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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

Elsevier, a provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has acquired Woodhead Publishing Limited, a UK-based publishing company publishing in the areas of food science, technology and nutrition; materials and engineering; textile technology; energy and environmental technology; finance, commodities and investment; and mathematics.

Dods Group plc the UK provider of political and government information and communication services, has acquired public sector publishing titles from Sift Media.

Future plc, the international media group, today announces that its Australian business has acquired two technology brands – APC and TechLife – from Bauer Media Group.

Wilmington Group plc, the provider of Information, Compliance and Education to professional markets announces the acquisition of the trading assets and certain liabilities of Compliance Week (RNS Extract)

WPP Digital, the digital investment arm of WPP, has acquired a minority interest in Mutual Mobile, a mobile product development agency

Global Sources Ltd. reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013.

After much relocating of tech events to Excel, UBM has announced that it will move Internet World and The Big Data Show to ExCel in 2014. UBM’s Internet World will now form part of The London Technology Week.

Publicis Groupe (Euronext Paris: FR0000130577) announced today the acquisition of Engauge Marketing LLC, the advertising and digital services agency based in Columbus, Ohio.

Sir Martin Sorrell has set an ambitious new target in WPP’s race to maintain its digital edge over rivals, aiming for as much as 45% of the marketing services giant’s total £10bn-plus revenues to come from digital sources by 2018

Laura Biggs, has negotiated a buy out of BBC Haymarket Exhibitions

WPP announces that it has agreed to acquire additional shares in Scangroup Limited in Kenya

WPP announces that its wholly owned operating company Millward Brown, has acquired a majority stake in BrandAnalytics Consultoria

WPP announces that Kantar, has acquired a minority stake in SecondSync Limited, an early-stage social TV business focusing on analysis of social media conversations around TV broadcasts to provide audience insights that can be used for media planning and audience research and commissioning.

WPP announces that Kantar, has acquired a minority stake in SecondSync Limited, an early-stage social TV business focusing on analysis of social media conversations around TV broadcasts to provide audience insights that can be used for media planning and audience research and commissioning.

WPP announces that XM Asia, a division of WPP’s wholly-owned operating company, JWT, the global communications group, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Hong Kong digital consultancy Designercity