Categories: OLD Media Moves

Acuris buys SparkSpread, energy M&A news provider

Acuris announced Tuesday it has acquired SparkSpread, an online news service on M&A and financing in the global energy industry, for an undisclosed amount.

SparkSpread was founded by journalists Will Ainger and Victor Kremer in 2005. It will join Acuris’ Infrastructure division.

“We are excited to welcome the acclaimed SparkSpread team to the growing Acuris family,” said Hamilton Matthews, CEO of Acuris, in a statement. “We have been considering ways to broaden our energy sector coverage for asset managers, fund investors and advisors alike. We look forward to collaborating with Will and Victor to achieve this.”

Acuris was formerly known as Mergermarket Group. Its brands include Mergermarket, Debtwire and Dealreporter.

It has more than 500 journalists and analysts.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.