Deals

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.

French advertising giant Publicis (Paris: FR0000130577 – news) said Wednesday it had bought Australia’s leading independent media agency Match Media. Publicis said Match, which has 75 staff based in Sydney, will be become part of its ZenithOptimedia Group’s “newly launched global media network, Blue 449”.

UBM plc (LSE: UBM-LN) today announces the acquisition of Hospitalar, Latin America’s largest healthcare tradeshow, from SPFC Group

Vox Media, announced Tuesday night that it is buying influential tech news site and scoop machine Re/Code. Terms of the deal were not disclosed

U.K.-based information and events company Informa has been making an aggressive push into the U.S. trade show market.

Newsquest Media Group, one of the leading regional media groups in the UK, announced today that it has acquired Romanes Media Group, for an undisclosed sum. Romanes is a local news publishing business operating in Scotland, Berkshire and Northern Ireland. The Romanes newspaper portfolio comprises one daily, 19 weekly paid-fors and nine weekly frees, and […]

WPP announces that Always Marketing Services, China’s leading field and shopper marketing company, has agreed to acquire 3ree, an integrated marketing company based in Singapore

FanSided’s unique fan-focused editorial voice, very popular mobile app and personalized digital newsletter are behind FanSided’s rapidly growing popularity among millennial sports and entertainment fans. FanSided’s community of 1,500+ contributors will deepen Sports Illustrated’s local sports coverage and add more weight to the brand’s new customization platform, which is set to launch later this year.

Luxury goods group LVMH is negotiating to acquire the French daily newspaper Le Parisien for €50m (£35m), reports the Financial Times.

The popularity of the Cannes Lions advertising festival and a surge in demand at environmental data business Groundsure drove a 27% increase in profits at parent company Top Right last year

PAINWeek runs the leading U.S. event for pain management, which takes place annually in September in Las Vegas. PAINWeek addresses a key part of neurology, pain management, providing Tarsus with increased exposure to a key area of the preventative medicine market

his move would seem to indicate that Dentsu Aegis is planting its flag to assert its serious intent in the field of content. It gets an outfit that is close to being best-in-class in its field, one that will help differentiate it from its competitors and helping it to position itself as a true “one stop shop”