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According to Berkery Noyes’ Online and Mobile report for full year 2016, volume saw a one percent uptick on a year-to-year basis, totaling 2,874 transactions in 2016. Aggregate deal value gained 12 percent, from $157.99 billion to $177.35 billion. The number of acquisitions in the consumer mobile application subsector remained about constant from 2015 to… View Article

Berkery Noyes’ Media and Marketing report for full year 2016 showed that deal volume declined five percent on a year-to-year basis. Aggregate value more than doubled, from $105.67 billion to $272.17 billion. The rise in value was due in major part to AT&T’s announced acquisition of Time Warner for $105.27 billion, or $85.4 billion if net… View Article

According to Berkery Noyes Software report for full year 2016, deal volume remained about constant on a yearly basis, with a total of 2,064 transactions in 2016. Overall value declined 28 percent, from $214.01 billion to $153.28 billion. However, if the $67.48 billion Dell-EMC acquisition in 2015 is excluded, value decreased five percent. Aggregate value… View Article

Berkery Noyes’ Software report for first half 2016 showed transaction volume increased four percent on a half year basis. The number of acquisitions completed by strategic acquirers remained constant. However, private equity backed deal flow improved 26 percent. Following a relative lack of megadeals earlier in the year, the four largest transactions thus far in… View Article

Berkery Noyes’ Education report for full year 2015 revealed that transaction volume improved 26 percent on a year-to-year basis. Aggregate value rose 52 percent, from $11.68 billion to $17.75 billion. The industry’s most active strategic acquirer in 2015, either directly or through an affiliated business, was Bertelsmann with four transactions. Bertelsmann acquired Redilearning, an online… View Article