The owners of CloserStill Media, the organiser of Data Centre World and Powering the Cloud (Both deals brokered by Media Mergers) have hired DC Advisory Partners to look at “strategic options” next year
As a result of this M&A activity, seven of the 10 biggest UK TV producers – leaving aside the BBC and ITV – are now in foreign ownership, according to the recently published Televisual Production 100 survey for 2014, and City analysts are tipping the UK’s largest advertiser-funded broadcaster to be in foreign ownership within five years
Chime, the international communications and sports marketing group, announces the acquisition of the business and assets of SJX Partners, LLC, a sports and entertainment marketing business based in Connecticut, United States
Diversified Business Communications has bought HRM Asia of Singapore, its fifth international acquisition of 2014
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Meredith Corporation has entered into an agreement with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia to acquire the rights to Martha Stewart Living under a 10-year licensing agreement
PR software company Cision has acquired UK-based media intelligence and insights firm Gorkana Group from its parent Discovery Group Holdings. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. For the full story read MRWeb
Bertelsmann is buying Relias from private equity owner Vista Equity Partners for a price it said was “in the mid-hundreds of millions” of dollars
French tycoon Vincent Bolloré is aiming to use a share exchange offer to increase his stake in advertising group Havas to more than 50 percent.
Kantar Media agrees to acquire Civolution’s NexTracker audience measurement and SyncNow second screen audio watermarking business in France
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Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management have finalised the deal to combine three TV production groups behind hit shows including Big Brother, American Idol and MasterChef under one group. The companies said they would set up a joint venture to hold Apollo-controlled Endemol and Core Media and Fox’s Shine Group. Fox and […]
Matomy, the advertising company that recently floated on the London stock market, has agreed to sell up to 24.9pc of itself to the French media conglomerate Publicis
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Reed Exhibitions announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Grupo Fidalex, a Mexico-based event organizer
Reed Exhibitions announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Grupo Fidalex, a Mexico-based event organizer
Independent US agency Finn Partners has followed up the creation of a London office by acquiring UK-based technology specialist PR agency Johnson King
Tinopolis, the Welsh company behind shows including Question Time and Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and the UK’s largest remaining truly independent TV producer, is up for sale with a price tag of potentially £300m
Film and television measurement specialist Rentrak is to acquire the US TV measurement business of WPP’s Kantar Media for $98m in Rentrak common stock. WPP will then spend a further $56m to bring its overall share of the US-based firm to 16.7%. The deal gives WPP’s GroupM agencies full access to Rentrak audience data. WPP […]
