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Havas reported Q3 2013 revenue growth of 1.2% on a like for like basis, which was at the bottom of the range of performances by the world’s largest agencies

Publicis Groupe announced today the acquisition of ETO, a leading agency in CRM based in Lille and
Paris. This move allows Publicis Worldwide to advance its offerings in the field of CRM and datamining

Women’s Health, the UK’s fastest-growing women’s glossy magazine is increasing to a monthly frequency from 2014

Informa Exhibitions today officially launches its new event, Cross Media Production, which will take place from 25-27 March 2014. Co-located alongside Ipex 2014, Cross Media Production is a dedicated production and pre-media event that focusses on the effective implementation of cross media communication strategies across multiple platforms

Axel Springer’s StepStone continues its growth strategy by acquiring Saongroup, which operates job portals in 16 countries

Axel Springer’s StepStone continues its growth strategy by acquiring Saongroup, which operates job portals in 16 countries

UBM replaces Pearson in Goldman Sachs’s media sector ‘conviction buy list’. Heavyweight broker Goldman Sachs reckons the quality of media assets is improving, but that has not stopped it downgrading sector behemoths Pearson (LON:PSON) and Informa (LON:INF)

Hearst Magazines UK, the UK’s largest digital publisher, has unveiled research that shows magazine readers consume digital editions in a similar way to print editions, but have much higher expectations of interactivity

When the iPad first presented publishers with a platform well-suited to consuming digital magazines, many made the mistake of assuming selling digital editions would be just like selling print mags, but without the paper

Hearst Magazines UK has today confirmed plans to close Zest with immediate effect. The last issue of Zest (January 2014) will publish on 5th December

A management buyout led by brand director Daniel Pearce today said it had completed the purchase of Travel Trade Gazette from UBM plc

Group revenue for Q1 2013 was marginally up on the same period in 2012 as expected

The number of publishers becoming insolvent has jumped 42% over the last year. 98 publishers went bust in the last year,* up from 69 the year before, according to research by Wilkins Kennedy, the Top-25 accountancy firm

Metro’s publisher DMG Media is to compete with The London Evening Standard for homeward commuters by publishing a Metro evening tablet edition at 5pm every weekday from today

Metro’s publisher DMG Media is to compete with The London Evening Standard for homeward commuters by publishing a Metro evening tablet edition at 5pm every weekday from today

Reed Exhibitions has signed a joint venture agreement to acquire a majority share in Thebe Exhibitions & Projects Group (TEPG) based in South Africa

We continue to concentrate on the execution of our “Quickening the Pace” strategy, focusing on earnings per share growth, by investing in and strengthening our core businesses, in particular driving organic growth and adding value to our key brands through continuous innovation

Briefing Media today announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Pulse, the UK’s market-leading magazine, website and learning platform for general practitioners, to Cogora

The New York Times is seeing continued growth in subscription revenue thanks to its paywall, but at the same time its advertising revenue is still falling, both in print and online

Imagine Publishing will launch World Of Animals, a totally new wildlife magazine set to transform the global print and digital newsstand