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3i to buy VNU Business Media Europe for €320m(2)3i will buy VNU Business Media Europe from VNU, an information and media company, for €320 million, bringing the number of media businesses in the private equity company’s portfolio to eight.
- 3i to buy VNU Business Media Europe for €320m
3i will buy VNU Business Media Europe from VNU, an information and media company, for €320 million, bringing the number of media businesses in the private equity company’s portfolio to eight.
- KKR, Permira plan European TV consolidation
The two buyout groups have seen off rival bidders to take a control stake in ProSieben-Sat.1, a German broadcaster, which ultimately they plan to merge with SBS Broadcasting, a European TV rival and portfolio business.
- Berkshire, Freeman Spogli make N.E.W. investment
Private equity firms Berkshire Partners and Freeman Spogli have announced a major investment in TH Lee Putnam Ventures’ call-center portfolio company N.E.W. Customer Service.
- PE consortium buys Aramark for $8.3bn
Aramark chairman Joseph Neubauer has partnered with GS Capital, CCMP, JPMorgan, THLee and Warburg Pincus to buy the cafeteria operator, upping a May 1 bid.
- Tom Lee hires top talent for firm
The renamed private equity firm of industry pioneer Thomas H. Lee today announced a slew of hirings from Capital Z, Carlyle, JC Penney, Bain & Co., Bain Capital, and Mercer Consulting as Lee Equity Partners gears up to be a major growth-equity player.
- Buyout firms to bid for Dutch publisher Sdu
Four buyout firms are reported to have reached second round bids for government-owned Dutch publisher Sdu.
- Grupo Televisa meets with rival bidder about Univision
In a new twist, representatives from Grupo Televisa, Mexico’s largest broadcasting company, met with the consortium of private equity firms that recently outbid the company in an auction to acquire the Spanish-language media giant Univision.
- Blackstone and KKR abandon Univision bid
The private equity consortium competing with Televisa to acquire the company has abandoned its effort, purportedly because of a dispute over how much to bid.
- Univision accepts $13.7bn PE bid
Spanish-language US media leader Univision Communications and a private equity consortium—including a firm led by the executive producer of the “Power Rangers” television series—announced a landmark $13.7bn acquisition of the publicly traded media giant.