Spin doctors for mergers and acquisitions may get swept up in the deal action. If anyone knows how to assess the climate for takeovers, it should be financial public relations advisers.
WPP, the world’s largest communications services group, is leading a syndicate investing US$250 million in Bruin Sports Capital, a global sports marketing firm launched by George Pyne
Vivendi’s Universal Music Group and advertising group Havas have joined forces in the hope of boosting revenue from artists via data mining at a time of falling record and digital sales
Everybody is watching Time Inc. the world’s most famous magazine publisher, which created the original newsweekly in 1923, is defined by iconic brands – Fortune, Life, Sports Illustrated, People, Entertainment Weekly, Money, InStyle, and Time itself. Throughout the twentieth century, it set the pace for magazine, newspaper and even TV journalism all over the world
For all the focus on social media and the next generation of bright shiny communications technologies, the most important “digital tool” in the workforce is one of its oldest — email. Social media, by contrast, barely even registers, according to the most recent findings from the Pew Research Center’s ongoing tracking study on the way the Internet impacts society
The US newspaper, which has accelerated its search for digital revenues since being bought by Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos for $250m last year, has been approached about licensing the software it has developed to power its website
Emap, the publisher of trade magazines from Retail Week to Drapers, is expected to report its highest growth for 13 years, as a result of a recovery plan instituted by chief executive Natasha Christie-Miller
Exhibitions company ITE has bought rival trade show operator Breakbulk for $42m, as it steps up its efforts to diversify and reduce its dependence on Russia, which it relies on for 60 per cent of revenues
ITE Group plc, (“ITE”) the international exhibitions group, today announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, ITE Enterprises Ltd, has acquired Breakbulk Holdco UK Ltd and its subsidiary companies from Electra backed, AXIO Data Group for a maximum consideration of $42m
Oracle made its data play clear after acquiring DMP BlueKai earlier this year, and on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to data by acquiring Datalogix, an audience-targeting firm known for connecting offline sales to online ads
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WPP announces that it has agreed to acquire the assets of Maka Marketing Digital S.A. de C.V. and Clarus Digital S.A. de C.V. (“Clarus”), a leading digital marketing agency in Mexico
Brand and media specialist Millward Brown has acquired full-service agency Habitus Investigación, in Ecuador. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The firm employs 80 people, and for the year 2014 expects revenues of US$5m
US-based information and analytics firm IHS has acquired Infonetics Research, which specializes in research for the global communications technology market
So it’s farewell to the Reading Post, which has just published its final issue after its owner, Trinity Mirror, decided to stop publishing its newsprint version. For the full story read The Guardian
One stand-out feature was the plunge in the profitability of the Sun, where operating profits were down to £35.6m from £62.1m in 2013. The Sun’s revenues fell 5.5% to £489m, due, says the report, “to continuing market decline in newspaper circulations, particularly for the popular segment” For the full story read The Guardian
The IDG TechNetwork has expanded its global online advertising network into China, following its parent company International Data Group (IDG), which has supported the market for 34 years
Lastminute.com, the UK travel website that was an icon of the dotcom boom and bust, has been sold by its owners for $120m (£76m) — a small fraction of the £600m price they paid for it back in 2005. For the full story read FT.Com
In a new twist in the long running antitrust case against Apple, an appeals court on Monday cast doubt on the Justice Department’s theory that the company brokered an illegal conspiracy among book publishers, and asked instead why the government’s focus has not been on Amazon
The battle for Premier League football rights has kicked off and fears that Sky will be on the losing side on Monday sparked the heaviest fall in its shares in almost five months
