News this week: Earlier this week, The Jordan,
Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI), released its U.S.-focused media M&A report
for the first three quarters of 2013. In the nine-month period, a total of
1,057 media-related transactions were recorded with a value of US$67.5 billion.
That compares to 1,047 transactions valued at US$55 billion recorded in the
same period last year. JEGI noted the giant merger of ad agencies Publicis/Omnicom
accounted for US$21.9 billion of that figure. Excluding that deal, the overall
transaction value decreased by 23%.
In the first nine months of 2013, the B2B online media &
technology sector recorded 53 transactions with a deal value of US$402 million
– a drop of 97% in terms of deal value compared to the US$11.7 billion recorded
in 2012. In the same period last year, the US$11.7 billion were spread across
70 transactions – including the US$7.1 billion Alibaba/Yahoo buy back deal.
Meanwhile, in 2013, the B2B media sector’s deal value
increased 80% from US$235 million to US$423 million, with transactions increasing
from 24 to 29. The exhibitions & conferences sector posted 45 transactions in
the first nine months of the year - valued US$2.3 billion. This compares
favourably to the 38 transactions valued at US$646 million in the same period last
year.
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