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Quote sajanvm Replybullet Posted: 31/May/2007 at 11:28am
Basant - I have sold off my NIIT Tech. I am still holding NIIT Ltd (which in turn owns 24% of NIIT Tech). I have never looked at Aptech's valuation, so am unqualified to comment.
 
 
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last qtr results were dissapointing , primarily due to
 -losses of around 2 cr in new publication launches
 -higher interest for finnacing acquisition/ working capital
 
 
most of the new initiatives should gain traction over the next 1-2 years .
 
They have a 58% market share in the IT, technology media space as per a report by 'Pitch "
 
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Quote jstk Replybullet Posted: 09/Nov/2007 at 1:07pm
qtr 2 results were flattish. As of now, for the half year ended sept 07, on a consolidated basis sales are up by 20% to 55 cr and  np by 20% t0 3.8 cr.
 
importantly, the Media services business has turned around with a small +ve contribution.
 

During the sept qtr, Cybermedia has launched 2 publications:

  • Halsbury Law Monthly targeted at the legal fraternity .
  • Dare, which is a first of its kind magazine  targeted at Enterpreneurs.
i read Dare's first issue and felt it was a pretty ok job for a magazine tackling a new space. It is a 100 page + magazine priced @ rs.30 and  talked about private equity , innovative new business ideas and also lots of experiences of succsesful enterpreneurs like owner of Hidesign, NRM etc.
 
NRM spoke highly about Pradeep Gupta, Cybermedia's MD in the interview.
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Quote jstk Replybullet Posted: 11/Dec/2007 at 9:46am

TV 18's acquisition of Infomedia which values the company @ 445 cr should lend a correct perspective to investors for Cybermedia.

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Quote basant Replybullet Posted: 11/Dec/2007 at 10:47am
Infomedia is running stale asets right now TV18 could strategize its various businesses like auto car with the magazine etc. It is now that the management focus comes into play. I am not aware of Cybermedia's management but it has to be aggressive enough to take things in its stride.
 
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Quote jstk Replybullet Posted: 12/Dec/2007 at 5:02pm

 

 a few small pointers below will underline the basis of my belief in Cybermedia’sManagement quality.   :
 

1) JV’s : All the JV’s / tie ups which Cybermedia has are with world leaders:

a)Dice : no.1 Technology & engineering job portal in the world with 6 month ended june 07 revenues of 650 million USD ( www.dice.com)

b)IDC : no.1 IT, telecom, consumer Technology market intelligence & research services ( http://www.idc.com). 2006 revenues were approx 2.8 billion USD.

c)Lexis Nexis which is a subsidiary of Reid Elsevier, which is world’s leading publisher of information for proffesional users. They did a revenue of approx 7 billion USD & a NP of 1 billion million USD in 2006

http://www.reed-elsevier.com/

d) CMP media : media and marketing solutions company serving the technology industry ( www.cmpmedia.com)

 

When Business Week was looking at entering India a couple of years back, they had partnered with Cyberemedia for the same. Unfortunately due to foreign print laws etc, this could not come through.

 

2) around 4 months back, I had called up the Cybermedia gurgaon office  for some clarifications on their quarterly numbers. Although Pradeep Gupta , the MD was in a meeting and I left my number behind, he did call me after half an hour and addressed all my queries most patiently ( with specific answers). Only a handful of top executives would do this for  minority shareholders.

 

3) Management is focused on the future and not on the short term earnings or share price

 

4) I have read many articles where Narayan Murthy , Premji have talked about Pradeep Gupta & his pioneering effort & vision in this field .

Next Gen publishing has also filed draft prospectus with SEBI and i feel the pricing of that issue should further highlight the strength of Cybermedia's brands and the fact that it is an underpriced stock.

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Quote kulman Replybullet Posted: 12/Dec/2007 at 5:31pm
 Reid Elsevier.....Wasn't it Infomedia who either bought or formed some JV with them?
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Quote jstk Replybullet Posted: 12/Dec/2007 at 5:45pm
ICICI ventures was in talks sometime in april/may 07 with Reid Elsevier for selling their stake ( which they have now sold to tv18) in Infomedia .
 
cyberemdia's partnesrhip with Reid Elsevier's subsidiary Lexis Nexis  was done 2 months back for the launch of Halisbury's Law monthly.
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