r/fanexpo

According to reports, Informa, the parent company of Fan Expo, will buy Clarion Events, the parent company of many event-focused subsidiaries, including LeftField Media, which owns AnimeNYC, Anime Frontier, AwesomeCon and Rose City Comic Con.

(Via Nerdcaliber dot com)

Informa proposed raising £940 million in new equity to partly fund the acquisition of UK-based Clarion, which owns over 100 business-to-business live event brands.
Informa CEO Stephen Carter said it was time for the group to focus on B2B events, which now accounted for the vast majority of its earnings and growth.
(Via Reuters)

It looks like they’re buying them for the B2B events, and the fan events may just be collateral.