Automattic, the parent company of popular blog-hosting and publishing platform WordPress, has raised a funding round of $160 million to help it develop better online and mobile tools for publishing, a round that values the company at over $1 billion
American Express recently dropped an RFP on the desks of some of the globe’s biggest ad-tech companies with some startling news
Lewis PR has acquired UK-based digital marketing agency Purestone in an all cash transaction
Disney sits in third place, behind the American broadcaster DirecTV and first-placed Google, in ZenithOptimedia’s list
When the Canton Fair pulled the curtains down on its 115th session, the tally of deals confirmed what organisers had feared – China’s exports are continuing to face economic headwinds
At March’s Geneva Motor Show, a 15-minute press conference cost the world’s largest carmakers a cool €550 a second. For many in the industry, such extravagance is looking like an overpriced luxury that it no longer has the stomach for
social media investors are getting gun-shy in 2014, judging by substantial declines in the stock prices of big social media companies including Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn
WPP announces that it has agreed to acquire Quirk, Africa’s largest independently owned digital marketing agency
Perform reports good early progress in cost cutting and revenue growth
News Corp has had its head turned by Harlequin Enterprises, the Canadian owner of the Mills & Boon romance franchise, at a cost of £240m
News Corp has had its head turned by Harlequin Enterprises, the Canadian owner of the Mills & Boon romance franchise, at a cost of £240m
Zillah Byng-Maddick, the former chief financial officer who became chief executive of Future on 1 April, revealed the plans in an email sent to all staff across Future’s offices in the UK, US and Australia
WPP announces that GroupM has agreed to take majority stake in aMVG (Aerodeon), the leading mobile media agency and mobile technology company in Turkey
WPP announces that it has acquired Twist Image Multimedia Inc in Canada, a leading creative digital marketing agency
Japanese communications giant Dentsu Aegis Network has announced it has agreed to purchase of a majority stake in Brazilian full service ad agency NBS
French newspaper Le Monde has now weighed in on the current differences between Paris-based Publicis Groupe and its potential U.S. merger partner Omnicom in an incendiary piece
French newspaper Le Monde has now weighed in on the current differences between Paris-based Publicis Groupe and its potential U.S. merger partner Omnicom in an incendiary piece
Business information provider Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) has acquired cloud-based analytics and business intelligence specialist Indicee
Business information provider Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) has acquired cloud-based analytics and business intelligence specialist Indicee
Richard Desmond is set to sell UK broadcaster Channel 5 for £450m to US group Viacom, in a move that will see him receive more than four times his initial investment
