Who's Buying Whom

A Key Reason Whitestone is Considered the Most Knowledgable M&A Firm
in the Industries it Covers

Who's Buying Whom covers every transaction, some 1,500 deals per year, in the publishing, information and training industries. For each transaction, Whitestone records the buyer (or investor), the seller, nature of the business, and revenue, profit and purchase price, if known.

The Who's Buying Whom database is organized to provide:

• Deals by business area such as trade magazines, consumer magazines, education/reference publishing, business/legal publishing, finance/real estate information, and training
• Number of deals by each major company, such as Thomson Corporation, Wolters Kluwer and Time Warner
• The specific deals done by each major company
• Valuation multiples on many transactions, including both revenue and profit multiples
• The 20 largest transactions each year
• The number and dollar value of deals each year compared to the prior year, presented by the business areas cited above

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Releases of the Who's Buying Whom data are widely and regularly reported in industry publications. These publications have come to depend on Whitestone for its knowledge of deal activity and, as a result, Whitestone is widely quoted in the press as an expert on M&A trends.

Whitestone provides quarterly updates on its data through its Who's Buying Whom Update report, distributed free via email.

Collection of the Who's Buying Whom data has given Whitestone the greatest level of expertise on valuation in the publishing, information and training industries. Because Whitestone tracks every deal in our areas of focus, we know the current market value for your business. For a complimentary valuation of your business or a division or product line, on a highly confidential basis, please contact Whitestone President Baran Rosen at 212 957-7100, ext. 266. Or you may email him at .