UBM plc
Marketing services | |
Revenue | £1,002.9 million (2017)[1] |
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£229.1 million (2017)[1] | |
£151.7 million (2017)[1] | |
Number of employees | 3,891 (2017)[1] |
Website | www |
UBM plc was a British
History
Newspaper interests
The history of the companies that made up UBM stretches back almost two hundred years. Up until its acquisition UBM businesses published many titles that were launched in the 19th century, including Building magazine, launched in 1843 by Joseph Hansom, as well as Chemist & Druggist.[2]
The company was founded in 1918 as United Newspapers
It acquired
Television interests
MAI was part of a consortium that bid for the ITV south and south east area, which formed
United News and Media later agreed to buy Scottish Television's 20% stake in HTV[14] and on 28 June 1997, HTV was taken over fully by UNM for £370 million.[15]
In 1999, plans emerged of a merger between UNM and rival
Reorganisation since 2005
In 2005 UBM re-focused on two principal businesses: PR Newswire, a global news distribution business; and CMP, an international events, print and online publishing business. It disposed of NOP which was acquired by
In 2008, UBM moved its tax headquarters to Ireland, but in 2012, the company announced its intent to move its tax base back to the United Kingdom.[29]
In September 2010,
Briefing Media
In October 2014, UBM announced it would acquire Advanstar Communications for a fee of $972 million.[40] In November 2014 UBM plc CEO, Tim Cobbold, announced a new Events First strategy[41] By 2015, UBM had rebranded itself as primarily focused on B2B events. Reflecting this, 82 percent of its business in 2016 derived from events and only 18 percent from other marketing services.[42] In December 2015, UBM announced the sale of PR Newswire to Cision for $841 million, subject to regulatory approval. UBM had owned the company since 1982. Some analysts interpreted this as a further step in the transition from a diverse media company to a B2B events company.[43] In June 2016 UBM plc announced the completion of the sale of PR Newswire to Cision.[44] In the same month UBM reached agreement to divest its electronics media portfolio to an affiliate of Arrow Electronics Inc. for a cash consideration of $23.5m. The portfolio comprised the US and Asian versions of EE Times, EDN, ESM, Embedded, EBN, TechOnline and Datasheets.com.[45]
In January 2018 Informa announced the acquisition of the company for £4 billion.[46] The transaction was completed in June 2018.[47] In January 2019, Informa sold several of the UBM Life Sciences publications (including Spectroscopy and Psychiatric Times) to MJH Associates.[48]
Operations
UBM was a global B2B events organizer.
Conferences
- 4G World
- Black Hat Briefings
- DesignCon
- Game Developers Conference
- IFSEC International
- International Motorcycle Shows
- Interop
- MAGIC
- National Business Awards
Journals (published by Technology Group)
- Black Hat
- Content Marketing Institute
- Content Marketing World
- Dark Reading
- Enterprise Connect
- Fusion
- GDC
- Gamasutra
- HDI
- ICMI
- InformationWeek
- Interop ITX
- Network Computing
- No Jitter
- VRDC
Other
- Medical Devices & Diagnostics Industry
- Packaging Digest
- PlasticsToday
- Qmed
- Routes
- Security & Fire Excellence Awards
References
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- ^ a b "United Business Media plc History". Funding Universe. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ Staff (29 March 1985) "UK Company News: U.S. generates 68% of United News profit" Financial Times, London, Section II p. 24;
- ^ "VNU Acquires Miller Freeman From United News & Media". Business Publisher. 31 July 2000. Retrieved 21 April 2018 – via Free Online Library.
- ^ Teather, David (26 July 2000). "United News sells off Miller Freeman Europe". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "UBM buys medical publisher MediMedia in £188m deal". The Independent. 2 June 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ John, Murray (19 February 1994). "Heseltine clears way for Anglia TV bid". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "Key dates in the history of commercial TV". An Overview of Television in the UK. Ofcom. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "PRNewsWire". PRNewsWire. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ "Determination to resolve a dispute between Rapture Television plc and British Sky Broadcasting Ltd about EPG listing charges" (PDF). Ofcom. p. 7. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Mathew, Horsman (25 October 1996). "Hollick secures a stake in HTV as fight for franchises hots up". The Independent. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ Newman, Cathy (28 June 1997). "HTV succumbs to United News in pounds 370m takeover bid". The Independent. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "ITV: 20 years of ups and downs". The Telegraph. 16 November 2010. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
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- ^ a b "Timeline: ITV 1955-today". Media Guardian. 7 October 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "United News sharpens focus". BBC News. 4 August 2000. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "History". ITV plc. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "UBM sells NOP World for £383m". Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ UBM Has Sold CMP Entertainment Media to The Wicks Group Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, The Jordan, Edmiston Group, 13 September 2006 (retrieved 19 September 2010)
- ^ "Elsevier Extends Content Offering to Entertainment Technology Professionals". Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Hal Leonard buys Backbeat Books for $2.2M - Milwaukee". Milwaukee Business Journal. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "FindArticles.com - CBSi". findarticles.com. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ Annual report of UBML 2008/9 page 62.
- ^ Notes to the parent company financial statements at 31 December 2010 P146.
- ^ Notes to the consolidated Financial statements 3 P88.
- ^ "UBM plans to move tax base back to UK", The Guardian, 18 October 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ Canon Communications LLC (16 September 2010). "Canon Communications to be Sold to United Business Media; Transaction Expands Global Reach... -- LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ --". prnewswire.com. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ "United Business Media name change to UBM plc". Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ Mash Media Group Ltd. "UBM acquires 4G World exhibition and conference". Exhibition World. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ "UBM - News releases". Media.ubm.com. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ "UBM Tech". tech.ubm.com. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ "Briefing Media". Briefingmedia.com. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ "UBM - News releases". Media.ubm.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ "UBM - News releases". Media.ubm.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ "PA Group sells stake in Canada Newswire to UBM for £30.1m", The Guardian, 1 November 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ Electra. "Electra Partners acquires UBM plc's Data Services businesses" Archived 24 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine,
- ^ "Events organizer UBM buys U.S. rival Advanstar for $972 million" (Press release). Reuters. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "News | UBM". Media.ubm.com. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ "Who We Are - UBM". www.ubm.com. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ Rory Gallivan, "UBM to Sell PR Newswire to Cision for $841 Million" WSJ 15 December 2016
- ^ "UBM plc announces the sale of PR Newswire to Cision - RNS". London Stock Exchange. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ "News | UBM". Media.ubm.com. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ "Informa to buy exhibitions rival UBM for £4bn". 16 January 2018. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Informa's takeover of peer UBM effective after court sanction". Alliance News. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ "MJH Associates, Inc. Acquires Assets from UBM Life Sciences Group Becoming the Largest Privately Held Medical Media Company in the United States". AP NEWS. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "UBM". ubm.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
External links
- Official website (Archive)
- "United Business Media plc (unitedbusinessmedia.com)". United Business Media. United Business Media plc. Archived from the original on 10 July 2004. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- "UBM Tech (tech.ubm.com)". United Business Media Limited. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- "Welcome to United Business Media Limited (www.ubm.com)". United Business Media Limited. 16 December 2008. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008.