M&C Saatchi has made its third attempt to crack the US advertising market with the acquisition of a minority stake in the New York creative agency Shepardson Stern & Kaminsky for about $8m
Today’s acquisition adds 17 Trade Shows in the Construction and Real Estate vertical, including leading brands such as World of Concrete, Greenbuild and The International Surfaces Event
EUROPE’S largest media group Reed Elsevier yesterday agreed to buy a US healthcare data firm, in a deal City A.M. understands to be worth around $150m (£95.27m), to boost its Lexis Nexis business in the world’s largest healthcare market. Health Market Science is data supplier for healthcare professionals in the US with a vast medical […]
CloserStill has secured the purchase of Bizmedia, organiser of the E-Learning Awards and publisher of e.learning age
MWW, one of the top five independent PR agencies in the US, has acquired UK B2B PR consultancy Braben, 12 months after making its first move into the UK market.
AXIO Data Group today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell JOC Group to IHS Inc. the leading global source of critical information and insight. The sale is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval
Porta Communications PLC, the international marketing and communications group, today announces the acquisition of PPS Group Limited for a total consideration of £6,161,270
In an RNS today Tarsus Group has announced that it has agreed to acquire 100% of the assets of the South Beach Symposium (“SBS”) from SBS Medical Education LLC.
The Mission Marketing Group is pleased to announce the acquisition (“the Acquisition”) of Raymond Loewy International Limited (“Speed Communications”) and its concurrent merger with Bray Leino PR (the specialist PR division of Bray Leino) to create a separate standalone PR business with revenues in excess of £5m, to be known as Speed Communications
Dealogic has become the latest financial information group to fall into private equity hands, after Carlyle led a $700m acquisition for the US-based researcher from its management and founders
In an exclusive Magazine News has announced that the organiser Media 10 has announced today (6 November) the acquisition of The Build Show and the launch of UK Construction Week
The London-headquartered mobile agency, which counts eBay and Hotels.com among its clients, will retain its brand and will continue to be headed by co-founder and chief executive James Connelly along with the existing management team
Dealogic (www.dealogic.com) is a data platform primarily used by global and regional investment banks worldwide to help optimise performance and improve competitiveness
While Publicis chairman and chief executive Maurice Levy labelled Sapient a “crown jewel” in the announcement, the chief executive of rival ad group WPP, Sir Martin Sorrell, said the move “looks like the behaviour of a jilted lover.” In a call with reporters following the announcement Levy hit back: “I don’t know what Martin knows about love
Founded in 2005, with offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, Gloo is one of South Africa’s most awarded digital agencies
Publicis, the French advertising group, has agreed to acquire US consultancy group Sapient in a $3.7bn all-cash deal that meets its ambition to expand in the US just months after its previous merger attempt collapsed embarrassingly
Matomy Media Group, a supply-side platform (SSP), on Tuesday announced it has acquired MobFox, a European mobile programmatic ad platform. Per a release, the total consideration price of the deal is $17.6 million. The news comes just weeks after Publicis Groupe bought a 20% stake in Matomy for $65 million. For the full story read […]
Publicis Groupe on Tuesday announced it has acquired Run, a cross-device programmatic ad platform with a focus on mobile. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Run will be aligned with Publicis’ media planning and buying unit, Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG), per a company blog post announcing the acquisition. Run has a mobile-focused data management […]
MWW, one of the top-five global independent public relations firms, today announced it has acquired Ideation Inc., an innovation and development lab
Mark Shashoua has confirmed that i2i Events Group has acquired the leading global event for innovations in money, Money20/20,
