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2010 desilva+phillips Healthcare Outlook
At 932 M&A transactions, the number of healthcare deals fared better than most expected in 2009 given the overall decline in last year's M&A market. Technology, overall led the way, with biotechnology deals up 31% YoY and e-health showing unusual resilience with 171% uptick in dollar volume over 2008. There is a tight coupling between medical device vendor share price and the normal movements of the market. In contrast, there seems to be a lead relationship between application software vendors and the market. The stock group has already surpassed the NASDAQ. The article identifies the hot segments, services and takes a look ahead the healthcare M&A landscape for 2010.
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Getting Real: Ad Exchanges, RTB, and the Future of Online Advertising
New technologies and companies are triggering an unprecedented power shift in online advertising. Real-time bidding on inventory, instantaneous delivery, and ever-deeper audience segmentation and insight have reinvigorated a tired industry. Both advertisers and publishers are feeling newly empowered, along with a host of intermediaries who are attracting a fresh wave of investment. Some early winners are already obvious. But the tune is still playing in this game of musical chairs, and plenty of players from across the value chain will be squeezed out in the end.
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The 7 Deadly M&A Sins
Top Mistakes Media Entrepreneurs Make before Selling their Companies
You may be surprised to learn that now — even in this economy — could be a great time to sell the company you've spent years building. But entrepreneurs hoping for an exit strategy could make costly tactical errors if they don't understand what's changed in the last year.
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Saving and Exploiting Celebrity Media Franchises
The editors of People.com and NYMag.com and the executive producer of CNN Entertainment discuss the challenges facing the online facet of their hugely dominant traditional media brands. Mark Golin, Ben Williams and Dave Levine speak with DeSilva+Phillips managing director Ken Sonenclar at the May, 2009 Future of Celebrity Media Conference, and discuss the different online audience, the challenges of new competitors, and in what ways they can leverage the value of their traditional (print and TV) brands in the online environment.
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