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Ascential

April 18, 2024

For the software company, see Ascential Software.

Ascential plc (formerly EMAP) is a British business-to-business media company specialising in exhibitions & festivals and information services. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

Ascential plc
Company typePublic limited company
LSE: ASCL
FTSE 250 Component
IndustryPublishing
Founded1947
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Key people
Scott Forbes, (Chairman)
Duncan Painter (CEO)
Revenue £206.4 million (2023)[1]
£51.5 million (2023)[1]
£5.8 million (2023)[1]
Websiteascential.com

History edit

Richard Winfrey purchased the Spalding Guardian in 1887 and later purchased the Lynn News and the Peterborough Advertiser; he also started the North Cambs Echo. He became a Liberal politician and campaigner for agricultural rights and the papers were used to promote his political views in and around Spalding, Boston, Sleaford and Peterborough. During World War II Winfrey's newspaper interests began to be passed over to his son, Richard Pattinson Winfrey (1902–1985). In 1947, under the direction of 'Pat' Winfrey, the family's newspaper titles were consolidated to form the East Midland Allied Press (EMAP): this was achieved by the merger of the Northamptonshire Printing and Publishing Company, the Peterborough Advertiser Company, the West Norfolk and King's Lynn Newspaper Company and commercial printing sections at Rushden, King's Lynn and Bury St Edmunds.[2]

The magazine division was founded on a hunch when the company's printing presses lay dormant between printing issues of the local papers. The staff gambled that a weekly angling publication would be a hit - and in 1953 Angling Times was born. This was soon joined by another weekly heavyweight when EMAP bought Motor Cycle News from its founder in 1956 for a hundred pounds.[2] EMAP grew significantly in the late 1970s under the guidance of the extremely successful partnership of Sir Robin Miller and David Arculus.[3] In 1992 and 1993, EMAP moved into trade magazines by acquiring titles from Maxwell Communication and Thomson.[4] In 1996 EMAP agreed to sell its 65 newspaper titles, including the 300-year-old Stamford Mercury, to Johnston Press for £111 million.[5]

Scottish Radio Holdings was acquired by EMAP on 21 June 2005.[6] In 2006, EMAP sold its French division to Italy's Arnoldo Mondadori Editore.[7] On 27 July 2007, EMAP announced that it was undertaking a review of the structure of the group in response to receiving a number of unsolicited proposals to purchase parts of the company.[8] On 12 September 2007, EMAP announced that it had completed the disposal of its Australian consumer magazine division, Emap Australia for approximately £38m to ACP Magazines.[9] On 29 January 2008, EMAP completed the sale of its radio, television and consumer media businesses (EMAP Radio) to German company Bauer for £1.14bn.[10] The remainder of the company was taken over by Eden Bidco Ltd, a company incorporated for the purpose of the acquisition by its owners, the private equity investment group Apax and the Guardian Media Group in late March/early April 2008.[11]

In March 2012, the company announced that it would be renamed Top Right Group, and that its magazines, events and data businesses would be separated into three standalone companies. The EMAP name would continue to be used for the magazines operation, which at the time accounted for around 18 per cent of the group's turnover. The database business was renamed 4C Group, and the events unit was renamed I2i Events Group.[12] Then in October 2015 the company announced that the EMAP brand would be scrapped as all its titles move to digital-only format.[13]

In February 2015, Top Right Group sold Media Business Insight (including Broadcast, Shots and Screen International) to Mobeus Equity Partners and Tenzing PE.[14]

In December 2015 Top Right Group rebranded as Ascential.[15] The company was the subject of an £800m initial public offering in February 2016.[16] The Guardian Media Group sold off its shares of Ascential in 2016 and 2017.[17]

In June 2017, Ascential sold heritage brands (business-to-business titles) to Metropolis International. The transaction include the rights to EMAP name (as EMAP Publishing Ltd).[18]

Acquisitions and sales edit

2014

  • Money 20/20 - Acquired[19]

2015

  • Retail Net Group - Acquired

2016

  • One Click Retail - Acquired[20]

2017

  • RWM - Sold[21]
  • Clavis Insight - Acquired[22]
  • MEED - Sold[23]
  • 11 heritage brands - Sold[24]
  • MediaLink - Acquired[25]
  • HSJ - Sold[26]

2018

  • Brand View - Acquired[27]
  • WARC - Acquired[28]
  • Flywheel Digital - Acquired[29]
  • Exhibitions - Sold[30]

Operations edit

Ascential operates four informational service categories focused on businesses in the digital economy. The four areas are product design, marketing, sales, and built environment and policy.[31]

Product Design

Marketing

Sales

  • Edge by Ascential
  • Money 20/20
  • World Retail Congress
  • Retail Week
  • Flywheel

Built Environment and Policy

Previous publications edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Preliminary Results 2023" (PDF). Ascential. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b . EMAP. Archived from the original on 17 June 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Sir David Arculus likes a challenge, so at 67 he has entered the world of wealth management". The Telegraph. 31 May 2014. from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Emap buys Thomson titles in pounds 21m deal". The Independent. 18 February 1993.
  5. ^ "Johnston Press is still a shrewd investment". City Wire. 10 May 2004. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  6. ^ Brook, Stephen (21 June 2005). "Emap snaps up Scottish Radio Holdings". The Guardian. from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  7. ^ Tryhorn, Chris (20 June 2006). "Emap France sold for £380m". TheGuardian.com. from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Emap reviewing group structure following proposals". City Wire. 27 July 2007. from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Emap sells Australian consumer magazines for £38m". Campaign Live. 12 September 2007. from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Emap sells magazines and radio divisions to Bauer for £1.14bn". Campaign Live. 7 December 2007. from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  11. ^ Andrews, Amanda (24 December 2007). "Guardian and Apax snap up a fifth of Emap". The Times. London. from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  12. ^ "Emap to change name to Top Right Group and split into three". The Daily Telegraph. 28 March 2012. from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  13. ^ "Emap brand to be scrapped as all its titles move digital-only". The Guardian. 5 October 2015. from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Broadcast-owner completes management buy-out". Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Top Right Group rebrands to Ascential". Fipp. 15 December 2015. from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  16. ^ "Guardian and Apax share £80m from Ascential flotation". The Guardian. 9 February 2016. from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  17. ^ "Guardian Media Group announces outcome of three year turnaround strategy". Guardian Media Group. 1 May 2019.
  18. ^ "Ascential sells 11 former Emap magazine brands to Metropolis for £23.5m". Press Gazette. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  19. ^ Smith, Oliver (26 October 2014). "Top Right Group eyes up £100m events takeover". City A.M. Limited. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  20. ^ "Ascential Buys eCommerce Analyst One Click". MRWeb. MrWeb Ltd. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  21. ^ Slow, Elizabeth. "RWM sold to Prysm Group". LetsRecycle. Environment Media Group Ltd. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  22. ^ Taylor, Charlie. "Irish ecommerce firm Clavis Insight acquired by Ascential in €100m deal". Irish Times. The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  23. ^ "Ascential has to sell MEED to Global data for $17.5 million". Reuters. Reuters. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  24. ^ "Ascential sells its 11 remaining UK-based Heritage Brands to Metropolis International for £23.5M". Fusion. June 2017. from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  25. ^ Atkinson, Claire (7 February 2017). "MediaLink gets acquired by Cannes Lions operator Ascential". New York Post. NYP Holdings, Inc. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  26. ^ Khan, Mehreen. "Ascential sells Health Service Journal for £19m". Financial Times. The Financial Times Ltd. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  27. ^ "Reading: Brand View acquired by Ascential for £38m". The Business Magazine. Elcot Media & Events Ltd. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  28. ^ Cherubini, Elena. "Ascential Acquires Digital Marketing Business WARC For GBP24 Million". Morningstar. Alliance News. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  29. ^ Babcock, Stephen (8 November 2018). "Flywheel Digital acquired by UK-based Ascential for $60M". Technical.ly Baltimore. Technically Media Inc. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  30. ^ Hosking, Patrick. "ITE Group pays £300m for Ascential trade exhibitions". The Times. Times Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  31. ^ "Ascential - Our Brands". Ascential. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  32. ^ "BIG!". BIG! (37). EMAP: 55. 9–23 September 1992.

External links edit

  • Ascential Official website
  • EMAP website

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For the software company see Ascential Software Ascential plc formerly EMAP is a British business to business media company specialising in exhibitions amp festivals and information services It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index Ascential plcCompany typePublic limited companyTraded asLSE ASCLFTSE 250 ComponentIndustryPublishingFounded1947HeadquartersLondon United KingdomKey peopleScott Forbes Chairman Duncan Painter CEO Revenue 206 4 million 2023 1 Operating income 51 5 million 2023 1 Net income 5 8 million 2023 1 Websiteascential com Contents 1 History 1 1 Acquisitions and sales 2 Operations 2 1 Previous publications 3 References 4 External linksHistory editRichard Winfrey purchased the Spalding Guardian in 1887 and later purchased the Lynn News and the Peterborough Advertiser he also started the North Cambs Echo He became a Liberal politician and campaigner for agricultural rights and the papers were used to promote his political views in and around Spalding Boston Sleaford and Peterborough During World War II Winfrey s newspaper interests began to be passed over to his son Richard Pattinson Winfrey 1902 1985 In 1947 under the direction of Pat Winfrey the family s newspaper titles were consolidated to form the East Midland Allied Press EMAP this was achieved by the merger of the Northamptonshire Printing and Publishing Company the Peterborough Advertiser Company the West Norfolk and King s Lynn Newspaper Company and commercial printing sections at Rushden King s Lynn and Bury St Edmunds 2 The magazine division was founded on a hunch when the company s printing presses lay dormant between printing issues of the local papers The staff gambled that a weekly angling publication would be a hit and in 1953 Angling Times was born This was soon joined by another weekly heavyweight when EMAP bought Motor Cycle News from its founder in 1956 for a hundred pounds 2 EMAP grew significantly in the late 1970s under the guidance of the extremely successful partnership of Sir Robin Miller and David Arculus 3 In 1992 and 1993 EMAP moved into trade magazines by acquiring titles from Maxwell Communication and Thomson 4 In 1996 EMAP agreed to sell its 65 newspaper titles including the 300 year old Stamford Mercury to Johnston Press for 111 million 5 Scottish Radio Holdings was acquired by EMAP on 21 June 2005 6 In 2006 EMAP sold its French division to Italy s Arnoldo Mondadori Editore 7 On 27 July 2007 EMAP announced that it was undertaking a review of the structure of the group in response to receiving a number of unsolicited proposals to purchase parts of the company 8 On 12 September 2007 EMAP announced that it had completed the disposal of its Australian consumer magazine division Emap Australia for approximately 38m to ACP Magazines 9 On 29 January 2008 EMAP completed the sale of its radio television and consumer media businesses EMAP Radio to German company Bauer for 1 14bn 10 The remainder of the company was taken over by Eden Bidco Ltd a company incorporated for the purpose of the acquisition by its owners the private equity investment group Apax and the Guardian Media Group in late March early April 2008 11 In March 2012 the company announced that it would be renamed Top Right Group and that its magazines events and data businesses would be separated into three standalone companies The EMAP name would continue to be used for the magazines operation which at the time accounted for around 18 per cent of the group s turnover The database business was renamed 4C Group and the events unit was renamed I2i Events Group 12 Then in October 2015 the company announced that the EMAP brand would be scrapped as all its titles move to digital only format 13 In February 2015 Top Right Group sold Media Business Insight including Broadcast Shots and Screen International to Mobeus Equity Partners and Tenzing PE 14 In December 2015 Top Right Group rebranded as Ascential 15 The company was the subject of an 800m initial public offering in February 2016 16 The Guardian Media Group sold off its shares of Ascential in 2016 and 2017 17 In June 2017 Ascential sold heritage brands business to business titles to Metropolis International The transaction include the rights to EMAP name as EMAP Publishing Ltd 18 Acquisitions and sales edit 2014 Money 20 20 Acquired 19 2015 Retail Net Group Acquired2016 One Click Retail Acquired 20 2017 RWM Sold 21 Clavis Insight Acquired 22 MEED Sold 23 11 heritage brands Sold 24 MediaLink Acquired 25 HSJ Sold 26 2018 Brand View Acquired 27 WARC Acquired 28 Flywheel Digital Acquired 29 Exhibitions Sold 30 Operations editAscential operates four informational service categories focused on businesses in the digital economy The four areas are product design marketing sales and built environment and policy 31 Product Design WGSN START by WGSNMarketing Cannes Lions Medialink WARC SiberiaSales Edge by Ascential Money 20 20 World Retail Congress Retail Week FlywheelBuilt Environment and Policy DeHavilland Glenigan Groundsure Previous publications edit Architects Journal Architectural Review BIG 32 Business Matters Car Computer and Video Games Commodore User Construction News Datacom Drapers Eye magazine Issue numbers 13 25 1994 1997 Ground Engineering Health Service Journal H amp V News Internet Magazine J 17 Local Government Chronicle Materials Recycling World Maximum Mean Machines MEED MEED Projects New Civil Engineer Nintendo Official Magazine Nursing Times PC Leisure PC Review PC User Pleine Vie Retail Week Refrigeration amp Air Conditioning RAC Retail Jeweller Running Fitness Sega Saturn Magazine Sinclair User SKY Magazine Smash Hits SPORT ST Review The One The Face Which Computer References edit a b c Preliminary Results 2023 PDF Ascential Retrieved 28 March 2024 a b History EMAP Archived from the original on 17 June 2006 Retrieved 11 June 2016 Sir David Arculus likes a challenge so at 67 he has entered the world of wealth management The Telegraph 31 May 2014 Archived from the original on 11 August 2016 Retrieved 11 June 2016 Emap buys Thomson titles in pounds 21m deal The Independent 18 February 1993 Johnston Press is still a shrewd investment City Wire 10 May 2004 Retrieved 11 June 2016 Brook Stephen 21 June 2005 Emap snaps up Scottish Radio Holdings The Guardian Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 11 June 2016 Tryhorn Chris 20 June 2006 Emap France sold for 380m TheGuardian com Archived from the original on 28 July 2018 Retrieved 11 June 2016 Emap reviewing group structure following proposals City Wire 27 July 2007 Archived from the original on 29 June 2016 Retrieved 11 June 2016 Emap sells Australian consumer magazines for 38m Campaign Live 12 September 2007 Archived from the original on 16 June 2016 Retrieved 11 June 2016 Emap sells magazines and radio divisions to Bauer for 1 14bn Campaign Live 7 December 2007 Archived from the original on 16 June 2016 Retrieved 11 June 2016 Andrews Amanda 24 December 2007 Guardian and Apax snap up a fifth of Emap The Times London Archived from the original on 12 June 2011 Retrieved 1 May 2010 Emap to change name to Top Right Group and split into three The Daily Telegraph 28 March 2012 Archived from the original on 31 March 2012 Retrieved 3 April 2012 Emap brand to be scrapped as all its titles move digital only The Guardian 5 October 2015 Archived from the original on 25 October 2017 Retrieved 11 June 2016 Broadcast owner completes management buy out Retrieved 10 March 2021 Top Right Group rebrands to Ascential Fipp 15 December 2015 Archived from the original on 9 August 2016 Retrieved 11 June 2016 Guardian and Apax share 80m from Ascential flotation The Guardian 9 February 2016 Archived from the original on 1 June 2016 Retrieved 11 June 2016 Guardian Media Group announces outcome of three year turnaround strategy Guardian Media Group 1 May 2019 Ascential sells 11 former Emap magazine brands to Metropolis for 23 5m Press Gazette 1 June 2017 Retrieved 10 February 2023 Smith Oliver 26 October 2014 Top Right Group eyes up 100m events takeover City A M Limited Retrieved 24 April 2019 Ascential Buys eCommerce Analyst One Click MRWeb MrWeb Ltd Retrieved 24 April 2019 Slow Elizabeth RWM sold to Prysm Group LetsRecycle Environment Media Group Ltd Retrieved 24 April 2019 Taylor Charlie Irish ecommerce firm Clavis Insight acquired by Ascential in 100m deal Irish Times The Irish Times Retrieved 24 April 2019 Ascential has to sell MEED to Global data for 17 5 million Reuters Reuters Retrieved 24 April 2019 Ascential sells its 11 remaining UK based Heritage Brands to Metropolis International for 23 5M Fusion June 2017 Archived from the original on 9 September 2017 Retrieved 9 September 2017 Atkinson Claire 7 February 2017 MediaLink gets acquired by Cannes Lions operator Ascential New York Post NYP Holdings Inc Retrieved 24 April 2019 Khan Mehreen Ascential sells Health Service Journal for 19m Financial Times The Financial Times Ltd Retrieved 24 April 2019 Reading Brand View acquired by Ascential for 38m The Business Magazine Elcot Media amp Events Ltd 27 September 2018 Retrieved 24 April 2019 Cherubini Elena Ascential Acquires Digital Marketing Business WARC For GBP24 Million Morningstar Alliance News Retrieved 24 April 2019 Babcock Stephen 8 November 2018 Flywheel Digital acquired by UK based Ascential for 60M Technical ly Baltimore Technically Media Inc Retrieved 24 April 2019 Hosking Patrick ITE Group pays 300m for Ascential trade exhibitions The Times Times Newspapers Limited Retrieved 24 April 2019 Ascential Our Brands Ascential Retrieved 24 April 2019 BIG BIG 37 EMAP 55 9 23 September 1992 External links editAscential Official website EMAP website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ascential amp oldid 1215982304, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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