M&A Deal Summary

Emerald Acquires EH Media -Technology Brands

On August 21, 2018, Emerald acquired media company EH Media -Technology Brands from EH Media for 28M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Emerald’s 13th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Emerald’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Emerald’s 15th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Emerald’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-08-21
Target EH Media -Technology Brands
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Emerald
Sellers(s) EH Media
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 28M USD

Target

EH Media -Technology Brands

Framingham, Massachusetts, United States
EH Media -Technology Brands is a technology event and a group of complementary technology intelligence brands.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Emerald

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 2013
Sector Business Services
Employees697
Revenue 399M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Emerald is an operator of large business-to-business tradeshows in the United States across 10 end markets. Emerald has two principal sources of revenue: tradeshow revenue and revenue from print and digital publications and select conferences. Emerald was founded in 2013 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 19
Sector: Media M&A 13 of 14
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 8 of 10
State: Massachusetts M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 15 of 18
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-30 Connecting Point Marketing Group

Rye, New Hampshire, United States

Connecting Point Marketing Group is an organizes and hosts trade events for executives in the retail, restaurant, healthcare and hotel industries for innovation. Connecting Point Marketing is based in Rye, New Hampshire.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-16 Boutique Design New York - BDNY

New York, New York, United States

Boutique Design New York - BDNY is a trade show and conference for boutique hospitality design professionals, primarily serving the eastern United States, Canada and Europe.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EH Media

Framingham, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Publishing
DESCRIPTION

EH Media LLC is an integrated media company and the provider of independent business and consumer content and information serving. EH Media was founded in 1994 and is based in Framingham, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: Massachusetts M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-04 Security Sales & Integration

Torrance, California, United States

Security Sales & Integration is a publisher of magazines for professionals in the electronic security industry.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-05 EH Publishing - Robotics Division

Framingham, Massachusetts, United States

EH Publishing, Inc. - Robotics Division includes Robotics Business Review, a website focused on the global robotics and intelligent systems sector, and the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition, an annual robotics business-to-business conference which first ran in 2004.

Sell -