The fifth annual Media Dealmakers Summit,
held at The Pierre in February 2007, set a
number of records:
• Our 321 attendees from 242 companies
represent the media industry’s inner circle
—financial sponsors, entrepreneurs, top
media executives and lenders
• The speakers were responsible for $18.6
billion in media M&A in 2006
• Private equity sponsors in attendance
represented more than $125 billion in
available funds
• Participants in 10 of the Top 15 deals of
2006 were at the Summit as speakers
or attendees
See Highlights at right.