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WPP announces that GroupM, the leading global media investment management group, has acquired Greenhouse Group in The Netherlands

Advertising agency WPP announced on Wednesday that its GroupM operating company has bought New Zealand-based media agency Chemistry Media

BT has made its most serious foray into television drama, signing an exclusive deal to carry the British channel of US network AMC

With all the hype at Apple’s WWDC surrounding the launch of its new digital music streaming service (Apple Music) as well as a new 24 hour global radio station (Beats 1), it was easy to miss one big announcement that could have a massive impact on the publishing industry

Apple is accused of attempting to launch its new Spotify rival, Apple Music, in a way that would leave Britain’s independent record labels “completely screwed” and struggling to survive

V and media production group Ten Alps, as the business snapped up the maker of factual shows including Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is in a £5m deal

Researchers at Oxford University found that digital subscriptions and online advertising were failing to compensate for the collapse in newspaper sales

WPP announces that it has agreed, subject to regulatory approval, to acquire a significant minority stake in Hirschen Group, one of Germany’s leading independent agency groups

Apple is hiring a team of journalists to run its Apple News service, part of a broader push by the company to personalise the content it selects and delivers to users of its devices

BNP Media in the U.S. purchased three magazines from Dodge Data & Analytics Friday—Architectural Record, Engineering News-Record and SNAP

ITV is close to announcing that the acquisition of Plymouth-based independent TV production company TwoFour

FIPP’s latest Insight Report brings together the regions of Europe, Middle East & Africa, three distinct markets with their own distinct strengths and challenges. Trends provides a picture of these markets through data, tables and analysis

In a press release today Creston plc (LSE: CRE), the marketing communications group, says it is pleased to announce that it has made a strategic investment in 18 Feet & Rising, a London based advertising agency

Apple is set to include a new smart news app with every copy of its latest iOS software, the firm said today. It will allow reader to choose the topics and newspapers and magazines they are most interested it, and then be shown the most relevant stores

As an estimated 2 billion people are about to enter the digital news ecosystem, Western publishers need to rethink their attitudes if they’re to best engage with – and thus monetise – that new international audience

Bob Geldof-backed indie Ten Alps is on the verge of acquiring a UK production business and has begun a complex shareholding restructure to enable it to close the deal.

Digital growth is coming, but its still far from becoming the central pillar of magazine media, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers annual Global Entertainment and Media Outlook.

Mercury Events has joined forces with Immediate Media to launch the National Triathlon Show in April next year. The “unrivalled experience for triathletes” will tap into the sport’s core support by showcasing more than 100 exhibitors at Lee Valley VeloPark in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Ad giant Dentsu Aegis Network is to acquire Polish agency Marketing Wizards, which lists SEO, CRM, web analytics and usability services among its portfolio of services.