M&A Meter

Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management, June 15, 2001

M&A Meter
First quarter buying and selling in the magazine industry
            # OF Q1 DEALS       %  Q1 VALUE*       %
                2001/2000  CHANGE  2001/2002  CHANGE
Consumer**           6/14  -57.1%  $379/$337   12.5%
B-to-b              19/12    58.3     153/47   227.0
Total**             25/26    -3.8    532/384    39.0
Although M&A activity in the business-to-business sector increased
by almost 60 percent, most were deals that had been announced in the
previous quarter. Consumer transactions slowed considerably, but
overall the number of deals held steady against the same quarter
last year.
(*)Millions
(**)AOL/Time Warner deal excluded
Source: Whitestone Communications