MediaPost: A hot mergers-and-acquisition market for media, information and technology companies is near pre-recession levels for the first three quarters of the year. The Jordan, Edmiston Group, the investment banker, says 1,758 transactions were announced with a total value of $106.2 billion. This is up in both areas versus the same nine-month period a year ago — 1,636 deals and $96.8 billion in value. JEGI says these current deal-making levels haven’t been seen since 2007.