Fusion Corporate Partners

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website
 
ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-305
 
Fusion Corporate Partners advised Zig Zag Holding. This is our first deal of 2010. The Fusion team was led by Paul Slight.

Acquirer:  Banijay Entertainment
ACQ Web:  http://www.banijay.com
Location:  France, Paris
Region:  Europe
Description:  In only 18 months Banijay has become a leading name in the global TV production industry. Founded by Stéphane Courbit with further backing from the De Agostini and D’Agnelli families, Banijay has grown through acquisition.  
Category:  Media, TV Production
Contact 1:  Pascale Amiel
Contact 2:  Guillaume De Verges
Contact 3:  Francois De Brugada
 
Vendor:  Zig Zag Holdings
Vendor Web:  http://www.zigzag.uk.com
Location:  UK, London   
Region:  Europe
Description:  UK TV production company with a factual entertainment programme focus
Category: Media, TV Production
Contact 1:  Danny Fenton, Managing Director
Contact 2:  Kevin Utton, Chief Operating Officer
 
Aprox. Value:  Undisclosed
 
Details:  Banijay Entertainment has acquired TV production company Zig Zag Holdings. Zig Zag presents a core strategic purchase for Banijay with its access to both the UK and US markets.

Links: Fusion Corporate Partners announcement

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website
 
ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-302
 
Acquirer:  Maney Publishing
ACQ Web:  http://www.maney.co.uk
Location:  United Kingdom, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Region:  Europe
Description:  Maney Publishing was formed in 1997 from a printing company established in 1900, and publishes scholarly journals in materials science, the humanities, and health sciences in print and electronic formats.
Category:  Media, Publisher
Contact 1: Michael Gallico, Managing Director
Contact 2: Mark Simon, Publishing Director
 
Vendor:  Henry Stewart Publications
Vendor Web:  http://www.henrystewart.com
Location:  United Kingdom, London
Region:  Europe
Business Sold: Three quarterly journals: “Journal of Care Services Management”, “Journal of Management and Marketing in Healthcare” and “Journal of Communication in Healthcare”.
Description:  “Henry Stewart Publications is a leading international publisher of peer-reviewed, professional and academic
journals and has been publishing journals for over 30 years.”
Category: Media, Publisher
Contact:  Daryn Moody, Managing Director
  
Aprox. Value:  Undisclosed
 
Details:  Maney Publishing has acquired of three quarterly healthcare journals from Henry Stewart Publications:
 
Link: Press Release
  
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The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website
 
ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-299
 
Acquirer:  c-media
ACQ Web:  http://www.cmedia-online.ru
Location:  Russia
Region:  Europe
Description:  Entertainment magazine and website publisher. iVAN,   “Папарацци” (Paparazzi), EMPIRE and CAR magazines:  i-Worker.ru, Paparazzi.ru and Hi-Fi.ru websites
Category:  Media, Entertainment

Vendor:  Newsland.ru
Vendor Web:  http://newsland.ru
Location:  Russia
Region:  Europe 
Description:  online news aggregation service
Category: news aggregation
Contact:  Mark Fedin, founder
 
Aprox. Value:  Undisclosed
 
Details:  According to Quintura blog magazine publisher C-Media is completing the acquisition of online news aggregation service Newsland.ru
 
Link: Quintura

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website
 
ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-297
 
Acquirer:  Dennis Publishing
ACQ Web:  http://www.dennis.co.uk
Location:  United Kingdom, London
Region:  Europe
Description:  Independent publisher, founded in 1974. The group consists of a number of operating companies in both the UK and USA.
Category:  Media Owner
Contact 1:  Felix Dennis, Chairman
Contact 2:  James Tye, Chief Executive
Contact 3:  Brett Reynolds, Chief Operating Officer
Contact 4: Ian Leggett, Group Finance Director

Vendor:  Hubert Burda Media UK Ltd
Vendor Web:  http://www.hubertburdamediauk.com
Location:  United Kingdom, Colchester
Region:  Europe
Business Sold: Health & Fitness
Description:  Health and Fitness is a magazine aimed at women who enjoy sports, fitness, nutrition and healthy living. Covering everything from eating well, to workout guides and gym style, the magazine mixes inspirational fitness advice with aspirational sports personality interviews. Health & Fitness has an ABC audited circulation of 35,436 copies from January to July 2009, an increase of over 15% on the last period.
Category: Media Owner
Contact:  Luke Patten, Managing Director
 
Aprox. Value:  Undisclosed
 
Details:  The acquisition of Health & Fitness extends Dennis Publishing’s fitness presence in the UK, which already includes the fast-growing Men’s Fitness magazine and website, events and numerous MagBook publications. Dennis Publishing also announced in September last year that it had acquired the Men’s Fitness brand in the UK and Ireland and had entered into a co-operative licensing agreement with American Media, to license the Men’s Fitness brand worldwide.
 
Link: Press Release

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The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website
 
FUND RAISING 
Database Reference:  F231109-319
 
Business:  Lovestruck.com
Web:  http://www.lovestruck.com/
Location:  United Kingdom, Leicester
Region:  Europe
Business description:  Dating site that matches singles to others who work close by.
Category: Dating
Contact 1:  Brett Harding, Managing Director
Contact 2:  Laurence Holloway, Development Director
 
 
Investors:  Group of private investors and VC firm E-Synergy
  
Round:  A
Amount raised:  £285,000
 
 
Details:  the funds will be used to expand the funcionality of the site and to develop mobile apps for Apple and Android

Link:  PaidContent

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website

ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-295
 
Acquirer:  TA Associates
ACQ Web:  http://www.ta.com
Location:  United Kingdom, London
Region:  Europe
Description:  The firm has been an active investor in the European markets with numerous investments, including AVG Technologies, eDreams, Fotolia, GlobeOp Financial Services, IntercontinentalExchange, ION Trading Group, Jupiter Investment Management Group, Quotient Bioscience Group, SmartStream Technologies, Sophos Plc, Tempur-Pedic International and Weather Investments S.p.A.
Category:  Private Equity
Contact:  Jonathan Meeks, a Managing Director at TA Associates who will join eCircle’s Board of Directors 
 
Vendor:  eCircle
Vendor Web:  http://www.ecircle.com
Location:  Germany, Munich
Region:  Europe
Description:  Founded in 1999, eCircle provides a complete range of email marketing solutions. The company’s offerings include email marketing software, permission marketing databases and professional services for email marketing.
Category: Email, Marketing
Contact 1:  Volker Wiewer, CEO
Contact 2:  Dr. Mark Wössner, chairman of the supervisory board
Contact 3:  J. Morgan Seigler, a Senior Vice President
 
Aprox. Value:  Over €60 million
 
Details:  Private equity firm TA Associates has signed a definitive agreement for a majority investment of over €60 million in eCircle, one of the leading email marketing service providers worldwide. The substantial investment by TA will help the company extend its technology platform and expand into new products, services and markets.
 
Link: Press Release

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website
 
ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-289
 
Acquirer:  Haymarket
ACQ Web:  http://www.haymarket.com
Location:  United Kingdom, London
Region:  Europe
Description:  Large publisher covering a broad spread of markets, from sport to medicine, from technology to town planning.
Category:  Media
Contact:  Simon Devitt, Online Publishing Director
 
 
Vendor:  The Friday Pint
Vendor Web:  http://themediasalescup.co.uk and others
Location:  United Kingdom, London
Region:  Europe
Description:  The Friday Pint is a network of websites and events for commercial media professionals, that includes media sales jobs and media sales jobs UK
Category: Recruitment
Contact 1:  Lee Branch, Co-founder
Contact 2:  Jill Finch, Co-founder
  
Aprox. Value:  Undisclosed
 
Details:  media sales jobs and media sales jobs UK, will be merged with Haymarket’s MediaWeekjobs.co.uk. Haymarket’s  MediaWeek will also become the headline sponsor of The Media Sales Cup – the annual 5-a-side football tournament for advertising sales teams.

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website

ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-286
 
Acquirer:  HMV
ACQ Web:  http://www.hmvgroup.com
Location:  United Kingdom, London
Region:  Europe
Description:  Specialist retailer of Music, DVD/Video, Computer Games and Related Products
Category:  Retail
Contact:  Simon Fox, Chief Executive
 
Vendor:  MAMA Group PLC
Vendor Web:  http://www.mamagroup.co.uk
Location:  United Kingdom, London
Region:  Europe
Description:  Public company focused on music and media businesses and comprised of three divisions: Live Music,Artist Services and Consumer services.
Category: Media, Events
Contact 1:  Dean James, Co-Chief Executive
Contact 2:  Adam Driscoll, Co-Chief Executive

Aprox. Value:  £46,000,000
 
Details:  HMV Group plc and MAMA Group Plc have announced that agreement has been reached on a recommended cash offer to be made by HMV to acquire all of the issued and to be issued Ordinary Shares of MAMA not already owned by HMV. The Offer will be 5.4 pence per MAMA Share in cash and values the entire issued share capital of MAMA at approximately £46 million on a fully diluted basis. The Offer representsa premium of approximately 23.4 per cent. to the middle market price of a MAMA Share at the close of business on 4 December 2009 and a discount of approximately 1.8 per cent. to the closing price of 5.5 pence per MAMA share on 22 December 2009.
 
Link: Press Release