Haymarket is one of the UK’s largest news and magazine publishers

A magazine group founded by Michael Hesteltine has snapped up a trio of marketing titles from Aim-listed Centaur Media, bolstering its portfolio of advertising and communications outlets.

Haymarket , which owns over 70 specialist magazines including the likes of Autocar, Campaign and Management Today, revealed it had acquired Marketing Week, Creative Review and Festival of Marketing for an undisclosed amount on Thursday.

The triumvirate of outlets will sit in Haymarket’s Business Media division, the publisher confirmed, joining the likes of PR Week, Campaign and Performance Marketing World before the group eventually merges the three new titles under one banner.

The publisher hailed its acquisition of the magazines, whi

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