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Publicis WW has acquired a stake in Singapore based digital agency Arcade

About 62 per cent of Facebook’s ad revenue now comes from advertising on mobile devices

The editor-in-chief of the Telegraph Media Group says the newspaper has seen a large increase in traffic as a result of two strategies: focusing on Facebook more than Twitter, and devoting its resources to fewer stories

The Mission Marketing Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of Proof Communication Limited by its technology specialist Agency, April-Six Limited.

The Mission Marketing Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of Proof Communication Limited by its technology specialist Agency, April-Six Limited.

According to the Financial Times Australia is planning its most radical shake-up of media ownership laws in two decades in a move that could lead to billions of dollars of mergers and reshape an industry in financial distress. For the full story read The FT

Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired Milestone Brandcom, an out-of-home (OOH) specialist agency in the country

UBM reported revenue of £361.0m (H1 2013: £391.8m), down 7.9% reflecting a strong currency headwind; broadly flat at constant currency (0.3%), with solid underlying growth of 2.0%

Consumers are more likely to share through hidden ‘dark social’ methods – such as forwarding web links or content – than via social media, IPC Media’s new Digital Conversations research has discovered

Consumers are more likely to share through hidden ‘dark social’ methods – such as forwarding web links or content – than via social media, IPC Media’s new Digital Conversations research has discovered

A new report from Business Insider Intelligence finds that real-time bidding (RTB), a key piece of the programmatic ecosystem, will account for over $18.2 billion in US digital ad revenues in 2018, up from just $3.1 billion in 2013

David Montgomery’s local newspaper publisher earns DMGT and Trinity Mirror shared payout of more than £22m

Worldwide advertising growth will continue to move modestly higher this year, up nearly 6% — with an emphasis on big gains from BRIC territories

The online retail giant says it will be happy to stick with the 30 percent cut it already gets from Hachette ebook sales if the publisher agrees to slash its ebook pricing, a move which Amazon claims would be central to the future of reading.

Matthew Freud has acquired a £4m (3%) stake in the company that owns a string of PR firms including Citigate, Grayling and Red. For the full story read The Guardian

RTL Group, a large European media company, on Thursday announced it will buy a majority stake in SpotXchange, a supply-side platform (SSP) for programmatic video advertising. RTL is acquiring a 65% majority stake in SpotXchange for $144 million, with the opportunity to acquire the remaining shareholding in the future. The news comes just weeks after […]

News Corp is working on an app-based news service to blend original reporting with repurposed content from its many outlets, reports the Financial Times, which cites people familiar with the situation. It is said to be aimed at so-called millennials – people born between 1980 and 2000 who have never developed a newsprint habit. The […]

News Corp is working on an app-based news service to blend original reporting with repurposed content from its many outlets, reports the Financial Times, which cites people familiar with the situation. It is said to be aimed at so-called millennials – people born between 1980 and 2000 who have never developed a newsprint habit. The […]

UBM, owner and organiser of Cruise Shipping Miami, Marintec China, Sea Japan, and other events serving the Cruise and General Maritime industries worldwide, today announces its acquisition of Seatrade Communications

Engine Group, the owner of PR firms MHP Communications and Mischief and ad agency WCRS, is set to confirm its sale to private equity group Lake Capital later today.