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Bankers are preparing a £1bn stock market flotation for Top Right Group, the publishing and events company jointly owned by Apax Partners and Guardian Media Group

Apple prepares to launch the new Apple News app, the technology giant is signing up publishing partners at a rapid clip. That reflects its central role in the media landscape and the growing importance of platforms to publishers in search of scale

Magazine publishers had high hopes for digital editions but new figures suggest a rethink is in order

According to distributors COMAG Specialist: The first new classic boating title to launch this century, Classic Sailor will be the definitive guide for the classic boating and motor boating world.

Clarion Events has acquired a majority stake in Atlanta-based organiser Urban Expositions as part of its push into the US market

UK national and regional newspaper publishers have called for the BBC’s digital news operation to be curbed to allow commercial players to flourish at home and abroad

WPP announces that its wholly owned operating company Grey Group, the global communications network, has agreed to acquire nudeJEH, a leading award-winning advertising and digital agency in Thailand

Apple Inc is looking to move into the original programming business to compete with video streaming companies such as Netflix Inc

Four Communications Group, which recently secured a £10 million equity investment from BGF, has acquired financial and professional services public relations agency Broadgate Mainland

Reports and surveys reveal more data about the trend toward mobile marketing in the advertising space.The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) released a report this week showing global mobile advertising revenue hitting $32 billion in 2014

WPP firm MediaCom has acquired a minority stake in full-service media communications agency Rapid Media Services, whose offer includes media strategy development, media buying, PR and market research. Terms of the deal were not disclosed

Havas Group reported a 28% gain in net profits for the first half of the year to 77 million euro or about $86.5 million at today’s exchange rate, on a 19% revenue gain to 1.034 billion euro

Huntsworth has announced a impairment of £48.8m ($75.3m) on Grayling and Citigate this morning, following another challenging trading period with pre-tax profits falling almost one third from £7.7m to £5.3m in the first half of 2015

Four Communications Group has bought financial PR agency Broadgate Mainland, its first acquisition since receiving a £10m investment from the Business Growth Fund

The Cake & Bake Show has unveiled its showstopper for 2015, as organisers serve up a live event edition of hit television programme The Great British Bake Off

Growing anticipation that trade sanctions with Iran will be lifted has prompted the launch of a new aerospace trade show and conference

UK-based organiser Tarsus Group has announced first-half revenues of £34m, up from £23.1m, with a record adjusted pre-tax profit of £5.5m, as the business focuses on expanding into emerging markets

According to new data from Juniper Research, the number of IoT (Internet of Things) connected devices will number 38.5 billion in 2020, up from 13.4 billion in 2015: a rise of over 285%, driven by a surge in connected industrial applications. The new research, The Internet of Things: Consumer, Industrial & Public Services 2015-2020, found […]

Time Inc UK today reveals a new dedicated advertising film division, fundamentally changing its approach to better serve the film industry and putting film at the very heart of the business.The ambition is to deliver bigger, bolder and brighter ideas that will engage Time Inc UK’s 20 million consumers by concentrating strategically on increasing film […]

The world’s largest advertising holding company, has reported pre-tax profit of £709.7 million in the first half of 2014, up 44.5 per cent year-on-year. Revenue was reported at £5.84 billion, up 6.4 per cent in constant currency, in the six months to 30 June 2015. In its 2015 interim statement, WPP said: “To survive in […]