Evgeny Lebedev, the Russian oligarch’s son who owns the Evening Standard and the Independent website, made an offer to buy the Daily Telegraph from the Barclay brothers earlier this year
Press Release: Future plc (LSE: FUTR, “the Group” or “Future”), the international media group and leading digital business, has acquired Next Commerce Pty Ltd (“Next Commerce”), a digital shopping comparison business with operations in Australia and across South East Asia, for an undisclosed cash consideration
LeftField Media today announced it has been acquired by Urban Expositions, a Clarion Events Company. LeftField is a Norwalk-based event organizer with a growing portfolio of consumer events focused on passionate communities around the US, and it now joins the family of Clarion Events. The acquisition will provide LeftField increased capital and infrastructure, while offering Urban Expositions new expertise and market reach in B2C events.
been rebuffed in a £1bn takeover offer for Entertainment One (eOne), owner of hit children’s TV show Peppa Pig, as it looks to extend an acquisition spree aimed at reducing its reliance on volatile advertising income. Canadian film and TV producer and distributor eOne said it had received and rejected a preliminary proposal to buy the company for 236p a share, or £1.01bn in total
The international arm of Japan’s biggest advertising firm Dentsu has agreed to buy a majority stake in Merkle, a US-based digital marketing analytics business, in a deal that values the company at about $1.5bn including debt
Ad tech executives reacted to Monday’s news that Japanese holding company Dentsu Aegis Network acquired a majority stake in Merkle, a CRM and performance marketing agency. Columbia, Md.-based Merkle is one of the largest independent digital agencies. While the terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, Merkle has more than 2,900 employees and reported $436 million […]
Emerald Expositions has acquired The International Gift Exposition in the Smokies (IGES) from M&M Gift Shows
London-based research and events firm Informa has acquired telecommunications industry publisher Light Reading, along with research-oriented counterpart Heavy Reading, from CEO and founder Steve Saunders. Saunders will continue at Informa for a minimum of three years, under the title of digital publisher-in-chief
Press Release: WPP announces that J. Walter Thompson Company, its wholly owned global marketing communications agency, has agreed to acquire iStrategyLabs, LLC (“ISL”), a full service digital agency, in the US
The owner of trade magazine publisher Incisive Media is exploring a £100m sale, seven years after it was seized by its lenders in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Incisive, owned by the private equity firm Alchemy, is working with the City adviser Arma Partners on a strategic review that is expected to lead to an auction process, City sources said
Business (MAB), part of the Mark Allen Group (MAG), completed its acquisition of three clusters of international conferences from London-based Industry Dynamics, last week
Press Release: Mortgage Brain Holdings has bought publishing company AE3 Media, which includes trade brand Mortgage Solutions, lender and broker awards scheme the British Mortgage Awards and top consumer brands Your Mortgage and Your Money. The move will capitalise on the assets and develop synergies between technology and data company Mortgage Brain, which has over […]
Four Communications has acquired retail and luxury sector specialist PR agency Rain Communications for an undisclosed sum – its second acquisition this month
Press Release: New York [July 25, 2016] – Dentsu Aegis Network today announced the acquisition of gyro, the largest independent global creative agency dedicated exclusively to business-to-business (B2B) marketing
Events marketing platform evvnt has announced the acquisition of Eventviva, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition of the event discovery and ticketing platform is part of evvnts’ global expansion as the company focuses firmly on reaching the global audience of event organisers. Founded in 2012 by Aditya Patadia and Hardik Pandya, Eventviva has had more than 3.8 million events listed and has helped users to find local events in their city in over 1,000 cities worldwide
Organiser Prysm Group has acquired disability, rehabilitation, and homecare event, Naidex, from i2i Events for an undisclosed sum. “Naidex is, quite simply, exhibition royalty, and I can’t tell you how excited we all are to have acquired it,” said Nick Moss, MD of Prysm Group. “We are going to pour our hearts and souls into making the 43rd edition of Naidex a truly memorable event for the independent living sector, and the entire team can’t wait to get started.”
Mercury Events Ltd, organiser of the Wedding Fairs and the Baby & Toddler Shows has been acquired by Ocean Media Group. Matt Miller, MD of Mercury Events will join Ocean Media, taking on the responsibility for the new consumer division as managing director
BCD Meetings & Events (BCD M&E) acquired Zibrant, an award-winning Events Agency delivering national and international events in the UK, to strengthen and diversify its Events business in the European market
Verizon Communications will announce today its intent to acquire Yahoo’s core assets, including its search, video and mobile advertising businesses in a deal valued at about $4.8 billion, according to reports
Energy sector data firm Verisk Analytics is buying electricity and renewables sector information provider Greentech Media and will merge it with recently acquired research and consulting company Wood Mackenzie. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
