Lebhar-Friedman, the 93 year-old, family-owned publisher serving the retail industry, has been acquired by Chicago-based EnsembleIQ, the latter announced this week. The deal, terms of which were not disclosed, includes a trio of trade magazines—the monthly Drug Store News, the bimonthly Convenience Store Age, and the 10x frequency Hardware + Building Supply Dealer—as well as the SPECS Show, a 55-year-old annual conference serving the brick-and-mortar retail space. It's the second significant acquisition for private equity-backed EnsembleIQ—which was formed in early 2016 out of the mergers of Edgell Communications, Stagnito Business Information, and the Path to Purchase Institute—and the first since former Lightspeed Research executive David Shanker was named CEO in February. Complementing the company's existing portfolio—Convenience Store News and Progressive Grocer, among 15 others—the acquisition leaves EnsembleIQ in a dominant position in the North American grocery, CPG, and in-store marketing spaces. In a statement, Shanker added that Lebhar-Friedman's "iconic brands" will provide EnsembleIQ's readers and clients "a comprehensive view of retail insights and information throughout the United States and Canada." Each of the three Lebhar-Friedman titles carries a controlled circulation of between 25,000 and 35,000 subscribers, while the three-day SPECS Show attracts about 1,000 attendees each year. [caption id="attachment_127495" align="alignright" width="150"] Randall... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired the memoirs of Eva Schloss, a childhood friend of Anne Frank... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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United Agents is in the final stages of negotiations to acquire A P Watt. In a joint statement,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bauer Media Group, Europe's largest privately owned publishing group, has agreed to acquire ACP Magazines in a deal estimated at AUS $500m (£322 million). Continue reading at Media Week
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Ebury’s Del Ray imprint has acquired trilogy The Osiris Project by debut author E J... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired the first official book tying in to E4 series "Misfits... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Hodder & Stoughton and St Martin's Press have acquired a new Roman crime series from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publisher has bought a Bloomington, Ind.-based company called Author Solutions, which so far has attracted 150,000 authors releasing their own books. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Harvill Secker has acquired the new novel by Henning Mankell, a historical thriller entitled A... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown has acquired the official memoir from Pudsey, the canine half of this year's... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Bloomsbury has completed the purchase of creative publishers Applied Visual Arts Publishing (AVA... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Hodder lifestyle imprint Saltyard Books has acquired the first cookbook by Florence Knight, 26-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Canongate has acquired the first literary novel by Jonathan Grimwood. The author has previously... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Head of Zeus has acquired a "fast-paced thriller", Conspiracy by crime writer Michael... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Children's UK has acquired intellectual property rights in a new 7+ tween brand, and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ball Publishing Company founded in 1968 by John and Carol Ball in Southwestern Ohio has been acquired by Brothers’ Publishing Company LLC, a media company owned by Fred and Keith Foutz, two long time newspaper executives. Their first acqu ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The winner of this year’s Kim Scott Walwyn Prize, Rukhsana Yasmin, has acquired a debut... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Accent Press is publishing a celebrity baking title, with a foreword by "Great British Bake... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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