Merger Deal

JupiterResearch in $10.1 Million Merger Deal with Kagan Research

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 28, 2006 - 10:43am.

New York - JupiterResearch, a New York-based market research and consulting firm, announced on Wednesday that it has merged with Monterey, Calif.-based Kagan Research, also a provider of technology market research. Under the deal, Jupitermedia Corporation has sold its JupiterResearch unit to JupiterKagan for $10.1 million. JupiterKagan is a unit of MCG Capital, which acquired Kagan Research in 2004. "This merger brings together two brilliant teams of analysts with unparalleled expertise in their fields," said JupiterKagan CEO Tim Baskerville. "With greater scale, richer combined data resources, and a highly attractive continuous information service business model, JupiterKagan is positioned to be a major force in our industry." The combined company counts more than 100 employees in six major offices in the U.S., U.K., Germany and France.

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U.K. Game Developer Digital Jesters in $5 Million Investment, Merger Deal

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 28, 2005 - 10:29am.

London - British video game publisher Digital Jesters announced that it has received a $5 million investment from U.S.-based Myriad Interactive, and will merge with Myriad to form a new company, the DJ Group. "We've big plans for the DJ group," Myriad head Marco Landi, former president and COO of Apple, told GamesIndustry.biz. "We've already set up our infrastructure, and it's our intention that this new group will quickly grow through expansion and acquisition into a real major player." DJ Group labels will include Digital Jesters, DJ Interactive, Turtle Games and Monte Cristo. The company's first title will be "Crazy Frog Racer," based on the animated ringtone character that first became popular in the U.K.; the game is set for release for the PC and PlayStation 2 on Dec. 9. Digital Jesters said that several claims of non-payment of contracts by developers are still outstanding, and will still be taken up in court solely by Digital Jesters.