Consumer Media
JEGI is the leading investment banking firm serving the Consumer Media sector, spanning the following core products:
- Print – magazines, newsletters, custom publishing, newspapers, books, and shoppers;
- Live Events – consumer shows, conferences, and seminars; and
- Online Media – advertising- and content-driven products and services.
Since 1987, the firm has represented the owners of a wide array of consumer media assets, including the completion of a number of consumer online media M&A transactions, such as:
- The sale of iParenting, a leading publisher of online communities for parents and parents-to-be, to The Walt Disney Company;
- The sale of Healia, a consumer health search engine, to Meredith;
- The sale of Gorilla Nation Media's Quizilla.com teen Web portal to Viacom's MTV Networks division;
- The sale of Thomson Corporation's Peterson's College Guides division to Nelnet;
- The Series A funding of Bandalong, an instant messaging entertainment company, by Baker Capital; and
- The sale of Infogate to AOL (Time Warner).
Other recent consumer media transactions include:
- The acquisition of Resources for Christian Living by CFM Religious Publishing Group, a Wicks Group portfolio company;
- The $10 million series C financing for The Festival Network from Guggenheim Partners;
- The sale of Phillips International's Phillips Investment Resources division to Avista Capital Partners;
- The sale of Rainbow Studies to Standard Publishing, a Wicks Group portfolio company;
- The sale of Yoga Journal to Active Interest Media, a Wind Point Partners portfolio company; and
- The sale of Strategic Publications' Pennysaver shoppers to SV Investment Partners.
For more information, contact Managing Directors Scott Peters (scottp@jegi.com), Tolman Geffs (tolmang@jegi.com) or Tom Pecht (tomp@jegi.com), all at 212-754-0710.
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