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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.

Global construction information publisher, KHL Group, acquired the international market research and management consultancy company, Off-Highway Research

A major digital launch for the publisher with over £1.5m investment, Alphr will be a unique and provocative voice in the UK market covering the technologies which are changing our lives every day, in business and beyond, says Dennis Publishing

Minecraft is a simple, intuitive, and completely addictive open-world game that has sold over 55 million copies worldwide, with thousands of new players joining the ranks every day. From basic block building through to crafting items and fighting “mobs”, it’s a hugely absorbing experience that has captured the imagination of millions of children, says Dennis Publishing

PARIS–Advertising agency Publicis SA (PUB.FR) Monday said it bought French press agency Relaxnews (ALRLX.FR) for 9.58 euros ($10.4) a share or a total value of about EUR15 million. Publicis had entered into exclusive negotiations with shareholders of Relaxnews to buy the company in February at the same price.

French advertising giant Publicis (Paris: FR0000130577 – news) said Wednesday it had bought Australia’s leading independent media agency Match Media. Publicis said Match, which has 75 staff based in Sydney, will be become part of its ZenithOptimedia Group’s “newly launched global media network, Blue 449”.

Publicis Groupe chief Maurice Lévy earned a modest $3.1 million in compensation last year, a pittance compared with his peers.

The Top Right Group, parent company of i2i Events Group and Lions Festivals, has released its financial results for 2014, reporting revenue in excess of £300m (US$456m) for the first time

Messe Frankfurt has unveiled plans to bring its automotive supply chain show, Automechanika, to the UK for the first time next year