its stake…