M&A Deal Summary

Industry Dive Acquires CFO Media Group

On December 16, 2020, Industry Dive acquired publishing company CFO Media Group from Argyle Executive Forum

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Industry Dive’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Industry Dive’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Industry Dive’s 2nd transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-12-16
Target CFO Media Group
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Industry Dive
Sellers(s) Argyle Executive Forum
Deal Type Divestiture
Advisor(s) G2 Capital Advisors (Financial)

Target

CFO Media Group

New York, New York, United States
The CFO Media Group is a publisher of CFO Magazine, CFO.com, and CFO Research. CFO Media Group is a global voice in enterprise finance intelligence and cutting-edge, award-winning thought leadership targeted by the global community of Chief Financial Officers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Industry Dive

Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Category Company
Founded 2012
Sector Digital Media
DESCRIPTION

Industry Dive is a digital media company that publishes business news and original analysis for 2 million executives in 11 industries. Industry Dive provides premium business news, original analysis, and other information products and services to more than 7 million executives across 19 industry verticals ranging from banking and supply chain to retail and waste.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 3
State (New York) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 3
Year (2020) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-07-28 NewsCred - Content Marketing Studio and Services Business

New York, New York, United States

NewsCred's Content Marketing Studio and Services Business is a licensed content marketplace and content hub that publishes business news.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-02-03 Mobile Payments Today

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Mobile Payments Today focuses on the application of mobile payments technology to industries such as banking, retail, restaurant, remittance, apps, online gaming, and mobile POS. Its content helps organizations realize the cost savings and operational benefits promised by mobile payments. The site also provides blogs, news, videos, white papers, webinars, supplier listings, research, product reviews, and event info.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Argyle Executive Forum

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 2004
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Argyle Executive Forum LLC is a provider of C-level executive summits for Fortune 500 business providers. Argyle hosts more than 100 annual full-day conferences, private breakfasts, dinners, workshops, virtual conferences, think tanks and roundtable discussions for its screened executive membership of leaders of the largest companies in the United States.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (New York) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2020) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-12 Illumeo

San Jose, California, United States

Illumeo, Inc. is a provider of expertise management solutions. Illumeo helps companies and corporate professionals work together to build expertise that results in engaged, fulfilled, high-performance teams. Illumeo solutions combine competency assessment, extensive expert-built training, effective dashboards and reporting, and customer-developed content, all of which drive professionals, functional organizations and companies to new heights.

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