Feb 23, 2010 5:11 AM
When you look at the booming popularity of online games - from World Of Warcraft to FarmVille - it’s hard not to say “let’s have a bit of that”. That’s what CEO David Levin’s B2B publisher United Business Media (LSE: UBM) (UBM) is saying - it’s buying Game Advertising Online…
Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Gaming, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, game advertising online, united business media
Mar 3, 2009 11:22 AM
Could it be that the recession hasn’t yet caught up with some B2B publishers? United Business Media (LSE: UBM) today announced improved revenue and profits for the year to 31 December 2008, a dividend 10 percent higher and “satisfactory and resilient trading” for November, December and January. That’s in stark…
Posted In: Media & Publishing, Magazines, united business media
Dec 12, 2008 3:43 AM
PRNewswire and CMP operator United Business Media (LSE: UBM) will have made more job cuts than first planned by year’s end. UBM said in last month’s full-year earnings it would have shed 300 staff in the second half of the year, but today’s preliminary earnings statement ahead of its upcoming…
Posted In: Jobs & Layoffs, Money, Earnings, layoffs, prnewswire, united business media
Nov 18, 2008 5:47 AM
Web 2.0 Expo conference operator United Business Media (LSE: UBM) (UBM) says its Music Week publisher CMPi and its PRNewswire unit will post lower profits than last year, in the 12 months to October - due to the slowing UK economy, investment in new products and the loss of US…
Posted In: Media & Publishing, Money, Earnings, Countries, Asia, China, united business media, xinhua finance media
Nov 6, 2008 8:32 AM
The “severe downturn” in the construction industry has hit B2B magazine publisher United Business Media (LSE: UBM), prompting redundancy talks with staff in its built environment division that could see 47 employees go. Guardian.co.uk reports that the cuts will come from Building, Property Week, and architecture magazine BD as the…
Posted In: Jobs & Layoffs, Media & Publishing, Magazines, layoffs, united business media
Nov 1, 2008 11:35 AM
Farmers Guardian, MusicWeek and TechWeb publisher United Business Media (LSE: UBM) flirted with Lloyd’s List publisher Informa for a merger before backing out this summer. I caught up with UBM CEO David Levin, fresh from the stage at our Future Of Business Media conference in New York last week, where…
Posted In: Media & Publishing, Events, david levin, united business media
Jun 8, 2008 1:16 PM
United Business Media and Informa, two of the biggest B2B media companies, are in talks for a merger, the two companies said over the weekend after news of the talks leaked. There is no certainty the deal will happen at this stage. Informa has a market value of 1.64 billion…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, informa, united business media
Apr 28, 2008 12:29 PM
B2B publisher and event organiser United Business Media (LSE: UBM) (UBM) is quitting the UK for Ireland in a move designed to reduce its tax burden. As FT.com notes, UBM last year paid 17 percent tax (£21.5 million). In a UBM statement: “The UK tax system imposes tax on all…
Posted In: Media & Publishing, Countries, Europe, Ireland, united business media
Apr 14, 2008 4:59 AM
B2B publisher United Business Media (LSE: UBM) (UBM) saw operating profit up 12.5 percent to £168.6 million in the 2007 calendar year, as revenue after disposals rose 8.5 percent to £801.6 million, according to its annual report. UBM has now allocated £300 million to £500 million for acquisitions in 2008…
Posted In: Money, Earnings, united business media
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