UBM plc

UBM plc is a multinational information and media company based in London. Its main areas of business are live media and business-to -business communication, marketing services and data transfer. The customers are mainly in the areas of technology, health care, trade and transportation, pharmaceuticals and fashion. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange 250 Index FTSE.

Company History

Beginnings in Publishing

The company was founded in 1918 by David Lloyd George as United Newspapers to acquire the newspapers Daily Chronicle and Lloyd 's Weekly Newspaper. The origins of the companies that are part of UBM, however, date back to the 18th century. UBM still published titles, which were first published in this period, such as magazines and Chemist & Druggist Building, which were launched in 1843 by Joseph Hansom. In 1929 the company merged with Provincial Newspapers, owner of some regional newspapers in northern England. The following year, the company sold its nationwide coverage newspapers. Over the next decades operated the company as a publisher of regional newspapers and acquired additional sheets as 1969, the Yorkshire Post Newspapers.

1982, the company acquired PR Newswire. 1985 Express Newspapers was acquired, the publisher of the newspaper the Daily Express. In 1995 the company changed its name to United News & Media. 1998, the regional newspaper were repelled, CMP Media applied for 920 million U.S. dollars in 1999. 2000, the company sold to Express Newspapers Richard Desmond and changed its name to United Business Media. In 2006, the company Commonwealth Business Media for 152 million U.S. dollars.

2008 UBM moved for tax reasons headquartered formally to Ireland, but in 2012 announced his return to the UK at. 2012 sold UBMs joint venture partner PA Group, the parent company of the news agency Press Association, the company its 50 - % stake in Canada News Wire for 30.1 million British pounds.

TV Investments

, MAI was part of a consortium that bid for the ITV network in the south and southeast, which in 1991 formed Meridian Broadcasting. Following the successful establishment of Meridian began May to expand: In 1994, the company Anglia Television, the ITV franchise for the East of England, and was the following year, the majority shareholder of the consortium that won the bid for Channel Five. 1996 merged May after a sanctioned takeover by United Newspapers to United News & Media ( UNM ). The company controlled so that the Daily Express, Meridian, Anglia and the Yorkshire Post a large proportion of Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television, the owners of Yorkshire Television and Tyne Tees Television. The proportion of Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television was sold in 1997 to Granada, which thereby gained control of the two transmitters. United News and Media agreed later, the 20 - to assume % share of Scottish Television at the TV station HTV, on June 28, 1997 HTV finally complete for 370 million British pounds was taken from UNM.

In 1999 there were talks about a merger of UNM with the competitor Carlton, but were aborted without success, when it became known that as a condition of the merger Meridian should have been sold. Instead, the TV offers the UNM were sold to Granada. Due to anti-trust provisions which Granada should not have control over such a large audience share, the broadcasting of the HTV was in return for Centrals 20 - sold % stake in Meridian at Carlton.

Reorganization since 2005

2005 UBM refocused on two main areas: PR Newswire, a global provider of news suppliers, and CMP, an international event, print and online publishing providers. NOP was sold in the same year for 383 million British pounds to GfK. In September 2006, acquired NewBay Media CMP Entertainment Media from United Business Media.

On 1 July 2008 a reorganization of the corporate structure, the United Business Media Limited ( UBML ) was established as a new holding in the course. UBML is registered in the UK and handelsgerichtlichlich registered in Jersey.

2010, the holding was divided into five operating units: event, TD & M, Data Services, Online and Print. In September 2010, Canon Communications announced that it had agreed to a takeover bid by UBM. Also in 2010, called the UBM marketing service DeusM to life, a company focused on the creation of online communities for business-to -business distributor.

In May 2011, United Business Media changed its name officially to in UBM plc.

In February 2012, the Yankee Group, its annual trade fair 4G World sold to UBM plc and incorporated into the Division UBM Techweb. Also in February 2012 acquired Briefing Media for 10 million British pounds UBMs British portfolio in the areas of agriculture and general medicine, while UBM announced the acquisition of four trade fairs in Asia for 19.4 million, which clarified UBMs ongoing transformation into an event organizer and B2B marketing services.

Divisions

UBM sells news and information, and media products. The activities are divided into the areas of RISI, PR Newswire, UBM Asia UBM Aviation, UBM Built Environment, UBM Canon, UBM Conferences, UBM Connect, UBM Global Trade, UBM Live, UBM Medica, UBM Awards, UBM Studios UBM TechInsights UBM UBM Tech and DeusM. Also this includes CMP Information ( CMPi ), which was divided in 2008 into five separate areas. UBM is also the largest shareholder of the news provider ITN and the Press Association news agency.

UBM is primarily in competition with the company International Data Group, Reed Elsevier, Nielsen, Information and Centaur Media.

UBMs media offerings include:

  • 4G World
  • Light Reading
  • Black Hat Briefings
  • Building
  • Building Design
  • CRN Magazine
  • Datasheets.com
  • DesignCon
  • DESIGN DESIGN West & East
  • Dr Dobbs Journal
  • EDN
  • EE Times
  • Game Developers Conference, Game Developer, Gamasutra
  • InformationWeek
  • Internet Evolution
  • Interop
  • Medical Devices & Diagnostics Industry
  • Official Airline Guide
  • Official Guide of the Railways
  • Packaging Digest
  • Pharma Live
  • Physicians Practice
  • Plastics Today
  • Property Week
  • Psychiatric Times
  • Qmed
  • Test & Measurement World
  • The Brain Yard
  • The Journal of Commerce
  • Travel Trade Gazette
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