EMAP

EMAP is an abbreviation for East Midland Allied Press; it is a British media company which was founded by Charles Winfrey in the late 1800s when he was trying to get elected as a member of parliament, but he was proved a more successful publisher than a politician.

EMAP is a B2B (business to business) media group that focuses on five main verticals - construction, retail, media, automotive and public sector. Emap Ltd is the leading UK trade exhibition organiser and runs over 400 events across the UK, Europe and the Middle East. It operates major information businesses serving fashion, automotive, construction and media and has leading publications including Retail Week, Broadcast, Construction News, Nursing Times and HSJ

In March 2008 Emap Ltd was acquired by Eden Bidco Ltd, a joint venture between Apax and Guardian Media Group plc.

Apax Partners is one of the world’s leading private investment groups. It operates across the United States, Europe, Israel and Asia and has more than 30 years of investing experience. Funds under the advice of Apax Partners total $35 billion around the world. These Funds provide long-term financing to build and strengthen world-class companies. Apax Partners Funds invest in companies across its global sectors of Tech & Telecom, Retail & Consumer, Media, Healthcare and Financial & Business Services. Funds advised by Apax Partners have invested in the media sector for more than 20 years. Significant recent investments include: Incisive Media, Central European Media Enterprises, HIT Entertainment, World Directories and Yell.


Guardian Media Group plc is one of the UK's leading multimedia companies. Its diverse collection includes:
· Guardian News & Media: the Guardian and Observer newspapers and the Guardian.co.uk website.

· GMG Regional Media: the Manchester Evening News and its website, a number of other regional newspapers in the North West and South of England, and the Channel M city TV station.

· GMG Radio: regional radio stations across the UK under the Real Radio, Smooth Radio, Century Radio and Rock Radio brands.

· Trader Media Group: one of Europe's largest specialist print and online media companies, and publisher of the Auto Trader magazine and website. Trader Media Group is jointly owned by GMG and Apax Partners, with GMG as the majority shareholder.

· GMG Property Services Group: Vebra and Core, leading providers of software to independent estate agents and thinkproperty.com, the consumer-facing portal.


GMG is owned by the Scott Trust, which was created in 1936 to secure the financial and editorial independence of the Guardian in eternity.

Marjorie Scardino

Born: 25th Jan, 1947
Job: chief executive, Pearson

Age: 60

Industry: publishing, new media

Turnover: £4.42bn

Salary: £1.96m

2007 ranking: 41

Marjorie Scardino is Chief Executive of Pearson, the international education and media business made up of Pearson Education, Penguin and the Financial Times Group. She was the first woman to be the chief executive of a FTSE 100 company. She was a former journalist, who had grown up in Texas, although she was born in the United States, she has taken British citizenship so her honour is important.

Until January 1997, she was chief executive of The Economist Group (of which Pearson owns 50%), and more observers noted that she had, for almost five years, headed the Economist Group , earlier then 1985. She is married to Albert Scardino and is a mother of three children.

Marjorie is also a non-executive director of Nokia Corporation and a member of a number of charitable and advisory boards, including, The MacArthur Foundation, The Carter Center and the Victoria & Albert Museum.

In 2007 she has been listed 17th on the Forbes list of the 100 most powerful women in the World.