Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - emap... :


EmAp pLc is a media company whose purpose is to create must-have entertainment and information which can be delivered to every home and business within defined communities...emap's business activities focus around three main areas:
Top selling consumer magazines in the UK, and around the world
Over 200 business to business events, magazines and conferences, many of them market leaders...40 local analogue radio stations in the UK and Republic of Ireland, seven digital music TV channels and one of the biggest digital radio networks in the UK...

emap is organised into three operating divisions:
...EmAp CoNsUmEr MeDiA (consumer magazines, TV)...
comprises the Group's consumer magazine portfolio in the UK and overseas. It publishes titles in the UK such as heat, Zoo, Grazia FHM, Closer, Empire, Max Power, Angling Times and Todays Golfer. ECM also encompasses Emap's music television channels and the ticketing website Aloud.com.
...EmAp CoMmUnicaTiOnS (B2B)...
is the leading UK trade exhibition organiser and the fourth largest trade exhibition organiser in France. EC has over 300 Conferences in 16 countries, 35 Awards events, Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival - the worlds leading Festival for advertising creatives, major Information businesses serving Fashion with WGSN - Worth Global Style Network, Automotive with CAP, Construction with Glenigan and Media with brad. Its leading titles include Retail Week, Broadcast, Construction News, Nursing Times and Health Service Journal.
...EmAp RaDioOo (radio)...
has a unique position in the UK music market through its 40 local analogue radio stations and one of the biggest digital networks in the UK. Some of its key brands include Smash Hits!, Radio Clyde, Radio Forth, Big City Network, Kiss, Magic, Kerrang!, Q and Mojo.
1947...Emap formed as regional newspaper group
1953...Angling Times launched – Emap’s first consumer title
1956...Motor Cycle News acquired for £100 – now one of Emap’s biggest titles
2005...Period Living and Traditional Homes magazine is sold to Centaur Holdings
Mixmag is sold to Development Hell
Alun Cathcart and Rita Clifton appointed Non-Executive Directors
Emap acquires the web based subscription fashion information business Worth Global Style Network (WGSN)
Emap Acquires SRH Plc, increasing its radio portfolio
Emap Acquires DeHavilland, the market leading public affairs information service
Emap Construct “redefines the recruitment sector for quantity surveyors” with the launch of QS Week in April
A new division 'Emap Radio' forms in April, with the non-radio areas of Emap Performance moving under the umbrella of Emap Consumer Media
Professional Nurse magazine closes
Plastics & Design Moulding Exhibition (PDM) opens its doors
Paul Keenan appointed to the Emap Plc Board in march
Emap launches Grazia, Britain’s first weekly glossy, in February
Competition Commission announce that Emap should sell ABI

2006...Alun Cathcart becomes Chairman, taking over from Adam Broadbent
Karen Jones resigns after nine years as a Non-Executive Director
Emap announces plans to sell Emap France
Emap closes the 'legendary' Smash Hits Magazine, after a 28 year run


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