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announced 4/28/2005 via PR Newswire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Scholastic Children's Book Publishing will acquire Chicken House Publishing Ltd.

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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.
buyer parent:Scholastic Inc.
buyer: Scholastic Children's Book Publishing
Scholastic is the largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and is the largest operator of school-based book clubs and school-based book fairs in the United States.
target: Chicken House Publishing Ltd.
Chicken House Publishing Ltd. is a plucky independent children’s book publishing company with an enthusiasm for developing new writers, artists and ideas. Our books have found world-wide popularity with children, parents, teachers and librarians everywhere.
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closed 6/5/2007 via Company Press Release
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

International Greetings plc acquired Pinwheel Limited

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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.
buyer: International Greetings plc
International Greetings PLC is a leading designer and manufacturer of private label wrapping paper, greetings products and film and television character based licensed stationery. It produces gift wrapping paper, accessories, Christmas crackers, greetings cards and other stationery products.
target: Pinwheel Limited
Pinwheel Ltd owns the book publishing rights for the Pinwheel, Andromeda and Gullane Children’s Book brands, which sell into the UK and US markets.
price ($mm)
$0.59
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closed 3/27/2012 via BNC Analysis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Octopus Publishing Group acquired Wise Walrus

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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.
buyer parent:Lagardère SCA
buyer: Octopus Publishing Group
Octopus Publishing Group is a leading publisher of illustrated books. Octopus is comprised of nine imprints, and as a group have extensive experience of working with high profile authors, trusted partners and associations to produce exciting, market leading books.
target: Wise Walrus
Ticktock Entertainment Ltd. one of the few independent publishers of children’s books in the UK. Ticktock offers a range of titles under the imprint, Wise Walrus.
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closed 2/15/2012 via Publishers Weekly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wicks Group of Companies acquired Bendon Publishing

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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.
buyer: Wicks Group of Companies
The Wicks Group of Companies, L.L.C. is a New York-based private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies operating in selected segments of the information, education, and media industries.
target: Bendon Publishing
Bendon Publishing International Inc. was founded in 2001. Since its inception, Bendon has become one of the fastest growing children’s book publishers in the nation. Bendon has maintained early success in part to our simple philosophy of listening to the customer and providing them what they want.
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closed 11/9/2011 via PR Newswire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

RLJ Equity Partners acquired Media Source, Inc.

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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.
buyer parent:The RLJ Companies
buyer: RLJ Equity Partners
RLJ Equity Partners is a middle-market private equity firm focused on generating long-term capital appreciation by investing in profitable and growing businesses led by strong management teams.
target parent: The Riverside Company
target: Media Source, Inc.
Media Source, Inc. is a publisher and distributor of content about children's books. Media Source, with headquarters just outside Columbus, Ohio, is the parent company of Junior Library Guild, The Horn Book Inc., School Library Journal, Library Journal, and Library Hotline.
price ($mm)
rev ($mm)
$32
EBITDA ($mm)
$11
price / rev
price / EBITDA
closed 1/22/2007 via BNC Analysis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Entertainment Rights plc acquired Where's Wally

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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?
buyer: Entertainment Rights plc
Entertainment Rights Plc is one of the UK's leading specialist media companies. Together with its US-based wholly owned subsidiary Classic Media Holdings, Inc., the Group is a leading global force in children's and family content.
target: Where's Wally
First published in 1987, Where's Wally? is one of the most recognisable children's characters in the world. Where's Wally? has strong heritage around the world and is most popular in key territories including Europe, Japan and the US where he is known as Where's Waldo?
price ($mm)
$4.94
rev ($mm)
EBITDA ($mm)
price / rev
price / EBITDA
closed 6/27/2007 via BusinessWire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Shutterfly, Inc. acquired Make it About Me!

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synopsis: Shutterfly, Inc. a leading Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service, today announced the acquisition of Make it About Me!, a publishing company that produces customized children’s books including My Adventure on Sesame Street and My Amazing Alphabet Adventures.
buyer: Shutterfly, Inc.(SFLY:$473.27)
Shutterfly, Inc. provides Internet-based social expression and personal publishing services that enable consumers to share, print, and preserve photos. The company offers products and services for consumers to upload, edit, organize, find, share, create, print, and preserve their digital photos.
target: Make it About Me!
Make it About Me! is a publishing company that produces customized children’s books including My Adventure on Sesame Street and My Amazing Alphabet Adventures. These new adventure books enable children to “star” in their own stories by integrating the child’s picture into the book’s illustrations.
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announced 4/27/2012 via BNC Analysis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Saban Capital Group will purchase Yu-Gi-Oh!-Related Assets from 4Kids Entertainment, Inc.

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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.
buyer: Saban Capital Group
Saban Capital Group, Inc. ("SCG") is a private investment firm specializing in the media and entertainment industries. SCG was established by Haim Saban, founder of Saban Entertainment, a global television broadcasting, production, distribution, merchandising and music company.
seller: 4Kids Entertainment, Inc.
4Kids Entertainment prides itself in knowing what kids like. 4Kids Entertainment acquires and develops innovative and exciting properties designed to entertain and engage kids during their leisure time.
price ($mm)
$10
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closed 2/1/2012 via BusinessWire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mattel, Inc. acquired HIT Entertainment Limited

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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®.
buyer: Mattel, Inc.(MAT:$6,266.04)
As the worldwide leader in play, the Mattel family comprises such best-selling brands as Barbie®, Hot Wheels®, American Girl® and Fisher Price® brands, which includes Little People®, Power Wheels® and a wide array of entertainment-inspired toy lines.
target parent: Apax Partners
target: HIT Entertainment Limited
HIT Entertainment is one of the world's leading independent children's entertainment producers and rights-owners. HIT's portfolio includes properties, such as Thomas & Friends™, Barney™, Bob the Builder™, Fireman Sam™, Angelina Ballerina™, Mike the Knight™, Pingu™ and Rainbow Magic™.
price ($mm)
$680
rev ($mm)
$180
EBITDA ($mm)
price / rev
3.8
price / EBITDA
closed 10/21/2009 via PR Newswire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nickelodeon purchased Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from Mirage Studios

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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.
buyer parent:Viacom Inc.
buyer: Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films.
seller: Mirage Studios
The Mirage Group is a group of companies, including Mirage Studios, Inc., located in Northampton, Massachusetts, that owned and managed the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles property from its creation in 1984 through 2009.
price ($mm)
$64
rev ($mm)
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price / EBITDA
closed 4/1/2009 via BusinessWire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Boomerang Media, LLC acquired Entertainment Rights plc

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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.
buyer parent:GTCR Golder Rauner
buyer: Boomerang Media, LLC
Based in New York, Boomerang Media is a company focused on the ownership and exploitation of entertainment copyrights and related intellectual property across all media.
target: Entertainment Rights plc
Entertainment Rights Plc is one of the UK's leading specialist media companies. Together with its US-based wholly owned subsidiary Classic Media Holdings, Inc., the Group is a leading global force in children's and family content.
price ($mm)
$108
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price / EBITDA
closed 7/11/2011 via PR Newswire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Zondervan Publishing House acquired The Beginner's Bible

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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.
buyer parent:News Corporation
buyer: Zondervan Publishing House
Zondervan is the world's leading Bible publisher and a leading publisher of Christian books. Zondervan offers bestselling study, devotional, reference, text, audio, software and digital Bibles designed to inspire readers at every age and each stage of life.
target parent: Mission City Press, Inc.
target: The Beginner's Bible
Designed specifically for children six years and younger, The Beginner's Bible shares the life and fun of Bible stories in an engaging, entertaining and educational way. Its simple retelling of favorite Bible stories and unique style of artwork made it an instant bestseller.
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closed 2/29/2012 via BNC Analysis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Bonnier AB acquired Bloomsbury Verlag GmbH

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synopsis: Bloomsbury Publishing, a leading independent publishing house, announced the sale of its German subsidiary Bloomsbury Verlag GmbH to a subsidiary of Bonnier AB and a strategic publishing partnership in Germany with Piper Verlag, a company in the Bonnier AB Group.
buyer: Bonnier AB
Bonnier AB, a multi-channel media company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in publishing, broadcasting, business press, and entertainment businesses. It publishes fiction and children's books, business newspapers, daily news papers, evening and morning papers, and news magazines.
target parent: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
target: Bloomsbury Verlag GmbH
Bloomsbury Verlag GmbH is a consumer book publisher. The company is based in Berlin, Germany.
price ($mm)
$5.82
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announced 12/21/2011 via BNC Analysis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Graficar will acquire Znanje D.D.

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synopsis: Croatian privately-held concern Agrokor said it has agreed to sell its stake in local publishing company, Znanje, to Graficar, a Croatian printing company.
buyer: Graficar
Graficar, based in Ludbreg, Croatia, is a printing company.
target parent: Agrokor d.d.
target: Znanje D.D.
Based in Croatia, Znanje D.D. publishes and sells books.
price ($mm)
$12*
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price / EBITDA
announced 8/29/2008 via Yahoo, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sandvik AS will purchase direct-to-home continuities business from Scholastic Inc.

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synopsis: Scholastic Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with Sandvik AS to purchase its U.S. direct-to-home continuities business.
buyer: Sandvik AS
Sandvik AS is a Norway-based, family-owned company whose primary line of business is operating consumer-direct, age-appropriate children’s book clubs, using email and the Internet to reach their target audience of parents with children up to age seven.
seller: Scholastic Inc.(SCHL:$1,906.10)
Scholastic is a global children’s publishing and media company in both education and entertainment. Scholastic’s 78 year reputation for quality, learning and fun is based on a long-term relationship with teachers, parents and children, and its unique ability to understand what kids want and need.
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closed 3/10/2006 via Company Press Release
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Panini UK Ltd. purchased Mizz Magazine from IPC Magazines Limited

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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.
buyer: Panini UK Ltd.
The Panini Group, is the world leader in the collectable sticker and trading card market, is the fourth largest publisher in Europe of juvenile titles, and is currently developing a series of initiatives in the multimedia sector, both on and off-line, under the trademark Panini Interactive.
seller parent: Time Warner, Inc.
seller: IPC Magazines Limited
IPC Media is the UK's leading consumer magazine publisher, with an unrivalled portfolio of brands, selling over 350 million copies each year. Our magazines reach over 70% of UK women and 50% of UK men — that's over 28 million UK adults.
price ($mm)
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closed 5/12/2010 via Reuters
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Saban Capital Group purchased Power Rangers from The Walt Disney Company

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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.
buyer: Saban Capital Group
Saban Capital Group, Inc. ("SCG") is a private investment firm specializing in the media and entertainment industries. SCG was established by Haim Saban, founder of Saban Entertainment, a global television broadcasting, production, distribution, merchandising and music company.
seller: The Walt Disney Company(DIS:$40,893.00)
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with four business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment and consumer products.
price ($mm)
$65
rev ($mm)
EBITDA ($mm)
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price / EBITDA
closed 8/22/2011 via PR Newswire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

First Classics, Inc. acquired Classics Illustrated

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synopsis: Richard Berger, President of First Classics, Inc., announced the purchase of Classics Illustrated properties from the California-based Frawley Corporation. The complete purchase of the trademarks, copyright and other assets of the Classics Illustrated line amount to over 800 titles.
buyer: First Classics, Inc.
In 2002, First Classics, Inc. and Jack Lake Productions, Inc., of Toronto, Canada, reached an agreement where Jack Lake began the current revival of the Gilberton-Frawley Classics Illustrated line, foreign and domestic. Now more than 100 titles in the various original series are in print worldwide.
target: Classics Illustrated
Classics Illustrated (CI), the original series of comic-book adaptations of literary masterpieces, was launched in New York by Albert L. Kanter 70 years ago, on Columbus Day 1941.
price ($mm)
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closed 7/7/2010 via Company Press Release
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc. acquired Imagine Publishing, Inc.

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synopsis: Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc. announced the acquisition of Imagine Publishing of New York, a publisher of unique and eclectic books for children and adults. Charlesbridge has begun shipping Imagine Publishing titles immediately from their Massachusetts warehouse.
buyer: Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.
Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc. publishes books for children. The company focuses on fiction and nonfiction books, including story books, chapter books, and middle-grade novels for children up to fourteen years of age. It serves customers through book sellers in the United States, as well as online.
target: Imagine Publishing, Inc.
Imagine Publishing is a publisher founded in 2009 by Charles and Jeremy Nurnberg to do children and adult titles.
price ($mm)
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closed 3/2/2009 via New York Times
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Random House, Inc. acquired Ten Speed Press

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synopsis: Random House, the world’s largest publisher of consumer books, has acquired Ten Speed Press, a Berkeley, Calif., independent publisher of business; cooking; and mind, body and spirit titles. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
buyer parent:Bertelsmann AG
buyer: Random House, Inc.
Random House, Inc., the world's largest English language trade publisher, provides the best in fiction, nonfiction, and children's books. Random House is a division of Bertelsmann AG, one of the foremost media companies in the world.
target: Ten Speed Press
Ten Speed Press is a nonfiction book publisher that has been based in Berkeley, California, for more than 35 years. Ten Speed’s books are sold worldwide through its international distribution partners and its Canadian sales office in Toronto.
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*Price paid does not equal Enterprise Value as the buyer aqcuired less than 100% of target
announced 4/28/2005 via PR Newswire

Scholastic Children's Book Publishing will acquire Chicken House Publishing Ltd.

See Comparable Transactions
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.
buyer parent:Scholastic Inc.
buyer: Scholastic Children's Book Publishing
Scholastic is the largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and is the largest operator of school-based book clubs and school-based book fairs in the United States.
target: Chicken House Publishing Ltd.
Chicken House Publishing Ltd. is a plucky independent children’s book publishing company with an enthusiasm for developing new writers, artists and ideas. Our books have found world-wide popularity with children, parents, teachers and librarians everywhere.
price ($mm)
rev ($mm)
EBITDA ($mm)
price / rev
price / EBITDA
announced 4/28/2005 via PR Newswire

Scholastic Children's Book Publishing will acquire Chicken House Publishing Ltd.

See Comparable Transactions
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.
buyer parent:Scholastic Inc.
buyer: Scholastic Children's Book Publishing
Scholastic is the largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and is the largest operator of school-based book clubs and school-based book fairs in the United States.
target: Chicken House Publishing Ltd.
Chicken House Publishing Ltd. is a plucky independent children’s book publishing company with an enthusiasm for developing new writers, artists and ideas. Our books have found world-wide popularity with children, parents, teachers and librarians everywhere.
price ($mm)
rev ($mm)
EBITDA ($mm)
price / rev
price / EBITDA
announced 4/28/2005 via PR Newswire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Scholastic Children's Book Publishing will acquire Chicken House Publishing Ltd.

See Comparable Transactions
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.
buyer parent:Scholastic Inc.
buyer: Scholastic Children's Book Publishing
Scholastic is the largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and is the largest operator of school-based book clubs and school-based book fairs in the United States.
target: Chicken House Publishing Ltd.
Chicken House Publishing Ltd. is a plucky independent children’s book publishing company with an enthusiasm for developing new writers, artists and ideas. Our books have found world-wide popularity with children, parents, teachers and librarians everywhere.
price ($mm)
rev ($mm)
EBITDA ($mm)
price / rev
price / EBITDA
closed 6/5/2007 via Company Press Release
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

International Greetings plc acquired Pinwheel Limited

See Comparable Transactions
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.
buyer: International Greetings plc
International Greetings PLC is a leading designer and manufacturer of private label wrapping paper, greetings products and film and television character based licensed stationery. It produces gift wrapping paper, accessories, Christmas crackers, greetings cards and other stationery products.
target: Pinwheel Limited
Pinwheel Ltd owns the book publishing rights for the Pinwheel, Andromeda and Gullane Children’s Book brands, which sell into the UK and US markets.
price ($mm)
$0.59
rev ($mm)
EBITDA ($mm)
price / rev
price / EBITDA
closed 3/27/2012 via BNC Analysis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Octopus Publishing Group acquired Wise Walrus

See Comparable Transactions
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.
buyer parent:Lagardère SCA
buyer: Octopus Publishing Group
Octopus Publishing Group is a leading publisher of illustrated books. Octopus is comprised of nine imprints, and as a group have extensive experience of working with high profile authors, trusted partners and associations to produce exciting, market leading books.
target: Wise Walrus
Ticktock Entertainment Ltd. one of the few independent publishers of children’s books in the UK. Ticktock offers a range of titles under the imprint, Wise Walrus.
price ($mm)
rev ($mm)
EBITDA ($mm)
price / rev
price / EBITDA
closed 2/15/2012 via Publishers Weekly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wicks Group of Companies acquired Bendon Publishing

See Comparable Transactions
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.
buyer: Wicks Group of Companies
The Wicks Group of Companies, L.L.C. is a New York-based private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies operating in selected segments of the information, education, and media industries.
target: Bendon Publishing
Bendon Publishing International Inc. was founded in 2001. Since its inception, Bendon has become one of the fastest growing children’s book publishers in the nation. Bendon has maintained early success in part to our simple philosophy of listening to the customer and providing them what they want.
price ($mm)
rev ($mm)
EBITDA ($mm)
price / rev
price / EBITDA
closed 11/9/2011 via PR Newswire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

RLJ Equity Partners acquired Media Source, Inc.

See Comparable Transactions
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.
buyer parent:The RLJ Companies
buyer: RLJ Equity Partners
RLJ Equity Partners is a middle-market private equity firm focused on generating long-term capital appreciation by investing in profitable and growing businesses led by strong management teams.
target parent: The Riverside Company
target: Media Source, Inc.
Media Source, Inc. is a publisher and distributor of content about children's books. Media Source, with headquarters just outside Columbus, Ohio, is the parent company of Junior Library Guild, The Horn Book Inc., School Library Journal, Library Journal, and Library Hotline.
price ($mm)
rev ($mm)
$32
EBITDA ($mm)
$11
price / rev
price / EBITDA
closed 1/22/2007 via BNC Analysis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Entertainment Rights plc acquired Where's Wally

See Comparable Transactions
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?
buyer: Entertainment Rights plc
Entertainment Rights Plc is one of the UK's leading specialist media companies. Together with its US-based wholly owned subsidiary Classic Media Holdings, Inc., the Group is a leading global force in children's and family content.
target: Where's Wally
First published in 1987, Where's Wally? is one of the most recognisable children's characters in the world. Where's Wally? has strong heritage around the world and is most popular in key territories including Europe, Japan and the US where he is known as Where's Waldo?
price ($mm)
$4.94
rev ($mm)
EBITDA ($mm)
price / rev
price / EBITDA
closed 6/27/2007 via BusinessWire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Shutterfly, Inc. acquired Make it About Me!

See Comparable Transactions
synopsis: Shutterfly, Inc. a leading Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service, today announced the acquisition of Make it About Me!, a publishing company that produces customized children’s books including My Adventure on Sesame Street and My Amazing Alphabet Adventures.
buyer: Shutterfly, Inc.(SFLY:$473.27)
Shutterfly, Inc. provides Internet-based social expression and personal publishing services that enable consumers to share, print, and preserve photos. The company offers products and services for consumers to upload, edit, organize, find, share, create, print, and preserve their digital photos.
target: Make it About Me!
Make it About Me! is a publishing company that produces customized children’s books including My Adventure on Sesame Street and My Amazing Alphabet Adventures. These new adventure books enable children to “star” in their own stories by integrating the child’s picture into the book’s illustrations.
price ($mm)
rev ($mm)
EBITDA ($mm)
price / rev
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announced 4/27/2012 via BNC Analysis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Saban Capital Group will purchase Yu-Gi-Oh!-Related Assets from 4Kids Entertainment, Inc.

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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.
buyer: Saban Capital Group
Saban Capital Group, Inc. ("SCG") is a private investment firm specializing in the media and entertainment industries. SCG was established by Haim Saban, founder of Saban Entertainment, a global television broadcasting, production, distribution, merchandising and music company.
seller: 4Kids Entertainment, Inc.
4Kids Entertainment prides itself in knowing what kids like. 4Kids Entertainment acquires and develops innovative and exciting properties designed to entertain and engage kids during their leisure time.
price ($mm)
$10
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closed 2/1/2012 via BusinessWire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mattel, Inc. acquired HIT Entertainment Limited

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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®.
buyer: Mattel, Inc.(MAT:$6,266.04)
As the worldwide leader in play, the Mattel family comprises such best-selling brands as Barbie®, Hot Wheels®, American Girl® and Fisher Price® brands, which includes Little People®, Power Wheels® and a wide array of entertainment-inspired toy lines.
target parent: Apax Partners
target: HIT Entertainment Limited
HIT Entertainment is one of the world's leading independent children's entertainment producers and rights-owners. HIT's portfolio includes properties, such as Thomas & Friends™, Barney™, Bob the Builder™, Fireman Sam™, Angelina Ballerina™, Mike the Knight™, Pingu™ and Rainbow Magic™.
price ($mm)
$680
rev ($mm)
$180
EBITDA ($mm)
price / rev
3.8
price / EBITDA
closed 10/21/2009 via PR Newswire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nickelodeon purchased Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from Mirage Studios

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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.
buyer parent:Viacom Inc.
buyer: Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films.
seller: Mirage Studios
The Mirage Group is a group of companies, including Mirage Studios, Inc., located in Northampton, Massachusetts, that owned and managed the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles property from its creation in 1984 through 2009.
price ($mm)
$64
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closed 4/1/2009 via BusinessWire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Boomerang Media, LLC acquired Entertainment Rights plc

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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.
buyer parent:GTCR Golder Rauner
buyer: Boomerang Media, LLC
Based in New York, Boomerang Media is a company focused on the ownership and exploitation of entertainment copyrights and related intellectual property across all media.
target: Entertainment Rights plc
Entertainment Rights Plc is one of the UK's leading specialist media companies. Together with its US-based wholly owned subsidiary Classic Media Holdings, Inc., the Group is a leading global force in children's and family content.
price ($mm)
$108
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closed 7/11/2011 via PR Newswire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Zondervan Publishing House acquired The Beginner's Bible

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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.
buyer parent:News Corporation
buyer: Zondervan Publishing House
Zondervan is the world's leading Bible publisher and a leading publisher of Christian books. Zondervan offers bestselling study, devotional, reference, text, audio, software and digital Bibles designed to inspire readers at every age and each stage of life.
target parent: Mission City Press, Inc.
target: The Beginner's Bible
Designed specifically for children six years and younger, The Beginner's Bible shares the life and fun of Bible stories in an engaging, entertaining and educational way. Its simple retelling of favorite Bible stories and unique style of artwork made it an instant bestseller.
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closed 2/29/2012 via BNC Analysis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Bonnier AB acquired Bloomsbury Verlag GmbH

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synopsis: Bloomsbury Publishing, a leading independent publishing house, announced the sale of its German subsidiary Bloomsbury Verlag GmbH to a subsidiary of Bonnier AB and a strategic publishing partnership in Germany with Piper Verlag, a company in the Bonnier AB Group.
buyer: Bonnier AB
Bonnier AB, a multi-channel media company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in publishing, broadcasting, business press, and entertainment businesses. It publishes fiction and children's books, business newspapers, daily news papers, evening and morning papers, and news magazines.
target parent: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
target: Bloomsbury Verlag GmbH
Bloomsbury Verlag GmbH is a consumer book publisher. The company is based in Berlin, Germany.
price ($mm)
$5.82
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announced 12/21/2011 via BNC Analysis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Graficar will acquire Znanje D.D.

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synopsis: Croatian privately-held concern Agrokor said it has agreed to sell its stake in local publishing company, Znanje, to Graficar, a Croatian printing company.
buyer: Graficar
Graficar, based in Ludbreg, Croatia, is a printing company.
target parent: Agrokor d.d.
target: Znanje D.D.
Based in Croatia, Znanje D.D. publishes and sells books.
price ($mm)
$12*
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announced 8/29/2008 via Yahoo, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sandvik AS will purchase direct-to-home continuities business from Scholastic Inc.

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synopsis: Scholastic Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with Sandvik AS to purchase its U.S. direct-to-home continuities business.
buyer: Sandvik AS
Sandvik AS is a Norway-based, family-owned company whose primary line of business is operating consumer-direct, age-appropriate children’s book clubs, using email and the Internet to reach their target audience of parents with children up to age seven.
seller: Scholastic Inc.(SCHL:$1,906.10)
Scholastic is a global children’s publishing and media company in both education and entertainment. Scholastic’s 78 year reputation for quality, learning and fun is based on a long-term relationship with teachers, parents and children, and its unique ability to understand what kids want and need.
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closed 3/10/2006 via Company Press Release
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Panini UK Ltd. purchased Mizz Magazine from IPC Magazines Limited

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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.
buyer: Panini UK Ltd.
The Panini Group, is the world leader in the collectable sticker and trading card market, is the fourth largest publisher in Europe of juvenile titles, and is currently developing a series of initiatives in the multimedia sector, both on and off-line, under the trademark Panini Interactive.
seller parent: Time Warner, Inc.
seller: IPC Magazines Limited
IPC Media is the UK's leading consumer magazine publisher, with an unrivalled portfolio of brands, selling over 350 million copies each year. Our magazines reach over 70% of UK women and 50% of UK men — that's over 28 million UK adults.
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closed 5/12/2010 via Reuters
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Saban Capital Group purchased Power Rangers from The Walt Disney Company

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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.
buyer: Saban Capital Group
Saban Capital Group, Inc. ("SCG") is a private investment firm specializing in the media and entertainment industries. SCG was established by Haim Saban, founder of Saban Entertainment, a global television broadcasting, production, distribution, merchandising and music company.
seller: The Walt Disney Company(DIS:$40,893.00)
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with four business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment and consumer products.
price ($mm)
$65
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closed 8/22/2011 via PR Newswire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

First Classics, Inc. acquired Classics Illustrated

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synopsis: Richard Berger, President of First Classics, Inc., announced the purchase of Classics Illustrated properties from the California-based Frawley Corporation. The complete purchase of the trademarks, copyright and other assets of the Classics Illustrated line amount to over 800 titles.
buyer: First Classics, Inc.
In 2002, First Classics, Inc. and Jack Lake Productions, Inc., of Toronto, Canada, reached an agreement where Jack Lake began the current revival of the Gilberton-Frawley Classics Illustrated line, foreign and domestic. Now more than 100 titles in the various original series are in print worldwide.
target: Classics Illustrated
Classics Illustrated (CI), the original series of comic-book adaptations of literary masterpieces, was launched in New York by Albert L. Kanter 70 years ago, on Columbus Day 1941.
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closed 7/7/2010 via Company Press Release
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc. acquired Imagine Publishing, Inc.

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synopsis: Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc. announced the acquisition of Imagine Publishing of New York, a publisher of unique and eclectic books for children and adults. Charlesbridge has begun shipping Imagine Publishing titles immediately from their Massachusetts warehouse.
buyer: Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.
Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc. publishes books for children. The company focuses on fiction and nonfiction books, including story books, chapter books, and middle-grade novels for children up to fourteen years of age. It serves customers through book sellers in the United States, as well as online.
target: Imagine Publishing, Inc.
Imagine Publishing is a publisher founded in 2009 by Charles and Jeremy Nurnberg to do children and adult titles.
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closed 3/2/2009 via New York Times
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Random House, Inc. acquired Ten Speed Press

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synopsis: Random House, the world’s largest publisher of consumer books, has acquired Ten Speed Press, a Berkeley, Calif., independent publisher of business; cooking; and mind, body and spirit titles. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
buyer parent:Bertelsmann AG
buyer: Random House, Inc.
Random House, Inc., the world's largest English language trade publisher, provides the best in fiction, nonfiction, and children's books. Random House is a division of Bertelsmann AG, one of the foremost media companies in the world.
target: Ten Speed Press
Ten Speed Press is a nonfiction book publisher that has been based in Berkeley, California, for more than 35 years. Ten Speed’s books are sold worldwide through its international distribution partners and its Canadian sales office in Toronto.
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