Posts by mwright

    For the full story click Dentsu For comment on the deal click Ad Age

Perform reports 37% revenue growth and 27% adjusted EBITDA growth, and good progress on renewals.

Vice Media, the multi-platform purveyor of music, fashion and quixotic journalism from international trouble spots, has sold a 5% stake to Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox. Fox confirmed the $70m (£45m) deal, which marks the latest stage in the evolution of Vice from an off-beat Canadian magazine into a global brand frequently dubbed the hipsters’ […]

Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40] announced today the acquisition of a majority stake in Espalhe, one of Brazil’s leading digital and social media marketing agencies.

MHP is expanding its international presence with the acquisition of a controlling stake in Hong Kong-based corporate and financial communications agency The Consultancy

Chime Communications PLC, the International Communications & Sports Marketing group, today announces its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30th June 2013 source (RNS Extract)

Next year’s Midlands edition of the National Homebuilding & Renovating Show will see show organiser Centaur team up with Wealth Media’s National Property Investment Expo to co-host a new residential property event. To be held at The NEC on 27-30 March 2014.

For traditional media companies savaged by sharp-eyed digital natives, the problem seems to be all about new channels and low costs. But it is so much more: the technologies that have revolutionised the supply of information have also fundamentally altered the appetites and attitudes of consumers. That explains why so many readers are now satisfied […]

Penton has completed its acquisition of Aviation Week, the leading brand in global aviation information, including its events, data, digital and media products from McGraw Hill Financial

WPP announces that Kantar has acquired The Benenson Strategy Group (“BSG”), a global strategic research and consulting firm.

WPP announces that Kantar has acquired The Benenson Strategy Group (“BSG”), a global strategic research and consulting firm.

The Laser World of Photonics India (Laser India) will be returning to the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC) in Mumbai, co-locating with Intersolar India and Analytica Anacon India.

The story of LinkedIn and Procurement Leaders (Sagaria)

Media 10 Ltd has announced this week that in 2014 Manchester will play host to two new additions to the iconic Ideal Home Show portfolio

Martini Media, a San Francisco-based digital advertising firm that specializes in reaching affluent people, has raised $14 million in venture capital from prior investors Venrock, Granite Ventures, Reed Elsevier Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.

WPP announces Geometry Global, its wholly owned activation agency, has acquired a majority stake in Brandigital S.A. in Latin America

WPP announces that its wholly-owned company Addison Corporate Marketing Limited, the corporate communications agency, has acquired a majority stake in Emaxol Limited, the holding company of IR Group Limited, the UK’s leading online corporate communications agency.

Quartz Business Media has announced that The Cleaning Show will move from The NEC to Excel in March 2015.

Facebook’s share of mobile Internet ad revenues is expected to roughly triple to 15.8% in 2013 from 5.3% a year ago as the social network continues to ramp up advertising on mobile devices. That estimate from a new eMarketer report marks an increase from a prior forecast that Facebook’s share would reach 12.9% this year. >> source Mediapost […]

WPP announces that its wholly owned operating company, JWT, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Post Visual, a highly awarded digital agency in South Korea