Havas Health acquired London-based agency Just:: Health Communications for an undisclosed sum. The PR shop is primarily known for its work in public affairs and its digital expertise, and its current client roster includes GlaxoSmithKline, Roche, AbbVie, Pfizer and Sanofi. The agency houses 34 employees. The senior team at Just:: Health, led by MD Kirsty […]
ITV has agreed to pay up to £280m for Twofour Group, the maker of The Jump and Educating Yorkshire, in its latest effort to strengthen its in-house studios. The broadcaster has already spent nearly £1.5bn on production companies under chief executive Adam Crozier, in order to avoid being left behind as audiences switch to online viewing. […]
In a press release Forum Business Media Ltd is delighted to announce that at the beginning of June 2015, it acquired the assets of Regional Training Agency Ltd
has agreed to purchase Korbitec (Pty) Ltd from the Naspers Group for an undisclosed amount. The transaction is subject to approval by the South African Competition Commission. Korbitec is a leading provider of content-enabled workflow solutions for South African property professionals, with two leading products, GhostConvey and Windeed, in addition to its Banking and Municipal […]
In a bid to strengthen the company’s capabilities in the brand commerce space, Dentsu Aegis Network has reached an agreement to acquire UK eCommerce specialist eCommera. Terms were not disclosed, but Dentsu said the acquired firm would be aligned with its digital marketing agency network Isobar. The company, with a staff of 275, will continue […]
Martha Stewart has sold her media and merchandising business to Sequential Brands, a retail licensing group, for about $353m, marking a dramatic fall in the value of an lifestyle business empire that was worth nearly $2bn at its peak in 2005. For the full story read next.ft.com
Reed Exhibitions, part of RELX Group, announced today that it will expand its jewelry event portfolio with the acquisition of Jewelers International Showcase (JIS). JIS has three annual business-to-business events, for jewelry retailers, at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Thousands of retailers attend the JIS Events from the United States, Caribbean and Latin America to […]
Electric Word plc are pleased to announce the disposal of the trade and certain assets of the Company’s subsidiary, Radcliffe Publishing Limited (“Radcliffe Publishing”) to Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group and a subsidiary of Informa plc
Published to date by PSP Publishing Limited, No.1 Magazine has been in circulation for almost 10 years
WPP announces that GroupM, the leading global media investment management group, has acquired Greenhouse Group in The Netherlands
Advertising agency WPP announced on Wednesday that its GroupM operating company has bought New Zealand-based media agency Chemistry Media
V and media production group Ten Alps, as the business snapped up the maker of factual shows including Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is in a £5m deal
WPP announces that it has agreed, subject to regulatory approval, to acquire a significant minority stake in Hirschen Group, one of Germany’s leading independent agency groups
BNP Media in the U.S. purchased three magazines from Dodge Data & Analytics Friday—Architectural Record, Engineering News-Record and SNAP
ITV is close to announcing that the acquisition of Plymouth-based independent TV production company TwoFour
In a press release today Creston plc (LSE: CRE), the marketing communications group, says it is pleased to announce that it has made a strategic investment in 18 Feet & Rising, a London based advertising agency
Bob Geldof-backed indie Ten Alps is on the verge of acquiring a UK production business and has begun a complex shareholding restructure to enable it to close the deal.
Ad giant Dentsu Aegis Network is to acquire Polish agency Marketing Wizards, which lists SEO, CRM, web analytics and usability services among its portfolio of services.
Global construction information publisher, KHL Group, acquired the international market research and management consultancy company, Off-Highway Research
PARIS–Advertising agency Publicis SA (PUB.FR) Monday said it bought French press agency Relaxnews (ALRLX.FR) for 9.58 euros ($10.4) a share or a total value of about EUR15 million. Publicis had entered into exclusive negotiations with shareholders of Relaxnews to buy the company in February at the same price.
