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Dealogic (www.dealogic.com) is a data platform primarily used by global and regional investment banks worldwide to help optimise performance and improve competitiveness

Colin Morrison’s Flashes and Flames predictions for 2015

As Business Insider UK launches Henry Blodget, CEO of the company, claims that, despite their attempts to embrace modern technology, the FT and WSJ remain “native print” publications”, leaving a space for Business Insider to serve the “generational shift” that has seen the emergence of a cohort of young business leaders who are “100 per cent digital” and shun newspapers and television

While Publicis chairman and chief executive Maurice Levy labelled Sapient a “crown jewel” in the announcement, the chief executive of rival ad group WPP, Sir Martin Sorrell, said the move “looks like the behaviour of a jilted lover.” In a call with reporters following the announcement Levy hit back: “I don’t know what Martin knows about love

Commenting on the strategy update, Tim Cobbold said: “Events First recognises that the Events industry is a highly attractive,
growing, global industry in which UBM is already a leading player. We have the
opportunity to establish UBM firmly as the leading B2B events business globally
and thereby to create substantial value for shareholders.”

Commenting on the strategy update, Tim Cobbold said: “Events First recognises that the Events industry is a highly attractive,
growing, global industry in which UBM is already a leading player. We have the
opportunity to establish UBM firmly as the leading B2B events business globally
and thereby to create substantial value for shareholders.”

Founded in 2005, with offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, Gloo is one of South Africa’s most awarded digital agencies

Publicis, the French advertising group, has agreed to acquire US consultancy group Sapient in a $3.7bn all-cash deal that meets its ambition to expand in the US just months after its previous merger attempt collapsed embarrassingly

Media Briefing unpicks UBM’s strategy announcement:  The life cycle of events, with a few notable exceptions, tends to be much shorter than for content brands. That’s why valuation multiples for trade show businesses have been historically lower than for data and content businesses. A singular focus on looking after the big and mature events will […]

The internet has disrupted media in much the same way it has manufacturing of smartphones or the IT business, says Ben Thompson — value has moved to the edges, to specialized creators and to discovery platforms, leaving media companies in the middle

On an organic sales basis, which includes the full impact of digital billings, WPP was up 7.6%

Consumer demand for magazine media (in the US) is growing

The real way forward for publishers is to keep control of their data through a supply-side strategy.

Digital income climbs 19.5% as regional newspaper publisher reports it is taking first Sky AdSmart local TV ad bookings

Omnicom Media Group’s global head of investment has said that the planned launch of a second agency trading desk by WPP, revealed by Mumbrella last week, could have come about because the agency giant “hit barriers” with its first trading desk, Xaxis. For the full story read mUmbrella

Blendle, which launched just six months ago, has changed the way newspaper articles in the Netherlands are consumed by readers: it acts as a digital kiosk, selling individual articles at a cost of 20 cents, from a variety of newspapers and magazines. It will be interesting to see how the Blendle model can work abroad […]

Blendle, which launched just six months ago, has changed the way newspaper articles in the Netherlands are consumed by readers: it acts as a digital kiosk, selling individual articles at a cost of 20 cents, from a variety of newspapers and magazines. It will be interesting to see how the Blendle model can work abroad […]

Matomy Media Group, a supply-side platform (SSP), on Tuesday announced it has acquired MobFox, a European mobile programmatic ad platform. Per a release, the total consideration price of the deal is $17.6 million. The news comes just weeks after Publicis Groupe bought a 20% stake in Matomy for $65 million. For the full story read […]

Publicis Groupe on Tuesday announced it has acquired Run, a cross-device programmatic ad platform with a focus on mobile. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Run will be aligned with Publicis’ media planning and buying unit, Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG), per a company blog post announcing the acquisition. Run has a mobile-focused data management […]

In the US online video services would be guaranteed access to the most popular television shows under new rules proposed by the head of the US communications watchdog which risk undermining the business models of cable companies and broadcasters. And perhaps the UK next! For the full story read FT.Com