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Emap Informa is to shed 35 jobs from its magazine publishing division, although some could be redeployed in exhibitions and conferences. 01-Jul-2009 Emap is to sell its business-to-business publishing division to Guardian Media Group and Apax Partners for £1.26bn. 24-Dec-2007 Emap is to sell its consumer magazines and radio operations to H Bauer of Germany for about £1.1bn, in order to focus on business media. 10-Dec-2007 Emap has sold its Australian magazine publishing business to ACP Magazines for £38m. 14-Sep-2007 Emap has acquired Planet Retail, the London-based market research company, for £23m. 17-Aug-2007 Emap is to sell its three Irish radio stations to Communicorp for £135m, including Today FM, FM104 and Highland. 17-Jul-2007 Emap has acquired Torcello Publishing, the London-based online journal provider, for £20m. 16-Jul-2007 Emap has sold Agor, its French exhibition business, to GL Events for £57m. 11-Jul-2007 Emap is to acquire GroundSure, the provider of environmental risk information, from Metropolitan Venture Partners for an initial £30m. 23-May-2007 Emap is said to be planning to shed 150 jobs from its magazine operations, following a fall in advertising revenue. 12-Feb-2007 Emap Consumer Media has acquired Yospace Technologies, the provider of multimedia messaging services, from The Parkmead Group and private investors for £8.7m. 05-Feb-2007 Emap is looking to shed about 50 jobs from its local radio stations, including 20 in Scotland and ten in Northern Ireland. 30-Jan-2007 Emap Communications has acquired Trades Exhibitions, the Fulham-based exhibition organiser in the professional beauty sector with 36 staff, for £19m. 02-Jan-2007 Emap is to set up an additional 60,000 sq ft office at Greater London House in London NW1, and staff will relocate from its magazine publishing operations in Bowling Green Lane and Rosebery Avenue. 27-Nov-2006 Emap has acquired AME Info, the Dubai-based business information company with 20 staff, for an initial £13m. 05-Jul-2006 Emap is looking to sell its French consumer magazines business for an estimated £380m by the end of the year. 01-Mar-2006 Emap has acquired Worth Global Style Network, the London-based internet fashion news and trends company with 150 staff, for £140m. 17-Oct-2005 Emap Communications has acquired DeHavilland Information Services of London for £18m. 12-Jul-2005 Emap is to acquire the remaining 73% of Scottish Radio Holdings, and SRH's regional newspaper business will be sold to Johnston Press for £155m. 22-Jun-2005 United Business Media has acquired ABI Building Data from Emap for £12m, in order to improve its services to the construction and property markets. 11-May-2005 Emap has acquired the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival from WJB Chiltern Trust for £52m. 10-Aug-2004 Emap has acquired ABI Building Data from ICW Publications for £14m. 06-May-2004 Emap has acquired Print D'Or, the French jewellery trade fair, for £1m. 29-Dec-2003 Emap is looking to create the largest commercial radio group in the UK, and could borrow up to £650m to fund organic growth and acquisitions. 29-May-2003 Emap is to acquire Excelsior Publications, the French publisher of consumer magazines, in a £64m deal. 03-Apr-2003 Emap has acquired Agor SAS, the French operator of trade exhibitions, for £21m. 06-Feb-2003 Emap is looking to spend up to £373m on acquisitions to expand its radio and magazines business. 29-May-2002 Emap has sold its Petersen magazine division in the US to Primedia for £366m, in order to focus on its core activities in the UK and France. 03-Jul-2001 Online Travel Corporation has acquired the assets of Emap Digital Travel for £2.8m. 11-Jun-2001 Emap is to acquire the remaining 50% of Media Nature from Bayard Group for £16m, in order to expand its magazine publishing business in France. 07-Jun-2001 Emap is considering plans to sell its US publishing operations, and is drawing up a list of potential bidders. 23-Apr-2001 Emap, the magazine and radio group, is to scale back spending on internet activities to £25m this year with the loss of about 90 jobs. 28-Mar-2001 Emap is to reduce its planned investment in new media operations by nearly half due to the downturn in investor sentiment, and will now spend £120m over the next three years. 14-Nov-2000 Emap has won the digital radio multiplex licence for Humberside, where it will launch eight channels. 06-Nov-2000 Emap is bidding to acquire Times Mirror Magazines from Tribune in order to expand its US publishing business, but is facing competition from a number of other bidders. 04-Sep-2000 Emap is selling 25 German and Swiss business magazines to Bertelsmann for £14m, and the proceeds will support new investment and reduce debt. 25-Aug-2000 Emap is forming a joint venture with Attic Futura to launch the FHM magazine in Germany in October. 15-Aug-2000 Emap is planning to launch two cable TV channels, and has also announced a joint venture with Channel 4 to develop web-based services for teenagers. 31-May-2000 Emap has won the local digital multiplex service licence for the Leeds area from the Radio Authority. 07-Apr-2000 Emap is to invest £250m in its internet activities over the next three years, in order to increase revenues from its 42 web sites. 17-Mar-2000 Emap has invested £4m in two web-based businesses, gaining an 18% stake in Alloutdoors.com of the US and a 13.5% stake in the Thematis entertainment site in France. 06-Mar-2000 Emap has acquired a 45% stake in Kick Media, the US developer of magazine web sites, for £4.8m. 13-Jan-2000 Emap is to reorganise its media operations into four divisions - lifestyle, health, automotive, and music - and each division will aim to expand from magazines and radio into e-commerce and events. 16-Nov-1999 Emap is selling 13 business magazines and seven exhibitions to Informa for £28m. 09-Nov-1999 Emap is planning to separate out its Emap Digital internet business as part of a strategy to increase investment in new media. 30-Sep-1999 Capital Radio and Emap Radio have jointly won the first London digital radio licence, while Scottish Radio has won a licence for Glasgow. 04-Sep-1999 Emap is to launch the FHM men's magazine in the US next year, and expects circulation of 400,000 by September. 22-Jul-1999 Emap has acquired Pleine Vie, the French magazine publisher, for undisclosed terms. 08-Jul-1999 Emap has acquired Wagadon, the fashion magazine publisher that has an annual turnover of about £10m. 02-Jul-1999 Capital Radio and Emap Radio have jointly won the local digital radio multiplex in Manchester, and will begin broadcasting by next May. 16-Jun-1999 Emap is considering plans to develop e-commerce sites linked to its magazine titles, including the possibility of selling cars direct to car magazine readers and the introduction of online professional training. 02-Jun-1999 Capital Radio and Emap Radio have jointly won a licence to broadcast six commercial digital radio channels in Birmingham. 11-May-1999 Emap has acquired Intohome, the organiser of a home furnishings exhibition, for undisclosed terms. 15-Apr-1999 Emap has acquired Automotive Group, the US publisher of auto-sport magazines, from General Media for £21m. 12-Feb-1999 Emap has launched a £720m takeover bid for Petersen Companies, which will enable it to achieve its ambition of entering the US magazine market. 16-Dec-1998 Capital Radio and Emap Radio have announced the formation of a joint venture to apply for local digital radio licences in London, Birmingham and Manchester. 11-Dec-1998 Emap is planning to launch a major new weekly consumer magazine next spring, supported by a marketing spend of up to £5m. 17-Nov-1998 Emap, the media company, is announcing a series of management changes that are expected to prepare the company for a period of international expansion. 08-Oct-1998 Channel 5 has reached agreement with Emap to produce a TV version of the FHM men's magazine. 17-Sep-1998 Emap has bought Automotive Management from Leading Edge Publishing Group. 09-Sep-1998 Pearson has sold Register Group, the provider of advertising data, to Emap and Extreme Information for £12m. 20-Aug-1998 Emap is setting up a new division called Emap Active, which will bring together its 58 lifestyle and recreation magazines. 30-Jul-1998 Capital Radio is in talks with Emap Radio about forming an alliance to bid for a local digital radio licence, as licences for Birmingham, London and Manchester are due to be advertised by the Radio Authority in September. 16-Jun-1998 Emap is looking to expand its publishing business into the US, but has warned that many businesses are overpriced at the moment because of competition from buy-out firms. 02-Jun-1998 Emap is to transform its Empire movies magazine into a radio format, broadcasting it in one-minute slots via its FM stations, and a number of other Emap magazines will also take this route. 13-May-1998 Capital Radio has acquired Red Dragon Radio, which operates two Welsh radio stations, from Emap for £18.2m. 08-May-1998 Emap Radio, DMG Radio and Capital Radio are said to have ended negotiations to make a joint bid for the national digital radio licence because of fears that consumers will not want to upgrade their radio sets. 01-May-1998 Emap is to start selling books, CDs, videos and concert tickets from internet sites based on its consumer magazines, and has launched a new division called Emap Consumer Online. 15-Apr-1998 Emap is moving into Malaysia and Singapore through a joint venture with Panpac Media which will incorporate two magazines from each of the companies. 20-Mar-1998 Emap is to acquire London-based Melody Radio for £25m, but will have to sell its Cardiff radio stations to comply with regulations on radio ownership. 27-Feb-1998 Emap is linking up with Granada to produce a pilot TV version of the Max Power car magazine, in anticipation of the Independent Television Commission's imminent review of the ban on transforming magazines into TV programmes. 18-Feb-1998 Emap Radio is said to be discussing the acquisition of Melody Radio from Hanson, but any such deal would probably come under close scrutiny from regulators as Emap already owns a London radio station. 07-Feb-1998 Chrysalis, Emap, Scottish Radio and GWR are thought to be the only remaining bidders still in the running to acquire Melody Radio from Hanson, following the withdrawal of Capital Radio and NRJ of France. 17-Jan-1998 Emap is to launch another TV music channel called Magic, which will be similar to The Box but aimed at an older audience. 19-Nov-1997 Emap is acquiring medical magazines and exhibitions from Macmillan Magazines at a cost of £102m. 18-Nov-1997 Emap is acquiring Mason Stewart Publishing and Bounty Services in Australia for £5m. 13-Aug-1997 Quantum Publishing has bought 14 business publications, including Media Week and Press Gazette, from Emap for £14m. 31-Jul-1997 Emap has acquired Presse Publishing, the publisher of health and beauty magazines, for undisclosed terms. 13-Mar-1997 Emap has bought The Box, a cable TV music channel, from Video Jukebox Network and Ticketmaster of the US for £7.8m. 31-Oct-1996 Johnston Press is to buy Emap's regional newspaper business for about £205m, which will give it over 6% of the regional newspaper market. 04-Jun-1996 Emap is said to be discussing the disposal of its regional newspapers for about £200m. 31-May-1996 Emap is buying three consumer magazines in France from Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Telediffusion for £142m. 06-Mar-1996 Emap has bought Thompson Corp's Glenigan activities, which provide construction industry information, as well as Applied Property Research and BMMR. 15-Feb-1996 Emap has acquired two telecoms magazines from CMP Publications of the US for about £1.5m. 09-Feb-1996 Adscene Group is buying the following regional newspaper groups - Tamworth Herald Group, the remaining 51% of the Lichfield Mercury Group and Emap's interests in Kent. 01-Dec-1995 The Economist, Emap and a management buy-out have emerged as three potential acquirers of Lloyd's of London Press. 25-Nov-1995
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