PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/189723.xml PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 DeSilva+Phillips, Mediabankers ™ Client Move, Inc. Sells Welcome Wagon to South Florida Media Group http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2575624.htm DeSilva+Phillips, Mediabankers ™ announces that its client Move, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOVE), the 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. (PRWeb Jun 26, 2009)

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]]> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2575624.htm DeSilva+Phillips, Mediabankers, Client Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. Sells Five Major Magazine Brands to Bonnier Corp http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2496474.htm DeSilva+Phillips, the Mediabankers ™ client Hachette Filipacchi Media 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. (PRWeb Jun 4, 2009)

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]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2496474.htm Martha Stewart to speak at DeSilva + Phillips Future of Celebrity Media Conference http://www.prweb.com/releases/desilvaphillips/marthastewart/prweb2384954.htm Martha Stewart will discuss her use of the Twitter medium at the upcoming DeSilva + Phillips, Mediabankers(tm) conference, The Future of Celebrity Media. This morning conference takes place before an invited audience May 14th at the Tribeca Film Center in New York, and other speakers include the most notable editors, executives and entrepreneurs of celebrity media both print and online. There is no charge for attendance, but space is limited and invitations must be requested from DeSilva+Phillips, Mediabankers, a leading media investment bank in New York City. (PRWeb May 4, 2009)

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]]> Mon, 04 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/desilvaphillips/marthastewart/prweb2384954.htm DeSilva+Phillips, Mediabankers(TM) Announces The Future of Celebrity Media Conference May 14 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2351634.htm DeSilva+Phillips, Mediabankers(TM) announces The Future of Celebrity Media conference, with an invited audience May 14, 2009, at the Tribeca Film Center in New York. There is no charge for attendance, but invitations must be requested. (PRWeb Apr 23, 2009)

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2351634.htm DeSilva+Phillips, Mediabankers™ Client Microsoft Corporation Sells Franchise Gator subsidiary to Landmark Interactive http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2306054.htm 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. (PRWeb Apr 8, 2009)

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]]> Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2306054.htm Digital Media Leaders to Speak at DeSilva+Phillips Media Dealmakers Summit February 5 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1914334.htm 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. Speakers 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. (PRWeb Jan 27, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1914334.htm DeSilva+Phillips Releases Annual Media M&A Report on the Worst Year for Media M&A of the Century http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1818684.htm DeSilva+Phillips, media investment bankers, releases its annual Media M&A Report 2009. It will surprise no one that 2008 was the worst year of the century for media deals of the century, with 109 deals totaling just over $2 billion in value in those sectors of the media market it has been tracking for a dozen years What is surprising, perhaps, is that compared with other years of this decade, the 2008 numbers are not that much worse. There have been three years since 2000 when the total deal volume in our media sectors was less than $3 billion -- 2003, at 2.7 billion, 2004 at 2.9 billion, and 2008 at $2.0 billion. In the deal count, this year's 108 deals topped the counts in 2000, 2002 and 2003, and in fact does not look far behind the deal count of recent years. (PRWeb Jan 4, 2009)

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]]> Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1818684.htm DeSilva+Phillips Announces New Operational Restructuring Group http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1690854.htm 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. (PRWeb Dec 2, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1690854.htm DeSilva+Phillips Client TDA Group Sold to CyberMedia http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb772994.htm DeSilva + Phillips, media investment bankers, announces that its client The TDA Group has been acquired by CyberMedia, the largest specialty media house in South Asia and India's premier technology media company. (PRWeb Mar 15, 2008)

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]]> Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb772994.htm DeSilva+Phillips' New White Paper on Online Advertising Networks M&A Prospects http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb771664.htm DeSilva + Phillips, media investment bankers, announces the release of its new White Paper on online advertising networks. Ad Networks: Monetizing the Long Tail analyzes the online ad network business from the M&A perspective in the wake of Google's acquisition of DoubleClick. DeSilva+Phillips concludes that, despite expectations of decline, there are strong prospects for revenue growth, profit, scale, and M&A activity among the ad networks that remain. (PRWeb Mar 14, 2008)

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]]> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb771664.htm DeSilva+Phillips Client Virgo Publishing Sold to Arlington Capital Partners http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb725624.htm DeSilva+Phillips, media investment bankers, announces that Virgo Publishing has been sold to Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington, DC based private-equity fund with more than $1 billion of committed capital under management. DeSilva+Phillips advised Virgo Publishing, a portfolio company of Seaport Capital, in the transaction. (PRWeb Feb 27, 2008)

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]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb725624.htm DeSilva+Phillips Client Ascend Media Sells Healthcare Division to Intellisphere http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb692853.htm DeSilva Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, announced that its client Ascend Media has sold its Healthcare Division, which consists of multiple titles, to Intellisphere, publisher of the MDNG (MD Net Guide) series of medical magazines and Web sites. This deal is DeSilva Phillips' 9th healthcare media transaction since January 2007. (PRWeb Feb 13, 2008)

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]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb692853.htm DeSilva+Phillips' Client CBI Research Sold to Advanstar http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb683793.htm DeSilva+Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, announced that its client CBI Research, Inc. (CBI), a provider of live and electronic conferences for senior-level executives in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, has been sold to Advanstar Communications, Inc., a leading worldwide media company. (PRWeb Feb 8, 2008)

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]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb683793.htm DeSilva+Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, releases 2008 Media M&A Report http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb658113.htm DeSilva+Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, releases its tenth annual Report on the Media M&A Marketplace, which assesses and analyzes the near-record year of 2007 and predicting trends for 2008. 2007 was the year that the long dormant consumer magazine sector exploded with acquisitions and the long-awaited storming of digital media properties by traditional media companies finally took place. There were 135 transactions in the sector, down slightly from 2006 but more than any other year in the past ten, and deal value was $9.6 billion - less than half of 2006. DeSilva+Phillips is cautiously optimistic for media deals in 2008. (PRWeb Jan 29, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb658113.htm DeSilva+Phillips Announces Media Dealmakers Summit 2008, February 7th, Featuring Chris Saridakis, Chief Digital Officer, Gannett Co., as Keynote Speaker http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb642461.htm DeSilva + Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, announces the sixth annual DeSilva+Phillips Media Dealmakers Summit, which takes place at the Pierre, New York City, on Thursday, February 7th, 2008. Chris Saridakis, Chief Digital Officer, Gannett, will be the keynote, with 24 other leading media dealmakers and opinion leaders. The full-day event takes place at The Pierre, New York City, on February 7th. (PRWeb Jan 23, 2008)

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]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb642461.htm DeSilva + Phillips Client Ascend Media's Expo Magazine Sold to Red 7 Media http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/11/prweb566329.htm DeSilva + Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, announced the sale of its client Ascend Media's Expo Magazine to Red 7 Media, a B2B media company based in Norwalk, Connecticut. (PRWeb Nov 5, 2007)

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]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/11/prweb566329.htm DeSilva + Phillips Client Dedicated Marketing Solutions Sold to UK-based Media Initiatives Group (MIG) http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb563392.htm DeSilva + Phillips, media investment bankers, announces that its client Dedicated Marketing Solutions, known as Dedicated Networks, one of America's leading performance marketing networks, has been acquired by London-based Media Initiatives Group, better known as MIG, the UK's largest independent media sales house. (PRWeb Oct 25, 2007)

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]]> Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb563392.htm DeSilva + Phillips Client Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy Forms Exclusive 25-year Strategic Alliance with Reed Exhibitions http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/09/prweb551986.htm DeSilva + Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, announced that its client, the Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy, has entered into a 25-year agreement with Reed Exhibitions in which Reed will serve as the exclusive provider for its multi-educational suite of Continuing Medical Education (CME) offerings. Massachusetts General Hospital's Psychiatry department will focus on analyzing education needs of psychiatrists in order to design quality content aimed at improving patient outcomes, while Reed Medical Education will concentrate on audience development, marketing, and logistics. Jointly, the two entities will work on growing the program internationally, developing patient education programs and developing new education delivery methods for the psychiatric community. The MGH Department of Psychiatry has been ranked #1 by US News and World Report's Survey of America's best hospitals for the past 12 consecutive years. (PRWeb Sep 8, 2007)

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]]> Sat, 08 Sep 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/09/prweb551986.htm DeSilva + Phillips Client Euromoney Institutional Investor Sells Engel Publishing Partners to Canon Communications http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/09/prweb551151.htm DeSilva + Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, announces that its client, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, has sold Engel Publishing Partners, publishers of Med Ad News, R&D Directions and PharmaLive.com, to Canon Communications LLC, a portfolio company of Apprise Media LLC. (PRWeb Sep 5, 2007)

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]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/09/prweb551151.htm DeSilva + Phillips Client Ascend Media Sells Professional Services Division to BNP Media http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/09/prweb550837.htm DeSilva + Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, announced the acquisition of its client Ascend Media's Professional Services Division by BNP Media, a B2B media company headquartered in Troy, Michigan. (PRWeb Sep 2, 2007)

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]]> Sun, 02 Sep 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/09/prweb550837.htm DeSilva + Phillips' Client Beauty Schools Directory Acquired by Higher Ed Marketing Firm http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb541887.htm DeSilva + Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, announces the acquisition of its client, Beauty Schools Directory, a recruitment and enrollment lead generation company for the beauty school industry, by PlattForm Holdings, a marketing, advertising and public relations firm specializing in enrollment solutions for higher education and all branches of the U.S. military. PlattForm Holdings is a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners of Washington, D.C. (PRWeb Jul 25, 2007)

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]]> Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb541887.htm DeSilva + Phillips' Client Mediabistro.com Acquired by Jupitermedia for $23 Million http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb541912.htm DeSilva + Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, announces the acquisition of its client Mediabistro.com by Jupitermedia Corporation for $23 million. Mediabistro.com, founded by CEO Laurel Touby in 1993, is the leading provider of career services and other resources to professionals working in the content/creative industries. Jupitermedia Corporation is an Internet research company which also sells photographs and art images. (PRWeb Jul 24, 2007)

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]]> Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb541912.htm DeSilva + Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, Announces Completion of Wicks Business Information Sale to Summit Business Media http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb539565.htm DeSilva + Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, announced the sale of its client Wicks Business Information, a publishing and professional education company serving financial services, accounting and legal professionals in North America, to Summit Business Media, LLC, a leading business-to-business media and information company serving the insurance, financial and professional services markets. (PRWeb Jul 14, 2007)

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]]> Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb539565.htm DeSilva+Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, Announces 'October 2007 Healthcare Media M&A Summit' http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/06/prweb531899.htm DeSilva + Phillips, media investment bankers, announces a major conference on deal-making in the healthcare communications and information market -- The DeSilva + Phillips Healthcare Media M&A Summit. The full-day event will be held on October 4, 2007, at the New York Academy of Sciences in New York City. (PRWeb Jun 9, 2007)

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]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/06/prweb531899.htm Moe Levitt to Lead Healthcare Communications Practice for DeSilva+Phillips Media Investment Bankers http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb523702.htm DeSilva+Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, has named Morris "Moe" Levitt to lead its active healthcare communications practice, providing M&A advisory services to medical and healthcare publlishers, CME providers, marketing services companies and others. Dr. Levitt was formerly founder and CEO of Bio-IT World, a division of IDG, and a senior executive at Advanstar and PennWell. DeSilva+Phillips is the leading investment bank for the healthcare communications industry. (PRWeb May 4, 2007)

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]]> Fri, 04 May 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb523702.htm DeSilva + Phillips' Client Physicians Practice Has been Acquired by United Business Media http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb523402.htm Physicians Practice, LLC, headquartered in Baltimore, MD, has been acquired by United Business Media's CMPMedica. CMPMedia willl add Physicians Practice's journal of the same name to its offerings of media products to primary care physicians in the U.S. DeSilva+Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, advised Physicians Practice in the transaction. (PRWeb May 2, 2007)

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]]> Wed, 02 May 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb523402.htm DeSilva & Phillips Announces IEG's Acquisition by WPP's GroupM http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/04/prweb375463.htm DeSilva & Phillips announces that its client, Chicago-based IEG, Inc., the world's leading provider of research, analytics, strategic counsel and training on sponsorship, strategic alliances and promotional partnerships, has been acquired by GroupM, a WPP company. DeSilva & Phillips advised IEG, Inc. in the transaction. (PRWeb Apr 27, 2006)

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]]> Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/04/prweb375463.htm Online Advertising Provider Falk eSolutions AG Acquired by Digital Media Expert DoubleClick Inc. - Announced by Media Investment Bankers DeSilva & Phillips http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/03/prweb362385.htm DoubleClick says that the acquisition of the online advertising expertise of Falk eSolutions AG will provide “significant expansion of European digital media service delivery; Customers will benefit from expanded global presence and localization capabilities.” (PRWeb Mar 23, 2006)

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