Media & Info M&A Up 25% Year To Date; Online Media Up 82%

That is according to data from investment banking firm Jordan, Edmiston Group (disclaimer: one of our advertisers). Citing the numbers it tracked, it reported that M&A activity grew 23.9 percent in the first nine months of this year with 493 deals across the 11 media and information sectors, compared to 398 deals in first three quarters of 2005. The value of the deals, however, decreased 2.8 percent to $40.2 billion, from almost $41.4 billion in the same time period last year.
The online media and marketing & interactive services sector, as it defines it, saw the completion of 131 and 116 transactions, respectively, for the first three quarters of 2006, representing 50% of total media and information deal activity.
Some more info in the release here.

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