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Something curious is happening in the American news business

Retail analytics giant dunnhumby is reportedly close to buying Berlin-based ad targeting and retail retargeting firm Sociomantic Labs

GfK has merged its existing retail tracking and media business with full service agency PT Primera Indonesia, in order to offer its Consumer Experiences portfolio to clients across Southeast Asia

Imagine Publishing has today announced the launch of Uncanny Comics, the first digital-only comics magazine designed specifically for the growing digital comics market

In a bid to marry technology with creative design, the mobile publishing platform Rumble has acquired digital creative agency Blue-Goo

the downturn in trading in the latter part of the first quarter has continued in January and February

According to the Adform report, publishers saw a 15% jump in CPMs from Q3 to Q4 and a 67% jump on the year as a whole

WPP announces that its wholly-owned marketing communications network, Ogilvy & Mather, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Memac Ogilvy, a leading marketing services company covering markets throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Founded in Bahrain in 1984, Memac Ogilvy has been associated with Ogilvy & Mather since 1986. Ogilvy & […]

WPP announces that its wholly-owned marketing communications network, Ogilvy & Mather, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Memac Ogilvy, a leading marketing services company covering markets throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Founded in Bahrain in 1984, Memac Ogilvy has been associated with Ogilvy & Mather since 1986. Ogilvy & […]

Western Business Exhibitions mand Easyfairs have announced that their events will be joined by a further co-location in 2015 – a brand new cleaning show called Cleaning Expo 2015

Western Business Exhibitions mand Easyfairs have announced that their events will be joined by a further co-location in 2015 – a brand new cleaning show called Cleaning Expo 2015

IPG announced today that the company has made a strategic investment in tech platform ADstruct

Diversified Business Communications, has added the Total Facilities Expo to its ever-expanding portfolio

Draftfcb has made its first international acquisition, buying UK-based Halesway for an undisclosed sum as part of its plans to expand its presence in Europe

UK mobile advertising spend is forecast to top £2bn and overtake newspaper ad revenue for the first time in 2014, according to new research. Total digital media advertising spend is predicted to increase from £6.3bn in 2013 (44.3% market share) to £7.1bn this year (47.5% market share), according to the latest forecast from eMarketer published […]

Women’s magazines are as captivated by e-commerce as their readers and fashion advertisers. And that’s saying something

UBM Live Built Environment, organiser of the global Ecobuild events, is moving into the Americas, by teaming up with construction event Expo Cihac. The organiser will partner on Eco Cihac, the sustainable construction offering at the show which will run at Centro Banamex, Mexico City on 14-18 October. For the full story click Exhibition News

Groupon had once been one of the fastest growing companies in the world, but this growth has slowed to a crawl over the past two years. The company had once boasted of $2 billion in annual revenue, but recent problems have caused a significant change in leadership and Groupon’s business plan. In order to become […]

Group revenues for the full year were strong at £75.9m (2012: £51.5m) and up 23% on a biennial basis (2011: £61.7m). Like-for-like revenues increased by 11%

Chelsea Magazine Company has acquired Little Media, publishers of Baby London, Baby Surrey and Baby Hampshire magazines