Next 15 welcomes ODD to the Group

In a press release Next 15 said it was tremendously excited to announce that Next 15 has acquired ODD, a London-based digital agency that specialises in consumer-facing communications for fashion and lifestyle brands

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Clarion to acquire iGaming Business from Electric Word

Electric Word plc today announces that it has conditionally agreed to sell its indirect 70 per cent. shareholding in iGaming Business Limited, to Clarion Events Limited, a global events business with a portfolio of event and media businesses across a range of vertical markets. The Sale values the whole of iGB on a cash free debt free basis at £19.7 million. The holder of the remaining iGB Shares, Michael Caselli, has also agreed to sell 5.1 per cent. of the issued iGB Shares and will retain the balance

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Walt Disney doubles stake in Vice Media to $400m

Walt Disney is doubling its stake in Vice Media to $400m, lifting its stake in the youth-focused media group to about 10 per cent, according to people familiar with the matter.

The deal, which values Vice at more than $4bn, comes weeks after Disney’s first $200m investment in the Brooklyn-based company.

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MESSE MÜNCHEN PURCHASES CTT MOSCOW,

In a press release dated 8 December 2015 Messe München announced it is buying CTT EXPO in Moscow, the world’s fifth largest construction machinery trade fair. This acquisition is both the biggest and most important purchase in Messe München’s history. The seller is private Russian trade fair company Media Globe LLC.

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Media’s Francois-Regis Coumau on the company’s move into TV

Immediate Media is still probably best known for its print titles, including Radio Times, BBC Top Gear Magazine, BBC History and Gardeners’ World. But the West London based publisher which has recently celebrated its fourth anniversary isn’t stopping there. “Strategically when you are looking at the next five or ten years I don’t think that’s enough,” said Chief Executive Tom Bureau in a recent interview. “So we are now focusing on the third part of our proposition – becoming a platform business.”

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WPP agrees to merge ANZ businesses with STW

Communications Group Limited (STW) and increase its shareholding from 23.6% to 61.5%. STW, Australia and New Zealand’s leading marketing and communications group, is a publicly listed company, whose shares are traded on the Australian Securities Exchange

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STW share trading suspended on WPP buyout speculation

Listed advertising and marketing services firm STW Communications has gone into a trading halt amid speculation of a takeover by Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP. The move by WPP is not unexpected with the two businesses being closely associated since the late 1990s. STW and WPP partner in some businesses such as Ogilvy, and WPP already owns 23.6 per cent of STW through its subsidiary, Cavendish Square Holdings.

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Atlantic Media in talks to sell Quartz

Atlantic Media has held talks with a number of potential buyers interested in digital media about a sale of or potential investment in Quartz, the publishing group’s business news site, according to people familiar with the matter

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