Scott Peters, a Co-President with JEGI, represents a wide array of consumer and business information, marketing services and online media companies in an M&A advisory capacity. Having successfully completed over 75 transactions with JEGI, Mr. Peters offers clients a comprehensive understanding of the media, information and marketing services industries, with extensive sell-side, buy-side and advisory expertise.

Mr. Peters offers a unique blend of traditional investment banking and direct operating experience. Before rejoining JEGI, he was the co-founder of AngelSociety, an information, communications and transaction company serving the early stage investing or 'angel' investing market. Prior to his initial employment with JEGI, Mr. Peters was with Veronis Suhler Stevenson, where he served as director of research and later, director of business development for the investment bank and private equity fund.

Mr. Peters currently serves as a Media & Entertainment Sector advisor to The New York City Investment Fund ("NYCIF"). NYCIF was founded by Henry R. Kravis and is a $100 million, New York City-based private fund with a civic mission. Mr. Peters also serves on the Advisory Board of Columbia Business School’s Social Enterprise Program.

Mr. Peters earned an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BBA from Babson College.

Interested parties may contact Mr. Peters via e-mail, or at the firm's address.

Notable engagements include:

• The sale of Experient to Maritz Travel;
• The sale of Future's US Music Division to NewBay Media;
• The sale of Cycle World to Bonnier;
• The sale of Sequence Personal to R.R. Donnelley;
• The sale of Journalism Online to R.R. Donnelley;
• The sale of Highline Financial to Thomson Reuters;
• The sale of mSnap to Marketron;
• The sale of Forbes' Investopedia to ValueClick;
• The $12 million investment in Edgar Online by Bain Capital Ventures;
• The sale of Burton Group to Gartner;
• The sale of Polaris Library Systems to PLS Partners;
• The Acquisition by Guggenheim Partners and Pluribus Capital of Leading Media Brands, including Hollywood Reporter, from Nielsen Business Media;
• The sale of Legal Research Systems to West Law, a unit of Thomson Reuters;
• The sale of Strategic Insight to Asset International;
• The sale of mobile advertising network mSnap to SmartReply;
• The sale of Compliance Week to Haymarket Media;
• A strategic investment in Undertone Networks by JMI Equity;
• The sale of Hallmark Data Systems (Tinicum Capital Partners) to EBSCO Industries;
• The sale of Medical Knowledge Group to CIVC Partners;
• The sale of Money Media to Pearson;
• The sale of iParenting Media to The Walt Disney Company;
• The merger of Festival Network and Festival Productions and then the subsequent $10 million financing of Festival Network by Guggenheim Partners;
• The sale of Phillips International’s Phillips Investment Resources to Avista Capital Partners;
• The sale of Pfingsten Partners’ Pfingsten Publishing to Summit Business Media (Wind Point Partners);
• The sale of Great Hill Partners’ Action Media to Action Pursuit Group (Apprise Media);
• The sale of Yoga Journal to Active Interest Media (Wind Point Partners);
• The sale of Asian Venture Capital Journal to Incisive Media;
• The sale of Vibe magazine to The Wicks Group of Companies;
• The sale of Evanta to dmg world media;
• The sale of Governance Institute to National Research Corporation; and
• The sale of Gold Standard to Elsevier.