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Harrison Group, Has Agreed to be Acquired by YouGov plc
8/12/2010
DeSilva+Phillips, Mediabankers™, announces the sale of Harrison Group LLC, a leading marketing and strategic research consulting firm headquartered in Waterbury, CT, to YouGov plc (Symbol: LSE: YOU, Stock Market: London Stock Exchange), a global market leader in survey and market research, political polling, panel management, research operations and business consulting.
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DeSilva+Phillips Manages BN Media, LLC's Acquisition of Beliefnet from News Corporation
6/29/2010
(PRWEB) June 29, 2010 -- DeSilva+Phillips (http://www.mediabankers.com), a leading merger and acquisition advisor to the media, communications and digital technology industries, reported that it managed the recent acquisition of Beliefnet(http://www.beliefnet.com), the Web’s leading multi-faith inspiration and spirituality site, by BN Media (Norfolk, VA), an entity that includes the investors behind Cross Bridge (http://www.crossbridge.com) and Affinity4 (http://www.affinity4.com), from News Corporation.
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DeSilva Phillips, Mediabankers client PEI Sells Broadband World Forum to Informa Telecoms & Media
11/13/2009
DeSilva Phillips, Mediabankers ™ announces that its client ProfessionalEducation International (PEI), a leader in the information and communications technology conference arena, has sold Broadband World Forum, sponsored by the International Engineering Consortium (IEC), and the Broadband InfoVision Awards to Informa Telecoms & Media, a leading provider of business intelligence and strategic services to the global telecommunications and media markets.
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DeSilva+Phillips Client Move Inc. sells Welcome Wagon business to South Florida Media Group
6/26/2009
DeSilva+Phillips announces that its client Move, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOVE), the national leader in online real estate, has sold its Welcome Wagon business to South Florida Media Group, a hyper-local community advertising company based in Boca Raton, Florida.
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DeSilva+Phillips client Hachette Filipacchi US Media sells 5 Titles to Bonnier
6/3/2009
DeSilva+Phillips announces that its client Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. (HFM U.S.) sold five magazine titles to Bonnier Corp.: Popular Photography, Flying, Boating, Sound & Vision and American Photography. HFM U.S. made the decision to divest these brands as part of its strategy to consolidate and expand its primary automotive and women's media content areas.
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DeSilva+Phillips client Microsoft Corporation sells Franchise Gator subsidiary to Landmark Interactive
4/7/2009
DeSilva+Phillips, Mediabankers™ announces that its client Microsoft Corporation has sold FranchiseGator.com, a Microsoft Corporation Subsidiary, to Landmark Interactive, a division of
Landmark Media Enterprises LLC, a diversified media and communications company.
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Digital Media Leaders speaking at DeSilva+Phillips Media Dealmakers Summit February 5
2/1/2009
DeSilva+Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, announces that its seventh annual Media Dealmakers Summit, taking place at The Pierre, New York City, on February 5th, will feature half-a-dozen leading figures from the digital media industry - most of them active in last year's M&A market. They include leaders and key dealmakers from Comcast Interactive, IDG Ventures SF, LBi International AB Softbank Capital, Rho Capital Partners, and Waterfront Media, who will be addressing a by-invitation-only audience of the most active strategics and financials in the media industries.
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DeSilva+Phillips announces new Operational Restructuring Group
12/2/2008
DeSilva+Phillips, media investment bankers, has launched an Operational Restructuring practice. The practice will advise media companies, private equity funds and commercial lenders who seek assistance with financial performance issues in the current economy and debt markets.
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DeSilva+Phillips client Ripple6, social media tech company, sold to Gannett
11/18/2008
DeSilva+Phillips, media investment bankers, announces that its client Ripple6, Inc., a leading provider of social media services, has been sold to Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI). Ripple6 will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Gannett and will continue to offer its best of breed social media technology and analytics not only to Gannett but also to an array of top tier marketers and Web publishers. DeSilva+Phillips represented Ripple6 in the transaction.
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The Winners Circle sold to Barron's
9/29/2008
DeSilva+Phillips, media investment bankers, announces that its client, The Winner’s Circle® Organization, was sold to Barron's, published by Dow Jones & Company. The Winner’s Circle Organization, based in Boca Raton, Florida, is a co-producer of conferences and a consulting firm which provides analysis of financial advisory practices and rankings of advisors based on assets under management, revenue generation and practice quality.
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