Jordan, Edmiston, Whitestone Comm. report increased '04 M&A activity.According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Jordan Jordan, country, Asia Jordan, officially Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, kingdom (2005 est. pop. 5,760,000), 35,637 sq mi (92,300 sq km), SW Asia. It borders on Israel and the West Bank in the west, on Syria in the north, on Iraq in the northeast, and on Saudi , Edmiston Group's (JEGI JEGI Jordan Edmiston Group, Inc. ; New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) "JEGI Transaction Database," there were 394 deals in ten media and information sectors in 2004, an increase of 30.9% over the 30l deals reported in 2003. The dollar value of the 2004 deals totaled $24.1 billion, a 49.6% increase over the $16.1 billion value of the deals completed in 2003. The number of deals in the B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business Magazine category increased from 31 in 2003 to 39 last year (+25.8%) while the dollar value for those deals increased from $541 million in 2003 to $1.8 billion in 2004 (+237.7%). Other categories that showed a significant increase in deal activity include Database Information Services See Information Systems. (deals +2.6%; value +150.2%), Exhibitions/Conferences (deals +27.8%; value +753%), Newspaper Publishing (deals +43.1%; value +16.7%) and Online Media (deals +70.6%; value +199%). The ten largest deals of the year, led by VNU's sale of its World Directories Group for $2.5 billion, include LexisNexis' purchase of Seisint for $745 million and Dow (Direct OverWrite) See magneto-optic disk. Jones' acquisition of Market-Watch for $519 million. According to Whitestone Communications' (New York) annual reference "Who's Buying Whom," the number of deals for publishing, information and training companies in ten categories increased 12% last year, going from 312 deals in 2003 to 349 deals last year. The total dollar value of those deals increased 33%, going from $9 billion in 2003 to $12 billion in 2004. The Trade Magazine/Trade Show category had 31 deals in both 2003 and 2004 while the value of those deals increased 73%, going from $325 million in 2003 to $561 million last year. Categories that showed the largest increases in deal number and value include Newsletters/Directories (deals +61%; value +826%), Business/Legal (deals +78%; value +482%) and Finance/ Real Estate (deals +59%; value +134%). Whitestone also made note of the deals with the highest revenue multiples, including LexisNexis' purchase of Seisint (6.7x current year revenue), Dow Jones' purchase of MarketWatch (6.6x current year revenue) and Thomson's acquisition of Information Holdings (4.9X prior year revenue). |
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