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Webinar: Leadership, culture in integration (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Please join us Wednesday at 2pm EDT for a free webinar on the timely topic of cultural and leadership issues in post-merger integration. How timely? Consider:The uptick in M&A we've seen in recent weeks has been driven by strategic buyers acting for strategic reasons, which can make for delicate integrations....

Posted on September 30, 2009 12:10 PM

Meredith: Executive raises and digital strategy (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Meredith Corp. (NYSE:MDP) in a proxy filing on Friday noted salary increases for executives including CEO Stephen Lacy and chief development officer John Zieser (pictured). Lacy's compensation will increase from $4 million in 2008 to $5.8 million this year, while Zieser's will jump from $1.5 million to about $1.77 million....

Posted on September 29, 2009 12:39 PM

Meredith aligns with VC/PE in Hyperfactory deal (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Meredith Corp. (NYSE:MDP) has taken a 20% stake in the Hyperfactory, which develops and delivers marketing campaigns through mobile devices. Not only does the deal boost Meredith's integrated marketing arm, it also aligns it with the target's venture capital and private equity investors."I personally met with representatives of the VC...

Posted on July 22, 2009 11:40 AM

Meredith's John Zieser on PE 'frienemies' (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Two years ago John Zieser rarely heard from private equity or venture capital firms interested in partnering on deals. Now Zieser, who leads corporate development for the media company Meredith Corp, (NYSE:MDP), says he's having those conversations almost daily on both the traditional and new-media side. And those discussions have...

Posted on June 17, 2009 7:00 AM

Sector Watch: Kosmix RightHealth co-founder on the outlook in e-health (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are on the move in the online health space, and it's not hard to see the attraction. Use of social networking health sites and search engines is growing briskly, so to find out where the sector is headed, I spoke with Kosmix RightHealth's co-founder Venky...

Posted on March 5, 2008 12:14 PM

Aiming higher (from Corporate Dealmaker)

How do the best corporate deal teams keep getting better? Partly by sharing experiences and learning from each other - as these highlights from the most recent Corporate Dealmaker Forum make clear.

Posted on February 16, 2007 2:00 AM

Striking a balance (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Corporate dealmakers typically have a dual set of responsibilities: helping business units do deals and enforcing corporate strategy. When those objectives don't line up, corp dev execs can find themselves saying no to deal opportunities that business leaders are firmly behind. John Zieser, vice president of corporate development, general counsel...

Posted on December 15, 2006 8:49 PM