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Providence Equity Partners

Type: Company

Name: Providence Equity Partners

Nationality: United States

Web Address: http://www.provequity.com/

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Providence Equity Partners

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Warburg Pincus LLC

The Morning Leverage: Private Equity’s High Energy Investments

Mike Lucas for Dow Jones Top stories in this morning’s LBO Wire: The energy team from HM Capital has spun out to form Tailwater Capital , a new Dallas firm that has raised $425 million and will manage HM’s legacy energy investments, Jonathan Shieber ... [Published WSJ.com: Private Equity Beat - May 21 2013]

Entities: ENERGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED, Private Equity, Jonathan Shieber, Warburg Pincus LLC

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Hulu LLC

DirecTV, Time Warner Cable reportedly kicking tires at Hulu

Both DirecTV (Nasdaq: DTV) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) are considering bids to acquire Hulu, according to reports from Bloomberg.Time Warner Cable's discussions are at an early stage, according to Bloomberg, which cited anonymous sources. DirecTV ... [Published Fierce Cable - May 20 2013]

Entities: Hulu LLC, DirecTV Group Inc, Time Warner Cable Inc

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

CDW Filing Hints PE Firms May Sell Shares in IPO

Updated paperwork on corporate-technology seller CDW Corp.'s pending initial public offering suggests its backers, Madison Dearborn and Providence Equity Partners , may sell shares in the offering.A Securities and Exchange Commission filing today ... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - May 20 2013]

Entities: CDW Corporation, Stocks, IPOs

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Providence Equity Partners

Providence Equity-Backed GLM Nabs Add-On as Trade Show Space Heats Up

Hot on the heels of a nearly billion dollar transaction in the trade show space, Providence Equity Partners is bulking up its own events platform with an add-on deal for properties from Stella Show Management Co.Terms of the deal were not disclosed ... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - May 20 2013]

Entities: Providence Equity Partners

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Baidu.com Inc

The Bullish Case For Baidu

Baidu (BIDU) has announced the acquisition of the online video business of internet provider PPStream. Baidu aims to merge the PPStream's online video business with its own video platform iQiyi. The merged business will become China's biggest online video ... [Published Seeking Alpha - May 19 2013]

Entities: Baidu.com Inc, Online Video, Acquisition, China

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Univision

Univision Drives By Hot High Yield Bond Mart With $500M Deal To Repay Loans

Univision Communications is driving by today with a $500 million offering of 10-year (non-call five) secured notes via bookrunners Deutsche Bank Deutsche BankProceeds will repay term loans due in 2014, and partially repay term loans due 2017, according ... [Published Forbes.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Univision, High-Yield Bond, Matt Fuller, Deutsche Bank AG

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Providence Hires Managing Director to Head Business Development

Providence Equity Partners said Renee Beaumont is joining the firm as a managing director who will head business development.Ms. Beaumont joins the Providence, R.I., firm from Goldman Sachs Group Inc ., where since 2004 she has served in a variety of ... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - May 14 2013]

Entities: Business Development, Providence Equity Partners, Merchant Banking

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

Providence Equity Partners hires Renée Beaumont to oversee IR

Providence Equity Partners , which focuses on media, communications, education and information sectors, has named Renée Beaumont as a managing director and global head of business development.She will oversee all business development, marketing and investor ... [Published AltAssets.net - May 14 2013]

Entities: Providence Equity Partners, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Private Equity, Jonathan Nelson

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

âSuper-copâ William Bratton and top brass shake-up at OPD

Tags: acting police chiefs • Advisory Council of the Homeland Security Department • Afghanistan • Altegrity Risk International • Ann Garrison • Assistant Chief Anthony Toribio • Berkeley law professor Frank Zimring • Businessweek • CEO of Kroll Associates ... [Published San Francisco Bay View - May 13 2013]

Entities: William Bratton, Oakland (California, United States), Altegrity Inc, Anthony Toribio

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Former Blackboard President and CEO Michael Chasen to Launch SocialRadar

Michael Chasen, SocialRadarFormer Blackboard President and CEO Michael Chasen is launching SocialRadar, a firm that builds apps on smartphones and Google Glass. Chasen announced this new venture through his Linkedin and Twitter pages and said the apps ... [Published WashingtonExec - May 09 2013]

Entities: Providence Equity Partners, Acquisition, Google Glass, LinkedIn Corp, Smartphone

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

Baidu Buys PPS Online Video Segment

The Chinese search engine plans to add the business to its existing video site, iQiyiBaidu Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU) has acquired the online video business of PPS, a technology company, for $370 million.The deal is expected to close in the second quarter. PPS’ ... [Published Mergers & Acquisitions - May 07 2013]

Entities: Baidu.com Inc, Online Video, Search Engines, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Big changes are underway at Blackboard. Here's Jay Bhatt's plan.

Jay Bhatt is five month into his tenure as Blackboard Inc.'s president and CEO. He hasn't been shy about making changes.Bhatt is the D.C. company's second chief executive since its dot-com-era founding. Two years ago today, the ed-tech powerhouse was ... [Published Washington Business Journal - May 03 2013]

Entities: Blackboard Inc, Providence Equity Partners, Acquisition, Leadership

Quotes

...Both are expected to open future markets and reshape China's online video business. "The merger of iQiyi and PPS's online video business is a major step toward consolidation in the industry, and will contribute to the development of China's internet video industry" , iQiyi CEO. Baidu needed to acquire PPStream for better marketing value and a wider range of options for advertisers...

The Bullish Case For Baidu [Published Seeking Alpha - May 19 2013]

...marketwire.com/?release=1018155&id=2998795&type=1&am .. , Co-Founder and Managing Director of Newstone Capital, and vRad's lead director. "Jim's background, leadership skills and proven track record of operating and growing technology driven organizations make him an ideal fit for vRad at this stage in the company's evolution."

Virtual Radiologic Appoints Jim Burke as CEO and Announces Investment of Additional Capital to Su ... [Published PR inside - May 16 2013]

...in senior secured credit, but only in the European sphere and have not been one in the U S ," said Rob Wadsworth, managing director of HarbourVest. "We thought long and hard about the right way to go about that and getting into a more established and proven market."

Extra Credit: HarbourVest Forms Partnership With CIFC [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - May 10 2013]

Sinclair's buying spree is indicative of a new era in local broadcast: not-so-local ownership. "The Newport stations acquisition is consistent with our focus of adding 'big four' affiliates in mid-sized markets and strengthening our in-market positions" said Sinclair Broadcast's president and chief executive David Smith

Sinclair Broadcast closes $99MN Cox Media TV affiliate acquisition [Published Rapid TV News - May 03 2013]

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The Bullish Case For Baidu [Published Seeking Alpha - May 19 2013]
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Univision Drives By Hot High Yield Bond Mart Wi... [Published Forbes.com - May 16 2013]
Providence Hires Managing Director to Head Busi... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - May 14 2013]
'Content Is The Epicenter Of Our Ecosystem' [Published Asia Media Journal - May 14 2013]
Providence Equity Partners hires Renée Beaumont... [Published AltAssets.net - May 14 2013]
Beaumont Joins Providence Equity [Published PE Hub News - May 13 2013]
âSuper-copâ William Bratton and top brass shake... [Published San Francisco Bay View - May 13 2013]
Extra Credit: HarbourVest Forms Partnership Wit... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - May 10 2013]
Yahoo’s Mayer Said to Explore Bid for Hulu to A... [Published Bloomberg - May 10 2013]
Former Blackboard President and CEO Michael Cha... [Published WashingtonExec - May 09 2013]
A sale would mean the end of Hulu as we know it [Published Fierce Online Video - May 08 2013]
Affiliates of Sovereign Capital and management ... [Published Zecco - May 08 2013]
Baidu Makes Impressive Gains for Second Straigh... [Published Equities.com - May 07 2013]
Baidu Buys PPS Online Video Segment [Published Mergers & Acquisitions - May 07 2013]
Baidu (BIDU) Pays US$370M For PPS Online Video ... [Published I Stock Analyst - May 07 2013]
Goldman Sachs to invest $110M in Den Networks [Published VC Circle - May 06 2013]
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Sinclair Broadcast closes $99MN Cox Media TV af... [Published Rapid TV News - May 03 2013]
Education Management posts a $284 million quart... [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - May 02 2013]
No Doom, Little Gloom But Lots of Caution [Published CNBC - May 02 2013]

Blogs

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The Morning Leverage: Private Equity’s High Ene... [Published WSJ.com: Private Equity Beat - May 21 2013] Mike Lucas for Dow Jones Top stories in this morning’s LBO Wire: The energy team from HM Capital has spun out to form Tailwater Capital , a new Dallas firm that has raised $425 million and will manage HM’s legacy energy investments, Jonathan Shieber ...
Dodd-Frank a year on: Where is the compliance i... [Published Compliance Building - Apr 29 2013] These are my notes from the Private Fund Compliance Forum 2013. They are live notes, so excuse the typos. David Smolen , Chief Compliance Officer, Silver Lake Brynn Peltz , Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP Roman A. Bejger , Counsel and Chief Compliance ...
Vox Media's Jim Bankoff To Talk The Business Of... [Published TechCrunch - Apr 25 2013] After a long decade of media destruction, no one in the industry was surprised to see “Reporter (Newspaper)” ranked as the worst job of 2013. But, life is starting to look better for some online publications — like at Vox Media. Its SB Nation network ...
Vox Media's Jim Bankoff To Talk The Business Of... [Published TechCrunch - Apr 25 2013] After a long decade of media destruction, no one in the industry was surprised to see “Reporter (Newspaper)” ranked as the worst job of 2013 . But life is starting to look better for some online publications — like at Vox Media. Its SB Nation network ...
Reuters – Former News Corp President Chernin Bi... [Published PE Hub Blog - Apr 08 2013] Reuters – Former News Corp president Peter Chernin has bid around $500 million for Hulu, the online video streaming service he helped create in 2007, according to two sources with knowledge of Hulu’s sale process. The website, jointly controlled ...

Press Releases

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