There were 19 acquisitions valued at $2.065 billion in the B2B Magazine category in the first half of 2006, according to figure supplied by Jordan, Edmiston Group (New York, compared to 26 deals valued at $1.696 billion in the first six months of 2005.

There were 19 acquisitions valued at $2.065 billion in the B2B Magazine category in the first half of 2006, according to figure supplied by Jordan, Edmiston Group (New York, compared to 26 deals valued at $1.696 billion in the first six months of 2005. Major category deals include VNU's sale to a consortium of equity forms, the sale of 101communications, Reed Business Information's sale of 18 magazine titles to Catalyst Investors and the purchase of Alexander & EdWards Publishing by Hanley Wood. Overall, there were 315 acquisitions valued at $37.2 billion in 11 media and information categories in the first six months of this year, including the $11 billion purchase of VNU and the $6 billion acquisition of Knight-Ridder, compared to 250 acquisitions valued at $27.9 billion in the same period in 2005.