The highlights from online media M&A in 2008 are as follows:

In 2008, there were 707 merger, acquisition and capital raise transactions in the online sector of media (92 more transactions than the 615 in 2007). The 707 online media deals were comprised of 348 capital raise transactions and 359 acquisitions.

The $16.9 billion in reported deal value in 2008 represents a decrease of 62% from the $44.4 billion in reported M&A transaction value in 2007 for all of the U.S. online media sectors. The 2008 reported deal value by sector:
o Consumer – $6.2 billion (36.7%);
o Business – $4.8 billion (28.4%);
o Mobile – $592 million (3.5%);
o Enabling – $2.5 billion (14.6%); and
o Commerce – $2.8 billion (16.7%).

In 2008, $3.5 billion in reported deal value of venture capital flowed into all sectors of media, representing a 22% increase over the amount of reported $2.9 billion in capital raised in 2007. The Enabling category had the largest increase in the amount of capital raised attracting $892 million in 2008, which represents a 124% increase over the $398 million raised by the sector in 2007. The Mobile sector also saw significant gains in investment capital. The Mobile category raised $341 million in investment capital in 2008, representing a 488% increase over the $58 million raised by the sector in 2007.

The top five sectors in terms of volume of transactions (not reported deal value) for equity raises in 2008 were as follows:
o Video & Online Games – 59 capital raise transactions;
o Social Networking – 57 capital raise transactions;
o Web Applications/Enabling/IT – 47 capital raise transactions;
o Mobile – 35 capital raise transactions; and
o Blogging/User Generated – 27 capital raise transactions.

Best,

John

John H. Doyle II
Managing Director & Founder
Peachtree Media Advisors, Inc.

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then, what is it with ebay showing up on this list … and especially their acquisition of bill me later? neither of those companies are media, or even marketing. i can come up with all kinds of data if i mash up data sets. they could have just thrown US auto companies together with newpapers and shown us the downward trend … hey people listen to the radio/media in their cars.

i am sorry, but this is one of the weakest pieces of research i have seen in a long time to make a point that yes is obvious … the print media have a problem in the US. but that doesn’t mean those companies are doomed.

The biggest change I think we will see in the niche B2b space in the next 3-5 years is the death of the controlled b2b magazine, which will be replaced controlled enewsletters and websites.

Just my $.02