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[[United Business Media]] is a media conglommerate.'''United Business Media''' provides business information services principally to the technology, healthcare, media, automotive and financial services industries.
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[[United Business Media]] is a media conglomerate. It provides business information services principally to the technology, healthcare, media, automotive and financial services industries.
  
 
Subsidiaries:
 
Subsidiaries:
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*[[PR Newswire]] (distributes news releases and provides other corp-comm services)
 
*[[PR Newswire]] (distributes news releases and provides other corp-comm services)
  
Also a major shareholder of [[ITN]] and [[Press Association]].
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Also a major shareholder of [[ITN]] and the [[Press Association]].
  
 
Headquartered at Ludgate House in London and listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]] in the [[FTSE 250 Index]] with operations in Europe, Asia and North and South America.
 
Headquartered at Ludgate House in London and listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]] in the [[FTSE 250 Index]] with operations in Europe, Asia and North and South America.
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Originally incorporated in 1918 as '''United Newspapers Limited''' and changed to '''United News & Media plc''' in 1995, the name it kept until 2000 when '''United Business Media plc''' was formally adopted.
 
Originally incorporated in 1918 as '''United Newspapers Limited''' and changed to '''United News & Media plc''' in 1995, the name it kept until 2000 when '''United Business Media plc''' was formally adopted.
  
:Moves to merge with Carlton and with Granada were unsuccessful. It sold its remaining newspapers (the Daily Express and Sunday Express went to Britain's leading publisher of soft-core porn), along with its television interests to Granada, further magazines and its Miller Freeman exhibition unit.
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:Moves to merge with Carlton and with Granada were unsuccessful. It sold its remaining newspapers (the Daily Express and Sunday Express went to Britain's leading publisher of soft-core porn), along with its television interests to Granada, further magazines and its [[Miller Freeman]] exhibition unit.
 
 
:In 2005 it sold its NOP World market research business to GfK Aktiengesellschaft for £383 million. In July of that year it announced the sale of its 35% stake in UK Channel Five Television to RTL for £247m.[http://www.ketupa.net/united.htm]
 
  
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:In 2005 it sold its [[NOP World]] market research business to [[GfK Aktiengesellschaft]] for £383 million. In July of that year it announced the sale of its 35% stake in UK [[Channel Five Television]] to [[RTL]] for £247m.<ref>[http://www.ketupa.net/united.htm United Business Media]</ref>
  
 
==Board of directors==
 
==Board of directors==
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*[[Anne Siddell]] (Group Company Secretary)
 
*[[Anne Siddell]] (Group Company Secretary)
  
==External links==
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==Affiliations==
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*[[Media CSR Forum]]
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==External links, further reading, notes==
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===External links===
 
*[http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/ United Business Media PLC]
 
*[http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/ United Business Media PLC]
 
*[http://www.prnewswire.com/ PR Newswire]
 
*[http://www.prnewswire.com/ PR Newswire]
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*[http://www.cmpmedica.com/ CMPMedica]
 
*[http://www.cmpmedica.com/ CMPMedica]
 
*[http://www.cbizmedia.com/ Commonwealth Business Media]
 
*[http://www.cbizmedia.com/ Commonwealth Business Media]
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===Notes===
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[[Category: Transnational Corporations]][[Category: PR Industry]]

Latest revision as of 09:43, 10 December 2007

United Business Media is a media conglomerate. It provides business information services principally to the technology, healthcare, media, automotive and financial services industries.

Subsidiaries:

Also a major shareholder of ITN and the Press Association.

Headquartered at Ludgate House in London and listed on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE 250 Index with operations in Europe, Asia and North and South America.

Primary competitors are International Data Group, Reed Elsevier and VNU.

History

Originally incorporated in 1918 as United Newspapers Limited and changed to United News & Media plc in 1995, the name it kept until 2000 when United Business Media plc was formally adopted.

Moves to merge with Carlton and with Granada were unsuccessful. It sold its remaining newspapers (the Daily Express and Sunday Express went to Britain's leading publisher of soft-core porn), along with its television interests to Granada, further magazines and its Miller Freeman exhibition unit.
In 2005 it sold its NOP World market research business to GfK Aktiengesellschaft for £383 million. In July of that year it announced the sale of its 35% stake in UK Channel Five Television to RTL for £247m.[1]

Board of directors

Affiliations

External links, further reading, notes

External links

Notes