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Media - 1999
Carlton Communications has sold its Solid State Logic audio mixing console business to management for £43m, and may now sell off its Technicolor video duplication and Quantel digital pixellation operations.
23-Dec-1999
Photobition has acquired B&S Visual Technologies, the Glasgow-based graphics company, for £2.9m.
20-Dec-1999
Telewest and Flextech have agreed plans for a £9.6bn merger, enabling the combined group to develop a new range of TV and cable services.
18-Dec-1999
Chime Communications is to acquire Teamspirit, the financial media and advertising agency, for up to £5m.
16-Dec-1999
Dawson Holdings, the newspaper and magazine wholesaler, has acquired eight new businesses for £26m, including subsidiaries of Johnsons Group and BFG, in order to expand its customer base and geographic coverage.
15-Dec-1999
Informa has bought a portfolio of business magazines from Pearson for £13m, including titles such as New Media Markets and Mobile Communications.
09-Dec-1999
Cordiant Communications has acquired Interactive Edge, the New York-based marketing company, for an initial £3.8m.
09-Dec-1999
AC Nielsen has acquired MMS Market Movements, the direct mail monitoring company.
07-Dec-1999
Romeike, the media monitoring company, has been acquired by Sifo Group of Sweden for £110m.
07-Dec-1999
WPP has acquired Hiller Wust & Partners, the German public relations company, for undisclosed terms.
03-Dec-1999
News Communications & Media has bought the Hampshire Chronicle and three other local newspapers from Jacob & Johnson for £16m.
01-Dec-1999
Galaxy Media is to acquire Gaming Internet for £40m in order to transform itself into an internet-based gambling and games business, while its Mike Mansfield Television subsidiary will be sold off.
01-Dec-1999
ANT Marketing, the Sheffield-based telephone marketing firm, is to create 150 jobs by opening a new office in Queen Street.
29-Nov-1999
Daily Mail & General Trust is to acquire Bristol United Press for £121m, in order to expand its regional newspaper business.
26-Nov-1999
United News & Media and Carlton Communications have announced plans for a merger, in order to create the largest ITV broadcaster with six franchises and a market valuation of £8bn.
26-Nov-1999
Sportsworld Media is to acquire Australian Media Holdings for £22m, in order to expand its TV and sports sponsorship business in the Asia-Pacific region.
25-Nov-1999
The ITC is to consider plans from City Television to set up a local TV station in Exeter next year, which could create up to 40 jobs.
24-Nov-1999
Johnston Press is to acquire Tweeddale Press, the publisher of three weekly newspapers in the Borders.
24-Nov-1999
Radio Victory, the Portsmouth-based local radio station, has been bought by the Local Radio Company in a £4m deal.
18-Nov-1999
Fletcher Research, the London-based internet analysis group, has been acquired by Forrester Research of the US for more than £10m.
16-Nov-1999
Tempus has acquired Added Value, the marketing agency that employs 250 people in seven offices around the world, for up to £35m.
11-Nov-1999
Cordiant Communications is to acquire Healthworld, the US marketing group, for £113m.
10-Nov-1999
Emap is selling 13 business magazines and seven exhibitions to Informa for £28m.
09-Nov-1999
Granada Media Group has acquired Brecon-based BlackCat, an educational software company, for undisclosed terms, as part of a strategy to build up a leading educational and online business.
06-Nov-1999
Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Riddell Exhibition Promotions, the Australian show organiser, for undisclosed terms.
29-Oct-1999
Taylor & Francis has acquired Martin Dunitz, the London-based publisher of medical books and journals, for £11m.
27-Oct-1999
Metrodome is planning to acquire Home Entertainment, the video marketing company, for £1m.
26-Oct-1999
Telewest is creating 840 jobs with the launch of its digital service, which will include 150 TV and radio channels.
22-Oct-1999
Independent Radio Group is to be acquired by the Wireless Group in a £21m deal.
22-Oct-1999
Taylor Nelson Sofres has bought Scan-Fact Marketing, the Norwegian supplier of market information.
21-Oct-1999
WPP is to acquire BWR Public Relations of the US for undisclosed terms.
19-Oct-1999
WPP has acquired The Brand Union, the parent company of the advertising and branding business Lambie-Nairn.
09-Oct-1999
Telewest is creating 27 new jobs at its Brierley Hill customer service office, in order to cope with rising demand for its new digital services.
05-Oct-1999
P&O has sold the Earl's Court and Olympia exhibition halls in London to the owners of the Business Design Centre and the Candover buy-out fund for £183m.
02-Oct-1999
Scottish Radio Holdings has bought Angus County Press, the Forfar-based publisher of local newspapers, for £4.2m.
01-Oct-1999
Tarsus Group is acquiring Off-Price Specialist Centre, the US clothing exhibitions and magazine company, for an initial £4.8m.
01-Oct-1999
Eastern Counties is acquiring magazine publisher Market Link Publishing for £4.8m.
29-Sep-1999
Incepta has acquired Image, the Singapore-based public relations company, for £3m.
28-Sep-1999
DMS and Media Lane, the two Leeds-based advertising businesses, have agreed a £75m merger to create a combined media buying group called Brilliant Independent Media Specialists.
16-Sep-1999
Photobition has acquired Meteor, the Detroit-based graphics company, for £2.5m, and is now looking to build up a national network in the US.
14-Sep-1999
Granada Media has acquired Letts Educational, the textbook publisher, from BPP Holdings for £28m.
06-Sep-1999
Television Corporation is to buy Mentorn, the independent production company, and is now seeking additional UK acquisitions.
01-Sep-1999
WH Smith is to acquire Wayland, the publisher of books for school libraries, through its Hodder Headline subsidiary.
01-Sep-1999
Rainey Kelly Campbell Rolfe, the advertising agency, has been acquired by Young & Rubicam of the US for undisclosed terms.
28-Aug-1999
United News & Media has acquired MP&A Editorial, the New York-based magazine publisher, for £1.4m, through its Miller Freeman PSN subsidiary.
27-Aug-1999
Telewest Communications has acquired the remaining 50% of Cable London from Cable & Wireless Communications for £428m.
26-Aug-1999
WPP has acquired Mediaquest Sarl, the French advertising agency, for undisclosed terms.
26-Aug-1999
Taylor & Francis is to acquire the international journals business of Universitetsforlaget for up to £4.4m.
21-Aug-1999
Telewest Communications is to create 40 jobs in Gateshead in preparation for the launch of its new cable digital service, with vacancies in operations, cable installation, equipment servicing and customer services.
17-Aug-1999
Snapper Music is to undergo a £9m management buy-out, and is planning to set up a US office and develop its internet music business.
16-Aug-1999
WPP is to acquire IntelliQuest, the US-based information provider, for up to £28m.
14-Aug-1999
United News & Media has sold a number of UK and French publishing operations from its recently-acquired CMP division to VNU for £2.5m.
11-Aug-1999
United News & Media is acquiring Definitive Stock, the US online stock photography company, for £3.8m, and will combine the business with its Visual Communications subsidiary.
06-Aug-1999
Financial Dynamics, the public relations company, is being acquired by Lighthouse Holdings of the US for about £40m.
03-Aug-1999
Taylor Nelson Sofres has has acquired NIPO, the Dutch market information group, for £13m.
03-Aug-1999
Pearson has acquired Thomson Financial Securities Management from Thomson Corporation of Canada for £94m, in order to strengthen its position as a leading supplier of securities pricing.
31-Jul-1999
NTL is buying Cable & Wireless Communications' residential cable assets for £8.2bn, while Cable & Wireless is buying the remaining 47% of CWC in a £6.5bn deal.
27-Jul-1999
Talk Radio is to acquire The Radio Partnership, which includes nine local music radio stations, for £42m.
26-Jul-1999
Future Network has acquired Weka Consumer Medien, the German magazine publisher, for £8m.
21-Jul-1999
Seven Group, the Leeds-based design and advertising agency, is to merge with local rival CWG.
19-Jul-1999
Electra Investment Trust has sold the publishing division of the Stationery Office to Meadowpoint, a vehicle created by Apax Partners, for £82m.
15-Jul-1999
Cable & Wireless Communications is creating 100 jobs at a new call centre in Waterlooville.
09-Jul-1999
Emap has acquired Pleine Vie, the French magazine publisher, for undisclosed terms.
08-Jul-1999
BSkyB is planning to recruit 600 staff for its Scottish call centres as well as 2,050 installation engineers, in order to keep up with demand for digital TV.
05-Jul-1999
Emap has acquired Wagadon, the fashion magazine publisher that has an annual turnover of about £10m.
02-Jul-1999
Pearson is selling Macmillan General Reference USA to IDG Books Worldwide for £52m, as part of a strategy to sell a number of reference, professional and business operations.
01-Jul-1999
GWR has bought the Plymouth Sound radio station from The Local Radio Company for £5.3m.
01-Jul-1999
Sports Internet has acquired Opta, the supplier of football statistics to newspapers, for £3.9m.
30-Jun-1999
Adscene, the regional newspaper publisher, has undergone a £75m management buy-out with the backing of 3i, and Adscene's Midlands business will be sold on to Daily Mail & General Trust for £44m.
30-Jun-1999
Taylor Nelson Sofres has acquired two US market research companies - Market Development and QCR Associates - for undisclosed terms.
29-Jun-1999
More Group is planning to acquire a 51% stake in Jolly Pubblicita, the Italian outdoor advertising company, in a $20m deal that includes an option to buy the remaining 49%.
28-Jun-1999
Newsquest, the regional newspaper group, has agreed to a £904m takeover bid from Gannett of the US.
25-Jun-1999
Highbury House Communications is planning to acquire Wyvern Crest, the database marketing company, for £3.7m.
24-Jun-1999
Cable & Wireless Communications is to set up a call centre in Swansea with the creation of 1,200 jobs, in order to deal with the anticipated demand for digital TV.
23-Jun-1999
Pearson has acquired E Source, the US supplier of energy information, for £11m.
22-Jun-1999
Carlton Communications is buying two North American video duplicating companies for £12m - VTR Video of Canada and Grupo Video Visa of Mexico.
21-Jun-1999
Pearson has sold Macmillan Library Reference USA to Thomson Corporation of Canada for £53m.
19-Jun-1999
United News & Media has acquired a number of US parenting publications for £3.9m, including Arizona Parent, Minnesota Parent and Northwest Parent Publishing.
18-Jun-1999
Photobition, the media services supplier, is buying Custom Color Services of the US for £6.1m.
17-Jun-1999
Informa Group, the business conference and publishing company, has acquired Washington Policy Analysis of the US for up to £13m.
15-Jun-1999
Sterling Publishing is acquiring Net Resource International for up to £7.5m, in order to offer international advertising on specialist industry web sites.
15-Jun-1999
GWR and Radio Investments are to jointly acquire Stray FM, the Harrogate-based radio station, for about £3m.
15-Jun-1999
Targetbase is planning to create at least 50 jobs in Middlesbrough over the next three years, having won a contract to provide market research to a Dutch firm.
14-Jun-1999
More Group is acquiring Dauphin, the French billboard company, for £300m, as part of the ongoing consolidation in the world's outdoor advertising industry.
12-Jun-1999
WPP is to acquire NoHo Digital, the new media agency, and the business will be merged with its OgilvyOne division.
10-Jun-1999
Book Club Associates, a member of the Bertelsmann Media Group, is creating 60 jobs for German speakers in Swindon.
10-Jun-1999
Pathe is selling its pay-TV operations to Vivendi of France, which will involve the transfer of Pathe's 17% stake in BSkyB and 20% stake in CanalSatellite and raises the prospect of BSkyB renewing merger talks with Canal Plus.
08-Jun-1999
Aspen Group, the media services company, has agreed to a £8.1m takeover offer made by Rea Brothers on behalf of a management team.
08-Jun-1999
United News & Media is planning to acquire Two-Ten Communications, the supplier of press releases, from the Press Association for £17m.
08-Jun-1999
Scottish Media is acquiring Pearl & Dean, the cinema advertising company, for £22m.
08-Jun-1999
Mice Group, the marketing support services agency, is to acquire Kadoke of Canada for £1.7m, in its first move into North America.
01-Jun-1999
Pearson has sold Jossey-Bass, the US book publisher, to John Wiley & Sons for $82m.
25-May-1999
Wilmington has acquired 81% of Central Law Group, the provider of publications, training and conferences, for £25m.
21-May-1999
Johnston Press is to acquire Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers, the regional newspaper publisher, for £266m, having beaten off rival bids from Newsquest and News Communications & Media.
19-May-1999
Scottish Radio Holdings is acquiring Visions Posters, the Birmingham-based outdoor advertising company, for £15m.
19-May-1999
United News & Media is acquiring Strategic Marketing Corporation, the US market research company, for £11m.
19-May-1999
Taylor & Francis is acquiring Europa Publications, the publisher of reference works, from MPG for £12m.
18-May-1999
Pearson is selling US medical publisher Appleton & Lange to McGraw Hill for $46m, and Master Data Center to Information Holdings for $33m.
18-May-1999
Acxiom, the marketing services company, is planning to relocate 350 staff to Doxford International Technology Park in Sunderland, and a further 200 jobs will be created.
17-May-1999
Pearson is to sell its US higher-education publications to John Wiley & Sons of the US for £35m, in order to win approval for its acquisition of Simon & Schuster's educational publishing division.
12-May-1999
Sanctuary Group is acquiring ASV, the classical music record company, for £1.3m.
11-May-1999
Tarsus Group is to acquire Edit Expo, the French organiser of trade exhibitions, for about £5m.
11-May-1999
Sports Internet is acquiring Planetfootball.com, the developer of web sites for football clubs, for £24m, in order to build up an online sports betting business.
08-May-1999
Cable & Wireless Communications is to create 2,000 jobs as part of its digital TV plans, including 740 technical staff in Manchester and London and 1,200 call centre staff.
07-May-1999
NTL is to acquire Cablelink, the Irish cable TV provider, for £438m.
07-May-1999
Kartupelis Associates and The Focus Group have merged to create one of the largest PR firms in the Mid-Anglia region.
06-May-1999
Aegis is to acquire Market Facts, the US market research company, for £185m.
01-May-1999
United News & Media has announced a recommended £571m takeover offer for CMP Media, the US technology media company, and will combine it with its Miller Freeman division.
30-Apr-1999
Scottish Radio Holdings has acquired Parkin Advertising, the Bristol-based outdoor advertising company, for £9m.
29-Apr-1999
Smart Europe is seeking 70 new staff for its telemarketing call centre in Sandbach, and is also planning to open a second call centre in the north employing 30 people later this year.
28-Apr-1999
Kolorcraft, the Wakefield-based producer of corporate communications material, has been sold to its management for £6m.
28-Apr-1999
Incepta is acquiring the Public Policy Unit, a public affairs consultancy, for about £1.2m, and will merge the business with its Citigate Westminster consultancy.
27-Apr-1999
On Digital is to create an additional 75 jobs at its digital TV call centre in Plymouth, and Plymouth is one of a number of potential locations for a new national customer inquiry centre, which could create 1,000 jobs over five years.
26-Apr-1999
Sportsworld Media is acquiring a 51% stake in Stuart Sawyer, the sports marketing company, for £1.3m.
17-Apr-1999
Highland Council is expected to receive a planning application from Vincero Productions of Aberdeen for the construction of a £6m film studio and museum of the moving arts in Inverness, creating about 50 jobs.
15-Apr-1999
Scoot is in discussions to acquire Diva Solutions, the internet software company, in order to help with the development of its online directories.
15-Apr-1999
Emap has acquired Intohome, the organiser of a home furnishings exhibition, for undisclosed terms.
15-Apr-1999
Graphic Inline, the Leicester-based direct mail company, has been acquired by a management team for undisclosed terms.
09-Apr-1999
Highbury House Communications has sold DPS Typecraft, the supplier of computer systems to the publishing sector, to Digital Technology International for up to £3.4m.
09-Apr-1999
Cambridge Animation Systems, the producer of animation software for the film industry, has been bought by Nomura for undisclosed terms.
07-Apr-1999
Charles Walls Group, the Yorkshire-based advertising agency, has been acquired by its management team in a £0.5m deal.
06-Apr-1999
The Independent Television Commission has given Caledonia Television the go-ahead to launch a commercial TV channel for the Highlands, creating 15 jobs in Inverness.
31-Mar-1999
Scottish Media Group has acquired Baillie, the outdoor advertising company, for undisclosed terms.
30-Mar-1999
Fitch, the design and branding services group, has agreed a £27m takeover offer from Lighthouse of the US.
24-Mar-1999
United News & Media's Miller Freeman division is acquiring Continuing Medical Education of the US for £68m.
20-Mar-1999
Barbour Index, the information company, is to be acquired by Havas of France for £53m.
13-Mar-1999
Carlton Communications has acquired Planet 24, the TV production company, for £15m.
11-Mar-1999
Scottish Radio Holdings has acquired Trainer for £27m, as part of a plan to set up an outdoor advertising division.
09-Mar-1999
Informa is buying Daily Commercial News, the Australian newspaper, from APN News & Media for £3.9m.
03-Mar-1999
Wilmslow Group is acquiring Media Content, the sports media advisory concern, in a £10m reverse takeover.
25-Feb-1999
Pearson is selling the Extel name and financial research business to Primark of the US for £19m.
23-Feb-1999
Telewest Communications is to recruit an additional 50 people for its expanding telesales call centre in Team Valley, Gateshead.
15-Feb-1999
Northstar Securities is buying Equator Films for £9m, in order to move its focus from property investment to the media sector.
13-Feb-1999
Emap has acquired Automotive Group, the US publisher of auto-sport magazines, from General Media for £21m.
12-Feb-1999
Scottish Media is acquiring Primesight, the outdoor advertising agency, for £35m.
10-Feb-1999
Storyboards Harpers, the supplier of presentation services to the advertising industry, has undergone a £5m management buyout.
09-Feb-1999
Photobition, the media services company, has abandoned its £80m takeover bid for Wace, but has announced the acquisition of Service Visual Communications for £11m.
05-Feb-1999
GWR is acquiring Orchard Media, the owner of four radio stations in the West Country, for £26m.
29-Jan-1999
Chrysalis Group has acquired Global Music Group, the German music publisher, for £4.2m, as part of a strategy to create a worldwide independent publishing network.
26-Jan-1999
Euromoney Publications is to acquire an 80% stake in Internet Securities, the US provider of financial information on emerging markets via the internet, for £26m.
26-Jan-1999
United News & Media is to acquire Audit & Surveys Worldwide, the US market research company, for £26m, as part of a strategy to offer a global market research service to large companies.
20-Jan-1999
Informa has acquired the Linkraven magazine publishing business for an initial £2.1m, which will provide it with a flagship aviation title and improved access to the US market.
15-Jan-1999
United News & Media has acquired Verecom of the US, Fematec of Argentina, and Stammer of Italy, for £40m, in order to boost its Miller Freeman publishing activities.
15-Jan-1999
Aura Books and Advanced Marketing, the book suppliers, are to relocate their operations to Bicester this summer, creating 100 new jobs.
12-Jan-1999
Copyright Promotions Group, the sports and entertainment licensing agency, is to be acquired by ISMM of Switzerland for £20m.
12-Jan-1999
Incepta is acquiring Alexander Demuth, the German communications consultancy, for £4.3m.
07-Jan-1999