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DMG Events and PTIA, a subsidiary of Tarsus Group, have expanded their building and construction event portfolio with the launch of The Big 5 Construct Indonesia exhibition

Grey, the global marketing communications agency, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Circus Peru S.A., the largest independent adverting agency in Peru

Grey, the global marketing communications agency, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Circus Peru S.A., the largest independent adverting agency in Peru

MSA Market Media has named Ben Mansfield as client services director and digital consultant

F+W, a Content + eCommerce Company has had several owners since David Nussbaum joined the company as CEO in 2008, but he said that Tinicum LP, which purchased a majority stake F+W in May, is the first owner to see the company as a strategic investment

Newspapers are in freefall. Print editions are being discontinued in British and American newspapers, the situation is, if anything, worse in continental Europe

After more than a year of preparation, it spun off its Time Inc print division, which on Monday began trading as an independent company and is now in discussions to take a substantial stake (as much as 30%) in Vice Media

Deutsche Messe AG, the leading trade fair company headquartered in Hannover, Germany, in a press release said that it has just signed off on a very successful 2013

Tom Bureau is bucking the gloom in magazines

Publicis Groupe announces today it has sold its stake in the agency Royalties back to the founding members.

Called Academies Week, the new title will be similar in format and distribution to FE Week – a newspaper for the further education and skill sector launched in September 2011

Fans around the world will be able to register quickly, easily and for free at TeamRock.com and unlock great content created by the best team of music writers and photographers in the business, say the publishers

RBI announced today it has acquired the entire issued share capital of agricultural software and workflow solutions business Farmade

This is the first acquisition by Bell Pottinger since its Management Buy Out from Chime Communications plc in June 2012

The title will feature content and presenters from the show, along with a number of pre-school characters which are aired on the channel

The title will feature content and presenters from the show, along with a number of pre-school characters which are aired on the channel

Book publisher Hachette apparently isn’t the only media company facing delayed shipping and unavailable pre-orders as it negotiates with Amazon over a new contract. Warner Bros. is facing similar actions on upcoming DVDs like The Lego Movie and 300: Rise of an Empire, the New York Times noted Tuesday. The DVD edition of The Lego […]

Flashes & Flames latest blog: The World Association of Newspapers & News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) regaled its annual conference in Turin this week with stats showing that print circulations declined

WPP announces that its wholly-owned operating company JWT, the global marketing communications agency, has acquired a majority stake in The Hardy Boys, a leading creative agency in South Africa. Founded in 1994 in Durban, The Hardy Boys is a multi-disciplinary, brand building agency, with fully integrated activation capabilities. Clients include Unilever, Diageo, SA Home Loans, […]

Turnover was flat year on year although this was the result of a decline in the first half followed by year on year growth in H2 14