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Berkery Noyes’ Media and Marketing report for full year 2014 showed that deal volume remained nearly constant on a year-to-year basis. The number of private equity backed transactions increased 35 percent, from 156 to 211 deals. Aggregate deal value gained 22 percent, from $75.22 billion in 2013 to $91.45 billion in 2014. In terms of… View Article

Berkery Noyes has issued its Software report for full year 2014. Deal volume experienced a 14 percent increase, with a total of 1,840 transactions in 2014. There was also a 19 percent rise in the number of software deals backed by financial sponsors, from 257 to 305. Aggregate value rose 36 percent, from $88.32 billion… View Article

According to Berkery Noyes’ third quarter 2014 Information report, aggregate value gained 31 percent, from $48.7 billion in second quarter 2014 to $63.9 billion in third quarter 2014. In terms of valuations, the industry’s median revenue multiple from 2013 through the first three quarters of 2014 experienced an uptick from 2.1x to 2.4x, while the… View Article

Berkery Noyes’ third quarter 2014 Private Equity report showed that the number of acquisitions in the Information Industry declined eight percent from second to third quarter 2014. However, deal volume year-to-date increased 24 percent compared to the corresponding timeframe in 2013. The number of transactions involving an online component has continued to rise over the… View Article

Berkery Noyes’ third quarter 2014 Education report showed that the number of deals year-to-date saw a slight three percent decline compared to the corresponding timeframe in 2013. The largest quarterly increase occurred between fourth quarter 2013 and first quarter 2014, from 73 to 84 deals. Transaction value gained 35 percent on a year-over-year basis, totaling… View Article