PCM Healthcare is an independent medical education and communications agency: a team of passionate and talented people who develop novel approaches that are designed with outcomes in mind. PCM has two change-making divisions allowing the company to bring its innovative approach both to arm’s length educational initiatives and to medical communications
Penton has acquired World Tea Media, producer of the World Tea Expo, from F+W. Included in the transaction is the Expo, an online education and certification program and a news site
Independent integrated communications agency, Four Communications Group (Four), has acquired the Welsh market leading PR and design agency, Francis Balsom Associates Ltd (known as FBA). Four has acquired 100 per cent of the equity. The two companies already work together in a consortium called Four Cymru and this will be the trading name going forward for all work in Wales
French-based marketing services company Havas has announced the acquisition of MR group CSA and the Intervalles agency, from Bolloré Group, which is the majority shareholder in Havas itself.The acquired firms – which have combined gross margin of EUR 16m and headcount of 160 – were both wholly owned subsidiaries of Bolloré, which owns 60% of […]
Findlay Media, part of the Mark Allen Group, has completed the acquisition of The Airport Publishing Network (APN)
It has finally been announced in a press release: Imago Techmedia has been acquired by Clarion Events. The deal which completed on 1 September will see Imago Techmedia’s brands IP EXPO Europe, Cyber Security Europe, IP EXPO Manchester and UC EXPO come under the Clarion umbrella
Telentertainment oneevision and film company aims to expand hit cartoon characterinto new markets by taking control. Peppa Pig co-owner tertainment One is to take control of UK producer Astley Baker Davies, the creator of the hit cartoon character, in a deal worth £140m
Media General, the US television station owner, is facing pressure from an activist shareholder to call off its proposed $3.1bn deal to buy Meredith and instead sell itself to Nexstar Broadcasting Group.
Adds another 88 percent on top of its 9 percent for $343 million. Subscription business and millennial audience are big attractions
Hearst is continuing its string of bets on youth-oriented digital content and video platforms through a $21 million stake in Complex Media, a network of edgy pop culture, entertainment, tech and gaming sites
The private equity giant Blackstone is among a pack of investment firms weighing £1.2bn takeover bids for the media conglomerate which owns the Cannes Lions advertising festival
Havas is making its biggest acquisition in fifteen years with the purchase of digital communications group FullSix, for around $75 million.
The Comexposium Group is strengthening its leadership in the private and public works’ councils sector through its acquisition of France CE
First, Axel Springer was outbid in an auction to buy the FT Group, owner of the Financial Times, just as it had lost out in the sale of another British newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, in 2004. Second, talks with German broadcaster ProSiebenSat. 1 about a possible merger broke down
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This strategic acquisition complements the Mobile Media Summit (MMS) network of events established in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Miami, Las Vegas, Barcelona and Cannes, acquired in February 2015
The new company is to be rebranded Aardman Nathan Love, in a merger that would create Aardman’s first production facility outside of the UK
Edelman has bought London-based financial PR and investor relations firm Smithfield Consultants, an acquisition described by UK & Ireland CEO Ed Williams as one of the “last pieces in the jigsaw” for the group’s UK offering. For the full story read PR Week
Hearst is putting $21 million into Complex Media in exchange for a minority stake in the millennial-focused publisher
Dentsu Inc. will remain acquisitive for the foreseeable future, with a particular focus on faster-growing geographies and high-value areas in the digital space
