synopsis: New York private equity firm The Wicks Group has purchased a majority share in Bendon Publishing, a leading purveyor of coloring, activity, and other mass market book formats. The deal marks the end of Kappa Investment Group’s 40% position in Bendon, held since 2007.

synopsis: Entertainment Rights Plc ("ER") the UK's leading global media group specialising in the ownership of children's and family programming, characters and brands announces today the acquisition of worldwide publishing phenomenon, Where's Wally?

synopsis: Scholastic Inc., the global children's publishing and media company, announced today that it is acquiring UK-based Chicken House Publishing Ltd., whose founder Barry Cunningham's list includes the current bestseller Dragon Rider with 900,000 books in print in the U.S. and Canada.

synopsis: International Greetings PLC has acquired the business and assets of Pinwheel Ltd. Pinwheel was acquired from the administrators by the Group’s subsidiary, Alligator Books Limited, for an initial consideration of £417,000 and a maximum total consideration of up to £460,000.

synopsis: 4Kids Entertainment, an anime distributor and licensor, has announced the sale of the rights to its Yu-Gi-Oh!-related assets to KidsCo Media Ventures LLC. KidsCo is an affiliate of the Saban Capital Group. 4Kids Entertainment acquires and develops innovative and exciting properties designed to entertain and engage kids during their leisure time.

synopsis: Mattel, Inc. has completed the acquisition of HIT Entertainment from a consortium of funds led by Apax Partners. HIT Entertainment is one of the largest independent owners of preschool intellectual property, including Thomas & Friends®, Barney®, Bob the Builder®, Fireman Sam® and Angelina Ballerina®.

synopsis: Furthering its mission to provide premium content to its audiences, Nickelodeon--part of MTV Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. has acquired the global rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from The Mirage Group and 4Kids Entertainment, Inc.

synopsis: GTCR, one of America’s leading private equity firms, and Boomerang Media, LLC, announced the acquisition of the principal U.K. and U.S. trading subsidiaries of Entertainment Rights, a prominent global media company with an extensive portfolio encompassing some of the world’s most popular entertainment franchises.

synopsis: The Beginner's Bible®, which has dominated the top 10 bestsellers list in the Christian industry for 20 years, has been acquired from Mission City Press by leading Christian children's publisher Zonderkidz, a division of Zondervan. The Beginner's Bible shares the life and fun of Bible stories in an engaging, entertaining and educational way.

synopsis: Hachette Group company Octopus Publishing has acquired children's non-fiction publisher Ticktock, which produces books for the international co-edition market and has around 700 titles in print, under the imprint Wise Walrus.

synopsis: As of Friday 10th March 2006 Mizz will be published by Panini UK. A leading lifestyle magazine for 10-14 year old girls, Mizz will continue to be published on a fortnightly basis. Panini's Mizz team are in place and will maintain Mizz Magazine as the must have magazine of its genre.

synopsis: Billionaire Haim Saban's Saban Capital Group has bought back the "Power Rangers" children's franchise from the Walt Disney Co. The "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" became a ratings success when Saban developed and launched the show in 1993.

synopsis: RLJ Equity Partners has acquired Media Source, Inc., the parent company of three businesses that promote and sell children's books and a variety of services and products geared toward the library industry, including book collection development, magazine subscriptions, book reviews, websites, webinars, and conferences.

synopsis: Turner Broadcasting System Europe, home to kids' brands including Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Cartoonito, announced its acquisition of Latibaer, the Icelandic entity which owns and operates the LazyTown brand. LazyTown is a children's entertainment brand dedicated to promoting health and wellbeing in a fun way.

synopsis: Linktone Ltd. announced that it together with its major shareholder, PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk ("MNC"), have completed the acquisition of 75% of the share capital of InnoForm Group ("InnoForm"). InnoForm is one of the industry's leading VCD/DVD/CD distributors for both the English and Chinese language markets in Singapore and the Asian region.

synopsis: In order to expand its kids and family media business in Europe and extend its brand leadership around the world, The Walt Disney Company announced that one of its subsidiaries has entered into agreements to acquire outstanding shares of Jetix Europe N.V. for € 11 per share.

synopsis: On January 9, 2008 Fire Mountain Productions Ltd. completed the acquisition of Kickback Media.

synopsis: Kellwood Company announced an agreement today to acquire Hanna Andersson Corporation, according to Robert C. Skinner, Jr., Kellwood chairman, president, and chief executive officer.

synopsis: New York Media Holdings, LLC, an entity controlled by Wasserstein family trusts, today announced it has reached a definitive agreement with PRIMEDIA Inc. (NYSE: PRM) to acquire NEW YORK Magazine for $55 million in cash plus the assumption of certain liabilities. The transaction is expected to close within 30 days.

synopsis: Hello Kitty is acquiring the Mr. Men and Little Miss brands. After completing the purchase from UK company Chorion, which is being broken up, Sanrio will be launching a UK-based subsidiary with the aim of making more international acquisitions.

synopsis: New York private equity firm The Wicks Group has purchased a majority share in Bendon Publishing, a leading purveyor of coloring, activity, and other mass market book formats. The deal marks the end of Kappa Investment Group’s 40% position in Bendon, held since 2007.

synopsis: Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm focused on growth investing, announced that it has acquired a majority ownership in The Gordian Group, a leading construction pricing data and procurement software business servicing the construction industry, from The Wicks Group of Companies, a private equity firm.

synopsis: New York private equity firm The Wicks Group has purchased a majority share in Bendon Publishing, a leading purveyor of coloring, activity, and other mass market book formats. The deal marks the end of Kappa Investment Group’s 40% position in Bendon, held since 2007.

synopsis: NewBay Media, one of the world's largest media and information resources, has acquired Guitar Aficionado, Guitar World and Revolver from Future US, a leading publisher of special-interest magazines and digital media properties. NewBay said the deal would boost its access to audio professionals and enthusiasts.

synopsis: Marketron, the leading provider of business software solutions and services for the media industry, announced that it has acquired mSnap, the largest broadcast-based mobile advertising network in the U.S. and a leading provider of mobile advertising solutions.

synopsis: The Wicks Group of Companies, L.L.C. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Antenna Audio, Inc. from Discovery Communications. Antenna is a market leader in the production and delivery of educational content for use in multimedia and mobile tours for museums, exhibitions, historic sites, and visitor attractions throughout the world.

synopsis: Ken Getz, the founder of CenterWatch—an industry-leading clinical trials information services company—along with private equity investors has purchased the company from Jobson Medical Information.

synopsis: NewBay Media LLC announced that it has acquired Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News, and This Week in Consumer Electronics (TWICE) from Reed Business Information-US. Each title will continue to be published as part of NewBay’s line of print, online, and in-person products and services.

synopsis: The Princeton Review, Inc., a leading provider of test preparation and educational support services, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Penn Foster Education Group, Inc. Penn Foster, one of the oldest and largest online career education companies in the U.S., will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Princeton Review.

synopsis: Textbook publisher Cengage Learning, backed by Apax Partners and Omers Capital Partners, has acquired Concept Media, which provides health-care education materials on DVD, CD and VHS formats.

synopsis: CBS Corporation announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of three radio stations in Denver, KWLI-FM, KIMN-FM and KXKL-FM, to Wilks Broadcasting for $19.5 million in cash.

synopsis: Wicks Communications & Media Partners III, L.P. a New York-based private equity fund, announced that its portfolio company, has completed the acquisition of assets of Harris Connect, Inc., the market leader in alumni and member affinity solutions.

synopsis: Jobson Medical Information LLC, a leading healthcare information and marketing services provider, announced that it has acquired Gerber Communications and Practice Advancement Associates.

synopsis: Berkery Noyes announced that the firm represented The Thomson Corporation in the sale of CenterWatch to Jobson Medical Information, a portfolio company of The Wicks Group, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

synopsis: The Wicks Group of Companies, L.L.C., a New York-based private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of The Gordian Group, Inc. a leading provider of proprietary database management and procurement services for the repair and alternations segment of the construction sector.

synopsis: EMC Publishing, LLC, an independent educational publisher, today announced it had acquired Lawrenceville Press, Inc., a Pennington, NJ-based developer and publisher of computer applications and programming textbooks for the U.S. and Canadian school market. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

synopsis: The Wicks Group of Companies, L.L.C. a New York-based private equity firm, has completed the sale of Wicks Sports Information Group, LLC, owner of Daily Racing Form LLC, a national, multi-media information company dedicated to coverage to horse racing. The buyer is Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington DC-based private equity firm.

synopsis: CFM Religion Publishing Group (CFM), LLC, today announced the acquisitions of RCL -- Resources for Christian Living from RCL Enterprises, Inc. and the Benziger product line from McGraw-Hill Education. The two groups will be combined to form RCL/Benziger Publishing, which will be focused on the Catholic market and based in Allen, Texas.

synopsis: CFM Religion Publishing Group (CFM), LLC, today announced the acquisitions of RCL -- Resources for Christian Living from RCL Enterprises, Inc. and the Benziger product line from McGraw-Hill Education. The two groups will be combined to form RCL/Benziger Publishing, which will be focused on the Catholic market and based in Allen, Texas.

synopsis: NewBay Media LLC has acquired the assets of leading broadcast and professional audio trade publisher IMAS Publishing, including the print and electronic properties of such well-respected brands as TV Technology, Radio World, Pro Audio Review and Audio Media among others.

synopsis: Summit Business Media, LLC, a leading business-to-business media and information company serving the insurance, financial and professional services markets, closed its acquisition of Wicks Business Information, a publishing and professional education company serving financial services, accounting and legal professionals in North America.