Cox Enterprises, Inc. and Providence Equity Partners announced today a definitive agreement by which Cox has acquired Providence Equity’s 25 percent equity interest in AutoTrader Group. Cox Enterprises now holds a 98 percent stake in AutoTrader Group
Landmarks such as the NEC could be sold to pay legal claims over equal pay totalling more than £1bn, Birmingham City Council has said.
Ad targeting specialist Turn has raised $80m in a Series E round of financing, which will be invested in its technology platform, data science and machine learning algorithms, and cross-channel and data-focused products
Apigee has acquired cloud-based predictive analytics firm InsightsOne
Tabloid newspapers have long used their powerful cover to influence and intimidate. Their looming disappearance raises interesting questions about what counts as highbrow and lowbrow media these days. For the full story click GIGAOM
NewBay Media acquired select Broadcast Engineering magazine assets from parent Penton Media, including Web properties, its branding trademark, subscriber lists and both the U.S. and World editions
Just as one swallow does not a summer make, a day on which $100bn worth of deals hit the market does not, in itself, herald the start of an M&A boom. But it certainly raises expectations.
Just as one swallow does not a summer make, a day on which $100bn worth of deals hit the market does not, in itself, herald the start of an M&A boom. But it certainly raises expectations.
UK analytics firm Ebiquity has confirmed it is no longer considering the sale of its business; and has itself acquired Hong Kong-based China Media Consulting, the holding company of the CMCG Group, for an initial sum of $HK 20m (c.£1.6m)
WPP has agreed to take an 80% majority stake in the WVI Group of companies, the joint venture holding company for a number of WPP brands in Russia, including media investment management businesses Maxus, MEC, MediaCom, Mindshare, GroupM and JWT
With his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of McGraw-Hill Education in New York, David’s departure from UBM will be effective as of 1 March 2014
An investment consortium led by Pembroke VCT plc (Pembroke), with support from Lepe Capital, today announces the acquisition of Boat International Media
The current CEO of Creston will be succeeded by Don Elgie, with effect from 31 Match 2014
Succeeding Don will be Barrie Brien,
Creston is pleased to announce the launch of Loooped, a health, wellness and lifestyle
creative engagement agency
Organiser f2f events is launching a new consumer show, Love Natural Love Organic, to run alongside their events The Allergy & Free From Show and V Delicious at Olympia
For nearly two years Starcom MediaVest Group has been delivering on and developing real-time marketing solutions
Tarsus Group the international business-to-business media group, has ended the year strongly with record revenue and profitability
Publicis Groupe announced today that it has acquired 100% of Qorvis Communications, one of the most respected independent public relations firms in the United States
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