synopsis: Electric Word PLC, a specialist information publisher, will acquire Radcliffe Publishing Ltd. Radcliffe is a U.K.-based specialist publisher founded in 1987, focused on professional development and compliance in primary healthcare.

synopsis: United Business Media Limited has announces that it has sold its French medical newspaper and magazine business to a management buyout team led by Gérard Kouchner, the business’s Chief Executive since 2005. UBM has sold the business on behalf of its UBM Medica division.

synopsis: Thompson Publishing Group, a leading provider of subscription based information services, has acquired American Health Consultants, a leading provider of healthcare information products, from The Thomson Corporation . The acquisition was completed on August 31, 2006.

synopsis: UBM's healthcare division, CMPMedica, has acquired Mediworld Publications, an Indian medical publisher for $844,500. This acquisition further strengthens CMPMedica's position in India as a leading healthcare media business and establishes it as the foremost provider of Drug Information Systems.

synopsis: Berkery Noyes announced today that the firm represented BG Media Investors on the sale of its portfolio company HMP Communications to Paul Mackler, Ken Fisher, and Alta Communications. Terms of the transaction, were not disclosed.

synopsis: Elsevier, a leading global healthcare and scientific publisher, announced today that it has bought MediMedia's professional medical publishing businesses ("MediMedia MAP").

synopsis: Schofield Healthcare Media Ltd (SHML), a division of Schofield Media Europe Ltd, announced on the 16th January that it has acquired Medical Education Partnership Ltd (MEP). The company portfolio includes a number of key educational resources for health care professionals in print, online and in person.

synopsis: M|C Communications, the leading provider of continuing medical education under the Pri-Med brand, has acquired Physician's Weekly, a multi-media company providing news and educational materials to both physicians and patients, the companies announced jointly today.

synopsis: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Porter and Associates Publishing including the best-selling nursing pocket guides and Porter’s EMS Protocols.

synopsis: Jones and Bartlett Publishers LLC has acquired Physicians’ Press, an innovative medical publishing company specializing in books and other resources in the fields of cardiovascular medicine, infectious disease, diabetes, and other clinical specialties.

synopsis: Springer Science+Business Media has announced its acquisition of Humana Press Inc. a leading publisher of research-level books and journals in molecular biology, neuroscience, cancer research, and medicine.

synopsis: HCPro, Inc. has continued its expansion into the long-term care information delivery sector by acquiring Contemporary Long Term Care (CLTC) magazine and related products from HealthNet Information Services.

synopsis: The McGraw-Hill Companies MHP today announced that it has sold its Healthcare Information Group to specialist publisher, Vendome Group, LLC. Terms were not disclosed.

synopsis: Cygnus Business Media, which currently owns the fire service market’s top trade shows, magazine and website, announced it has acquired EMS Magazine, EMS Expo, Advanced Rescue Technology and Frontline First Responder magazines and their accompanying websites from Summer Communications and Expo Productions.

synopsis: Ascend Media announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Medical World Communications. Financial terms of the purchase were not released.

synopsis: Lebhar-Friedman, Inc. announces the sale of Dowden Professional Publications, the Dowden medical journals publishing division, to Quadrant HealthCom Inc. Included in the sale are OBG Management, Current Psychiatry, Journal of Family Practice and Mayo Clinical Proceedings.

synopsis: Scranton Gillette Communications, located in Arlington Heights, IL, has agreed to acquire the assets Imaging Technology News and Diagnostic & Invasive Cardiology from Reilly Communications Group.

synopsis: Intellisphere, publisher of the MDNG (MD Net Guide) series of medical magazines and websites, announced that it has acquired multiple titles from Ascend Media's Healthcare division.

synopsis: HCPro, Inc. today announced it has significantly broadened its healthcare publishing lines by acquiring HealthLeaders Media from Decision Resources, Inc. The acquisition includes the monthly HealthLeaders magazine, several general healthcare business email publications, live events and a state-specific healthcare business news service.

synopsis: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Whurr Publishers Limited, a London-based publisher of books and journals in Health Sciences and Special Education. The shareholders of Whurr Publishers Limited were represented by The van Tulleken Company. The terms of the purchase were not disclosed.

synopsis: Electric Word PLC, a specialist information publisher, will acquire Radcliffe Publishing Ltd. Radcliffe is a U.K.-based specialist publisher founded in 1987, focused on professional development and compliance in primary healthcare.

synopsis: Electric Word is pleased to announce the disposal of the business and assets of The School Run, the website that supports parents with their children's education, to Jade Creative Ltd.

synopsis: Specialist information publisher Electric Word PLC is buying Ikonami Ltd, a provider of software for the management of appraisals, training and professional development within the NHS, for up to £2.2 million.

synopsis: Electric Word PLC, a specialist information publisher, will acquire Radcliffe Publishing Ltd. Radcliffe is a U.K.-based specialist publisher founded in 1987, focused on professional development and compliance in primary healthcare.

synopsis: Electric Word plc, the specialist information publisher, announced today the acquisition of the assets of Chris Kington Publishing (CKP), the award-winning publisher of teacher resources in the fields of thinking skills and professional development.

synopsis: Electric Word plc, the specialist information publisher, announced the acquisition of Incentive Plus Limited and Incentive Publishing Limited, for a total cash consideration of £2.05 million. Both businesses are closely affiliated to and supply the educational markets which Electric Word serves and for which it holds large databases.

synopsis: Electric Word plc, the specialist information publisher, announces today the acquisition of SportBusiness Group Ltd (“SBG”). SBG is a specialist publishing company operating in the growing markets of commercial sport and sports rights and is highly complementary to Electric Word’s sports division.

synopsis: The Associated Press has announced a proposal by the German news agency DAPD to acquire the AP French service. The terms of the proposed arrangement were not disclosed. The AP French Service has provided domestic and international news to French-language news outlets around the world since the end of World War II.

synopsis: Freedom Communications announced that it has reached agreement to sell The Telegraph in Alton, IL, The Journal-Courier in Jacksonville, IL, The Sedalia Democrat in Sedalia, MO and The Lima News in Lima, OH, to an affiliate of Philadelphia-based private equity firm Versa Capital Management, LLC.

synopsis: Norwegian media group A-Pressen says it plans to buy Edda Media from the European publishing company Mecom. Edda Media AS is a Norwegian media group that owns a number of Norwegian newspapers, television channels, radio channels and websites.

synopsis: Sichuan Xinhua Winshare Chainst Co., Ltd has entered into an acquisition agreement to acquire the entire interests in the 15 companies in total, all of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of Sichuan Publication Group Company Limited (SPG).

synopsis: Multimedia factual producer Ten Alps plc announces the formation of a majority-owned joint venture ("JV") company in Asia, and the acquisition by the JV of assets from Reed Business Information Asia.

synopsis: AAC Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Ocean Media Limited, the magazine publisher and exhibition organiser, from its current management team and institutional backers led by the Dublin based private equity firm, Ion Equity. Completion is subject to competition clearance.

synopsis: Advanstar Holdings Corp., the holding company for Advanstar Communications Inc., a leading worldwide media company providing integrated marketing solutions, has completed the Company’s acquisition by an investor group led by Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) for $1.142 billion in cash.

synopsis: Avista Capital Partners, a private equity firm, has acquired a 50% interest in Thompson Publishing Holding Co., Inc. from DLJ Growth Capital Partners, a Credit Suisse private equity fund, at an enterprise value of $130 million.

synopsis: Avista Capital Partners, a private equity firm, has agreed to acquire the 50% interest it does not already own in Thompson Publishing Group ("TPG") from MidOcean Partners, a private investment firm.

synopsis: Smart Business Network Inc., one of the nation's largest networks of local and custom B2B marketing channels, has announced its acquisition of Wise Group, a leading Northeast Ohio custom content firm, to expand its Smart Business Content Marketing Division.

synopsis: Robert A. Iger, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company announced that Disney has completed its acquisition of renowned character franchise company, Marvel Entertainment Inc. Marvel’s assets include a library of over 5,000 characters featured in a variety of media over 70 years.

synopsis: The nearly-finalized purchase of French publishing group Editis by Spain’s Grupo Planeta for approximately €200 million (approximately US$310,655,000) would create a giant European publisher of Spanish-language books and expand in Latin America, with a French twist.

synopsis: Mentor Medier completed the acquisition of Ny Tid Magazine from N.W. Damm & Søn on January 2, 2008.

synopsis: British private equity group Apax is pulling out of Dutch publishing group PCM. Apax bought 47.5% of PCM, which publishes the Volkskrant, NRC and Trouw newspapers, in July 2004.

synopsis: H & K Publications was acquired by Metro Group, Inc. on January 11, 2007.

synopsis: Media group Ten Alps Plc announces the purchase from Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC of the entire issued share capital of Atalink Limited. Ten Alps has paid #1.761m on completion. A further payment will be made, on a pound for pound basis, for the net current assets of the co. as at 30th March 2007, on agreement of the completion accounts.

synopsis: The Topps Company, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Michael Eisner's The Tornante Company LLC and Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC. Under the terms of the agreement, Topps stockholders will receive $9.75 per share in cash, for a total transaction value of approximately $385.4 million.

synopsis: BBC Books, which publishes spinoff titles from TV shows including Delia Smith's How to Cook, has been acquired by German media giant Bertelsmann's Random House.

synopsis: Aaron's Book Corner Acquires Brightside Press.

synopsis: Global professional services firm Aquent announces the acquisition of Sakson & Taylor, a leading content design and development firm. The acquisition creates the largest database of content design and development experts worldwide and gives Aquent even greater access to qualified talent and expertise to meet the needs of technology companies.