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Argus Media Group has hired bankers to consider strategic options for the business, including a sale or a stock market flotation

WPP announces that GroupM, the world’s leading media investment management group, has acquired a majority stake in mobile marketing agency Yonder Media in South Africa

Lads’ mag Loaded is to get a new lease of life as a digital publication dropping the scantily-clad girls of its heyday in favour of classier content including an interview with Hollywood actor Colin Farrell in its first edition

Press release:  CTi is based in Connecticut, USA and was founded in 1990 to cater for the growing demand for high quality translation services in the life sciences sector. It is now a recognised leader in successfully managing complex translation projects on behalf of the world’s top pharmaceutical and biotech companies and their Clinical Research Organisation (CRO) partners. As CTi’s customers operate in highly regulated and audited industries, they place a premium on high quality translations being delivered to specific deadlines. CTi enjoys a preferred supplier relationship with many of its key customers, with extraordinary penetration of the blue chip life science community. The acquisition is in line with the strategy of complementing organic growth with selective acquisition.

ITV has eased worries about straitened marketing budgets after it was bolstered by continued strong growth in television advertising

In 1994, he left a well-paid job in a Wall Street hedge fund and thought he would try something bold while the internet was young

The Economist is ready to move beyond the impression and bet heavily on user attention-based selling as the future.

Facebook is preparing its latest push into news with a new standalone app called Notify that is scheduled to launch next week, with content from dozens of media partners including Vogue, the Washington Post and CBS

With its editorial focus on the spirit of the countryside, rural life and culture, do-it-yourself arts and crafts and living with the seasons, the lifestyle magazine has become a bestseller in Germany since its launch in 2005, and with a circulation of over one million it has overtaken top publications such as news weekly Der Spiegel, say the publishers

ITE’s subsidiary Airgate Holdings has acquired a 31.7 per cent share of Mumbai-based ABEC Exhibitions and Conferences, taking its overall share to 60 per cent

Ten Alps Publishing has announced the launch of its news aggregator and hub for its business titles, The Maven, drawing together three of its business titles, as well as worldwide stories from mainstream news sites and business experts via social media

The title is the first ever paid-for print brand extension for the Dennis flagship title The Week. The new magazine is aimed at curious and smart 8-14 year olds who want to make sense of the world around them.

WPP has acquired Essence Digital, one of the fastest-growing media agencies and the largest independent buyer of online advertising

Publicis Healthcare Communications Group (PHCG) is acquiring PDI’s Commercial Services operation (CSO) that features a contract sales organization and other fee-for-services businesses in the medical and clinical areas

According to distributors COMAG: New Philosopher is pleased to announce the UK launch of its highly acclaimed newsstand magazine.

Archant has announced the acquisition of general aviation website, UKGA.com, the site for private pilots. It bolsters Archant’s aviation offering, joining its aviation magazine, Pilot

Penton has acquired London-based MRO Network, a media company targeting the aircraft maintenance and repair market. The deal, which includes events, publications and digital products, expands the company’s aviation assets and provides deeper coverage of the market’s supply chain

One of London’s hottest independent, digital media-buying agencies, Essence Digital, is in advanced talks to sell to WPP. Essence is Google’s main global digital agency and other clients include Expedia and eBay. No price was put on the planned Essence deal, which was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

Imago Techmedia has announced the launch of IP EXPO Nordic in 2016, following on from the success of its London show earlier this month.

International exhibitions firm dmg :: events, has expanded its event portfolio with the launch of new trade show Windows, Doors and Façades Event, to be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre next year.