Endeavor buys PennWell portfolio

Endeavor Business Media has acquired a portfolio of publications and events from a British company that last year bought PennWell Corp. in Oklahoma, a business founded more than a century ago.

Among the Clarion Events assets acquired by Nashville-based Endeavor are titles covering the oil and gas industry, industrial technology, water utilities and dentistry. They were part of a deal last April worth a reported $300 million and focused primarily on growing Clarion’s large-events business. Media industry chatter late last year said Clarion’s leaders were looking to unload their new media holdings and associated smaller events.