Berkery Noyes Investment Bankers reports that Internet media was the highest-volume segment of the media industry in terms of mergers and acquisitions in the first half of the year, with 104 transactions, led by Warburg Pincus and Silver Lake Partners' pending $3.25 billion purchase of Interactive Data Corp. from Pearson PLC.
Total transaction volume was up 21 percent in H1 compared to the second half of 2009, to 309 deals from 255, but total transaction value was down by 64 percent over the same period, in large part due to the Comcast-NBC merger and the purchase of IMS Health by TPG Capital, both announced in the fourth quarter of '09.
Berkery Noyes' media coverage includes broadcast radio and television; consumer publishing; entertainment content including movies, music, and television; trade shows, conferences, and seminars; Internet media, covering Web portals, social networks, user-generated content, blogs, and forums; and professional publishing.
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