TSNN
UBM added more than a few dozen shows to its fashion portfolio in the US with the acquisition of Business Journals Inc. for $69 million. BJI serves the men’s and women’s apparel and accessories markets.
SaaS vs. SassafraS
SIIA
SaaS has been one of the most successful business model innovations of the past few decades. For software companies, an alternate services-led approach can also make sense for many customers and business cases. Call it “SaaS as a Service”. Or maybe “Software as a Service as a Freakin’ Awesome Service”– SassafraS.
CEB to Acquire Evanta
PRNewswire
CEB (NYSE: CEB), a best practice insight and technology company, announced that it will acquire Evanta, C-Suite executive development and collaboration solutions for peer-to-peer engagement, networking and leadership training, from Leeds Equity Partners for a total cash consideration of $275 million.
JEGI names Doug Stowe EVP of professional services
PE HUB
New York investment bank JEGI announced it has hired Doug Stowe as executive vice president of its Professional Services Group. Stowe previously served as an executive director in the investment banking group at Oppenheimer & Co for eight years.
JEGI Represents Evanta Ventures in Sale to CEB
StreetInsider.com
CEB announced that it will acquire Evanta Ventures and an affiliated business, which are owned primarily by Leeds Equity Partners, for total cash consideration of $275 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments.
JEGI: First Quarter M&A Activity Focuses On Linking Known With The Unknown
AdExchanger
Marketing services and tech M&A activity in the first quarter of 2016 resulted in 187 transactions that generated $8.1 billion of deal value, according to JEGI’s Q1 2016 M&A overview report.
JEGI Welcomes Doug Stowe as Executive Vice President, Professional Services Group
JEGI is pleased to announce that Doug Stowe, a senior investment banking executive, has joined the firm as Executive Vice President, Professional Services Group. In this role, Mr. Stowe will manage JEGI’s professional services team.
Stagnito & Edgell merge in deal driven by RFE
PE HUB
The new company provides business-to-business information, media, and marketing services. JEGI represented the two companies in the pre-packaged merger and sale to RFE.
Stagnito Business Information and Edgell Communications Merge
Yahoo Finance
The company will operate under the Stagnito Business Information and Edgell Communications names in the short term, with a new corporate brand to be announced in the future.
Stagnito & Edgell Merged, Sold to PE Firm
FOLIO
In what’s easily the most significant deal in B2B media so far this year, two long-standing trade magazine stalwarts are merging operations and selling the newly combined company.
IBM’s Resource-ful Push into the CMO Office
451
Resource/Ammirati is among the largest independent ad agencies to mix creative services with digital marketing. It will join IBM iX, the digital marketing services unit by blending its existing digital agency with researchers from its customer experience lab.
JEGI Advises Resource/Ammirati in Acquisition by IBM
Fortune
IBM has already created the world’s largest digital agency & it wants even more of that work. IBM iX signaled that intention with its plan to add 300 creative experts through the acquisition of Resource/Ammirati.