Teléfonos de México SA, or Telmex, is expected to announce the purchase of a group of Spanish-language phone directories based in the U.S. today, marking a notable foray into one of the country’s fastest-growing demographic markets. As the deal is currently designed, say people familiar with the matter, Telmex will assume an 80% interest in…
A private equity firm has acquired the former SFX Sports tennis representation firm, which counts Andy Roddick among its clients, and the practice of veteran basketball and football agent Bill Strickland as a base to build a larger sports agency. Blue Equity is also in final discussions to acquire SFX Television, which produces and distributes…
Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher has named Rebecca Jackson, Jonathan Blue and Ronald Butt to the University of Louisville board of trustees. Fletcher also reappointed Chester J. Porter to the board. Jackson, the former judge-executive and county clerk of Jefferson County, serves as CEO of the WHAS Crusade for Children. She received her bachelor’s and master’s…
Enlace Spanish Yellow Pages, the nation’s largest independent Spanish directory company (based on number of cities served), has acquired Las Super Paginas Amarillas, the premier independent New York City area Spanish Yellow Pages directory. This directory has grown exponentially over the last 7 years to meet the needs of the second largest Hispanic market in the United States, with over…
Blue is chairman and managing director of Blue Equity, LLC, a recently formed private equity firm with a wide-ranging portfolio of businesses, including financial services, media, real estate, and sports and entertainment concerns. He has an extensive list of civic activities and board memberships. And he’s married and the father of two young daughters. CLICK…
Stephen Fenley hopes dialogue with neighbors will ease their acceptance of mixed-use project. With his proposal for the redevelopment of the 36-acre Hildebrand farm at U.S. 42 and the Watterson Expressway, Stephen Fenley is trying to create “more of a signature front door” for the corridor. He’s hopeful that area residents will find his coming…
Having recently split with his brother and longtime business partner, Jonathan Blue has teamed up with two other young entrepreneurs who share his vision for real estate ventures and downtown development. Blue, 38, has joined forces with investors Gant Hill and Austin Musselman to form a new partnership called Blue Venterra LLC. The three plan…
Cobalt Publishing in Louisville has acquired its largest Spanish-language yellow pages directories yet, in South Florida. Miami En Sus Manos and Broward-Palm Beach En Sus Manos distribute about 250,000 copies a year, said Cobalt, which is headed by Louisville entrepreneur Jonathan Blue. CLICK HERE TO VIEW ORIGINAL ARTICLE BACK to News & Press
A developer who wants to transform a 36-acre farm at the Watterson Expressway and U.S. 42 into a mixed-use development intends to file for a rezoning in the next month. Stephen Fenley of Fenley Real Estate said construction of The Midlands – which would include a six-story hotel, offices, single-family homes, multifamily housing and a…
For the fourth time in a dozen years, Louisville Magazine has conducted its “Power 50” survey with the intention of answering this simple question: Who Runs This Town? The results are in. Answer 1: A mostly new cast of characters, if you go back 12 years and look at the list as whole. Of this…
Louisville has come a long way, but the city has no time to rest on past successes, according to a recent survey of local young professionals. Although the city of Louisville and Jefferson County government merger is one example of what the community can accomplish when it works together, it’s also a sign of other…
Officials from Louisville-based Cobalt Ventures LLC launched an expanded version of the Hispanic business directory they acquired earlier this year. The directory is called El Enlace Latino, which in Spanish means the Latin link, according to a news release. It replaces an earlier version called La Conexion. About 60,000 copies of the publication, which will…