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The Action Pursuit Group Acquires Action Media Operating

On September 26, 2006, The Action Pursuit Group acquired media company Action Media Operating from Great Hill Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is The Action Pursuit Group’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is The Action Pursuit Group’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is The Action Pursuit Group’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-09-26
Target Action Media Operating
Sector Media
Buyer(s) The Action Pursuit Group
Sellers(s) Great Hill Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Action Media Operating

Orange, California, United States
Action Media Operating LLC is an operator of niche consumer events within the automotive and related sectors. The company's platform asset, Vision Entertainment, is a provider of consumer events for the Generation X/Y markets. Vision's flagship "Hot Import Nights" car show is the premier event in the import tuner industry, a high-growth sub-segment of the overall $27 billion specialty automotive equipment industry.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

The Action Pursuit Group

Orange, California, United States
Category Company
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

The Action Pursuit Group (APG) is an operating company of Apprise Enthusiast Media LLC. APG, which is based in Orange County, California, operates publications including Drag Racer, Drifting, Diesel World, Drive! and StreetTrucks in the automotive segment; Bow & Arrow Hunting, Gun World and Knives Illustrated in the outdoor sports segment; Victorian Homes and Romantic Homes in the homes segment; and Action Pursuit Games, Ultimate Grappling and Inside Kung-Fu in the action enthusiast segment.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Great Hill Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 12.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Great Hill Partners is a private equity firm focused on growth equity and recapitalization investments in well established public and private companies valued put to $1 billion. Great Hill targets companies within consumer services, business services, financial technology, healthcare, internet, logistics, media, communications, technology services, software and transaction processing. The Firm invests in the range of $25 to $500 million per transaction. Great Hill prefers companies located in the US, but will also consider opportunities in Europe and Latin America. Great Hill Partners was formed in 1998 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 64
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 40
State: California M&A 2 of 9
Country: United States M&A 8 of 54
Year: 2006 M&A 2 of 3
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