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Incisive Media is a publisher of business media. It is based in London, United Kingdom, with offices in New York and Hong Kong. ==History and management== Incisive Media is a business to business (B2B) publisher founded by Tim Weller, in 1994 with the launch of ''Investment Week''. It acquired Timothy Benn Publishing (owner of ''Post Magazine'') in August 2000.〔( Timothy Benn Publishing to merge with City Financial Communications. )〕 It was listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2000 which valued the business at c. £73m. During the next six years the business completed a number of acquisitions including ''Matching Hat, Risk Waters, Initiative Europe (Unquote), Search Engine Strategies, Global Professional Media, Asian Venture Capital Journal'' and ''Pacific Prospect''. In 2004, Incisive Media launched a new web-based conference activity, Conjecture Limited, in partnership with BrightTALK, a webinar and video solution provider. BrightTALK owns 25% of Conjecture Limited. However, as a public company it was difficult to take advantage of some of the larger consolidation opportunities that existed, so in December 2006 it was taken private again in a management buyout deal backed by Apax Partners and valued at £275 million.〔 Within a few months of going private, Incisive Media completed the acquisitions of MSM International and UK publishing business VNU Business Publications Ltd, formerly part of The Nielsen Company, from venture capital group 3i in 2007. In August 2007 the company completed a $630m deal to acquire ALM, an American magazine publisher that was backed by Bruce Wasserstein, doubling the size of the group again. However, following the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the downturn in the financial services market, Incisive Media's revenue came under significant pressure and the debt levels were no longer sustainable. In October 2009 Incisive Media announced the refinancing of the Group's debt. ALM was separated from the Group and was owned by RBS and Apax Partners after Incisive Media agreed to a debt-for-equity swap with its lenders. In January 2015, Incisive Media's lenders agreed a restructuring which saw private equity house Alchemy Partners take majority ownership of the business. The restructure helped reduce Incisive's debts significantly. Tim Weller is now executive chairman with former Informa and Emap CEO David Gilbertson joining the board of directors as a non-executive director. The company employs more than 750 people working in London, New York and Hong Kong. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Incisive Media」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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