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Centaur Media's £50m bold bet on digital business Econsultancy backfires disastrously

Centaur Media’s £50m bold bet on digital business Econsultancy backfires disastrously

By Stuart Smith on May 15, 2013

It’s a dry, spare document. But beneath the dense, printed undergrowth of Centaur Media’s Interim Management Statement 7464E – out on City desks first thing this morning – lies a rich speculative mulch. Take this, for example: Geoff Wilmot is stepping down as CEO but has agreed to remain with the business until the end [...]

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Marketing Week publisher Centaur faces exit from print as revenue plummets

Marketing Week publisher Centaur faces exit from print as revenue plummets

By Stephen Foster on May 15, 2013

When I was at Marketing Week – decades ago – it made a fortune: display advertising flourished on the free circulation title and classified was a positive goldmine delivering an annual profit of at least £2m. Times have changed alas; and investors in the City will wonder if Centaur Media has changed accordingly. Today the [...]

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UBM leads UK magazine deal frenzy, Centaur to follow?

UBM leads UK magazine deal frenzy, Centaur to follow?

By Stephen Foster on September 17, 2010

United Business Media, the trade publisher and owner of PR Newswire has agreed to buy US-based Canon Communications, a similar company, for $287m. Canon has a big trade show business alongside its magazines and UBM says it is particularly attracted by its offerings in the ‘medical devices’ market which it views as a growth sector, [...]

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Is a killer bid finally on its way for Marketing Week publisher Centaur Media?

Is a killer bid finally on its way for Marketing Week publisher Centaur Media?

By Stephen Foster on September 7, 2010

Well it might be as seven per cent shareholder BlackRock, one of the giants of the global investment business, has just increased its stake from seven per cent to 12 per cent. Centaur, publisher of Marketing Week, Design Week, Creative Review and The Lawyer is a minnow in publishing terms with a market cap of [...]

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