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Mark Allen Group (MAG), is to acquire the 124 year old Optician, from Reed Business Information

BT will broadcast the next Ashes series from Australia after winning the latest battle in its war with Sky for key television content

The U.S. magazine industry—or what used to be called the magazine industry, to be more precise—is faced with disruption and change that’s unmatched in its history. That change is coming from multiple directions

Diversified Communications has acquired national exhibition for accountants and finance directors, Accountex, from The Prysm Group.The annual event, launched by The Prysm Group in 2012, attracts more than international 5,000 visitors, 175 suppliers, 150 CPD certified seminars and 25 interactive workshops

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Globally, close to 200 million Internet users are using ad-blocking software, and that number is expected to keep growing rapidly

Agreement has been reached for Findlay Media Limited (FML), a part of the Mark Allen Group, to acquire 100% of The Airports Publishing Network

Chime Communications, the sports-focused marketing services group founded by Margaret Thatcher’s media adviser, has agreed to a £374m takeover joint offer from marketing rival WPP and US buyout firm Providence Equity Partners

CloserStill Media have this week announced a new event for enterprise IT professionals and service providers, Smart IoT London 2016 at ExCel

UBM announced it remains confident in its 2015 outlook, despite reporting the cancellation of 37 events and a first-half pre-tax profit fall of 37.2 per cent.

Exor, the investment vehicle of the Agnelli family will acquire most of Pearson’s stake

News Corp has made a hefty writedown on the value of its digital education unit and signalled a potential exit from a business Rupert Murdoch once hoped would shake up the textbook-heavy US education industry

Back Street Heroes, described by its editorial team as ‘a rock ‘n’ roll biking mag for hard-core customisation fans’, will sit within the company’s portfolio alongside brands such as Classic Bike Guide, Motorcycle Sport & Leisure and Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Founded in 1999, based in Brussels and employing 24 people, ABS Creative is a digital marketing communications agency with solid expertise in medical content marketing

Chime Communications, the London-listed sports marketing specialist, is in advanced discussions to sell itself for more than £350m to Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP and US buyout group Providence Equity Partners.Chime said that an independent committee of board members had been convened to discuss a cash offer for all its shares at 365p per share

Early gains from an ambitious growth programme sent shares up 6 per cent in Informa (INF). The business information, publishing and events giant plans to invest up to £90m to streamline, stengthen and refocus its divisions. £12m has been spent or committed to date, helping deliver a 14 per cent rise in first-half adjusted operating profit to £190m.

Calm, Colour, Create aims to provide monthly art therapy to frazzled adults up and down the country, according to Redan Publishing

Amazon has won the race to sign the departing presenters of BBC’s Top Gear show, as online groups continue to encroach on the terrain of traditional broadcasters by securing major deals to produce original content

WPP’s Kantar Media has acquired a stake in digital media intelligence specialist BIScience, which specialises in cross-channel and global digital media monitoring, planning and optimization. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Kantar Invests in Digital Media Intelligence FirmBIScience’s flagship AdClarity platform enables users to make strategic decisions across display, video, mobile web, mobile apps and social media channels

McGraw Hill Financial has agreed to buy SNL Financial for more than $2.2 billion in a move that shows the growing value of data and information services in the B2B landscape