The magazine, which began in December 1945, will continue to be run by the same publisher and editorial team. A new independent editorial board will be established, to be chaired by Dave Gordon, formerly head of major sporting events at the BBC
WPP has acquired a majority stake in Two Circles Limited, a data-driven sports marketing agency based in London. Following the deal, Two Circles will become part of ESP Properties, GroupM’s newly launched company serving rightsholders from the worlds of sports and entertainment
Dentsu Aegis Network has bought celebrated content agency John Brown Media for an undisclosed sum
DC Thomson, a long-standing investor of ShortList Media, has bought the 50% of the multimedia company it did not already own for an undisclosed sum.
Apollo Global Management has broken off talks to the buy Digital First Media, one of the largest newspaper chains in the country — whose stable includes the Denver Post, the San Jose Mercury News and the New Haven Register.
Maney’s high-quality portfolio consists of scholarly books and journals in Materials Science and Engineering, the Humanities and Social Sciences, and Health Sciences, and complements our existing journals in these areas. Many of these titles are published in partnership with societies, universities, and institutes
Mack Brooks Exhibitions Group has announced the acquisition of the rights to the Chemspec series of events from Quartz Group. The Chemspec Events brand is dedicated to the fine and speciality chemicals industry, and consists of a portfolio of exhibitions in Europe, Eurasia and Asia, as well as the Speciality Chemicals magazine. For the full story read Exhibition News
The agreement between Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, owner of Macmillan Science and Education, and BC Partners, advisors of funds, which own Springer, was announced on 15 January 2015. On 6 May, key competition authorities, including the European Union and the US Department of Justice, cleared the merger.
Retale, a location-based mobile platform connecting more than 3.5 million shoppers with their favourite major retailers locally and based on the German kaufDA business model, announced it has secured US$12m in funding from its existing investor base among which Axel Springer holds the largest stake
UBM Plc is exploring a sale of PR Newswire Association LLC in a deal that could value the distributor of press releases at more than $700 million
TES Global – the largest network of teachers in the world with over 5.9 million registered teachers – has acquired Blendspace, a San Francisco-based company providing web-based tools that enable teachers to create digital, self-paced lessons for their classrooms and students
Worlds largest seafood news provider, IntraFish Media, has agreed to sell its UK weekly newspaper, Fishing News. The buyer is Kent-based Kelsey Media
Time Inc. (UK) has announced the acquisition of UK Cycling Events (UKCE), the UK’s leading provider of premium cycling events
Blenheim Chalcot and its portfolio company Contentive last week announced the acquisition of the Interactive Marketing division comprising ClickZ, SES and SEW from Incisive Media.
April 21 2015 – Blenheim Chalcot and its portfolio company Contentive are delighted to announce the acquisition of the Interactive Marketing division comprising ClickZ, SES and SEW from Incisive Media. Blenheim Chalcot intends to continue to grow and develop these great businesses serving the digital marketing community worldwide. Blenheim Chalcot looks forward to working with […]
The Havas Group is acquiring EGC & Associes, a French agency specializing in general-interest live events. EGC & Associes will become part of Havas Event, the Havas Group’s event agency in France and Julien Savino, current president and CEO of EGC & Associes will now become partner at Havas Event
WPP has made an investment in Refinery29, a fashion and lifestyle media company, for $50 million through its WPP Ventures arm
Cargo Media will continue to publish the monthly HCB magazine, and continue to provide industry with business-critical information through the HCB Live website and HCB Weekly newsletter.
WPP announces that it has acquired Medialets Inc. (“Medialets”), creator of technology that helps marketers manage and measure the complete return on investment of mobile ad campaigns.
Creston also announces the acquisition of 51 per cent of the share capital of How Splendid Ltd (‘Splendid’), a London-based digital design and development consultancy.
