UK national newspapers are expected to attract £1.42bn in ad spend in 2015, a 1% year-on-year increase, according to a report by the Advertising Association and Warc. UK national newspaper advertising revenue will return to growth next year, only the second annual increase since 2007, as digital income across the industry surges. For the full […]
MWW, one of the top-five global independent public relations firms, today announced it has acquired Ideation Inc., an innovation and development lab
Mark Shashoua has confirmed that i2i Events Group has acquired the leading global event for innovations in money, Money20/20,
Advertising spend in the UK grew at its fastest rate for three years in the second quarter of this year
Revenue between July and the end of September was €1.75bn, just 1 per cent higher than a year earlier in organic terms
The owners of CloserStill Media, the organiser of Data Centre World and Powering the Cloud (Both deals brokered by Media Mergers) have hired DC Advisory Partners to look at “strategic options” next year
Blendle, a Dutch startup that sells access to articles from media outlets in the Netherlands and elsewhere on a per-article basis, has closed a $3.8M Series A funding round led by the New York Times and German media giant Axel Springer
As a result of this M&A activity, seven of the 10 biggest UK TV producers – leaving aside the BBC and ITV – are now in foreign ownership, according to the recently published Televisual Production 100 survey for 2014, and City analysts are tipping the UK’s largest advertiser-funded broadcaster to be in foreign ownership within five years
Chime, the international communications and sports marketing group, announces the acquisition of the business and assets of SJX Partners, LLC, a sports and entertainment marketing business based in Connecticut, United States
Diversified Business Communications has bought HRM Asia of Singapore, its fifth international acquisition of 2014
bringing nine month organic revenue growth to 5.9% in FYR 14
Moreover Technologies is a leading global content delivery service and provider of consolidated current awareness and media management solutions
Meredith Corporation has entered into an agreement with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia to acquire the rights to Martha Stewart Living under a 10-year licensing agreement
PR software company Cision has acquired UK-based media intelligence and insights firm Gorkana Group from its parent Discovery Group Holdings. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. For the full story read MRWeb
Omnicom reported a 7.4% gain in revenue for the third quarter to more than $3.7 billion, with a 24.4% net income gain to $243.8 million
UBM performed well in the third quarter, in line with the Board’s expectations
UBM performed well in the third quarter, in line with the Board’s expectations
Bertelsmann is buying Relias from private equity owner Vista Equity Partners for a price it said was “in the mid-hundreds of millions” of dollars
Informa delivers organic revenue growth of 1.8% in first three quarters of FYR 14
French tycoon Vincent Bolloré is aiming to use a share exchange offer to increase his stake in advertising group Havas to more than 50 percent.
