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Selling
Your Publishing, Digital
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Media
or Events Business
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The
Marketplace For Publishing, Digital Media & Events Businesses
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the difficult economic climate we are still seeing plenty of
interest from buyers. There are wealthy medium sized publishers who
sense that this is a good time to acquire extra titles that were
unavailable or too expensive during the boom years. There are
private individuals who have left large media companies and are
looking for small businesses to generate an income or in some cases
just to keep themselves occupied. Publishers have always tended to
fund acquisitions from their own resources rather than bank
borrowing so the credit part of the credit crunch is not a hindrance
to getting a sale. With interest rates low buying a business with
even a modest net profit is a far better use for cash than putting it
in the bank. Profitable online businesses can often name their
price. The most successful operators are now focussed on fully
integrating print titles with online activities and live events.
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Why
Use An Adviser
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selling your publishing, digital media or events business our
network of more than 500 buyer contacts, extensive experience and
expert advice can bring you a much more lucrative and secure sale
than you are likely to achieve on your own. We can help you avoid
the pitfalls that unwary sellers often fall into. |
| The publisher of a newly
launched title approached us having received an offer of £40K.
After thoroughly marketing the title we secured a sale at £215K.
Another seller had an existing offer of £150K. We succeeded in
securing a sale at £380K with more favourable terms and conditions.
In most cases we arrange sales to
firms and individuals that sellers have never even heard of let
alone thought of approaching.
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Our Fees
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market a business or title we charge an initial and monthly fee based on
turnover.
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| Turnover |
Initial
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Monthly
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Up to £50K
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£ 250
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£
25
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£50K to £100K
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£ 500
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£
50
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£100K to £150K
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£ 750
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£
75
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£150K to £200K
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£ 1,000
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£ 100
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£200K to £300K
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£ 1,500
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£ 150
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£300K to £400K
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£ 2,000
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£ 200
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£400K to £500K
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£ 2,500
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£ 250
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Above £500K
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£ 3,000
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£ 300
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successful sale we charge 10 % of the proceeds.
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| Our fees should be
affordable to any successful business. We are prepared to
consider businesses which have financial, owner health
or other problems. As long as the owners give us an honest insight
into all the issues we may be prepared to consider a variation on our
standard fee structure.
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Your Next
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We
are happy to discuss likely buyers, possible
valuations, potential timescales
and all other matters related to selling a publishing, digital media
or events business.
There are no charges for initial discussions.
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| Your
first contact at Matrix should be Ian Benson |
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Tel : 01904 673880 |
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: ibenson@matrixmergers.co.uk
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