Deals

Wothington has bought assets including The Digital Marketing Show, The Great British Entrepreneurs Awards, and The Digital Marketing Magazine.

McGraw Hill Financial has sold its construction media division to Palo Alto-based private equity firm Symphony Technology Group

Consumer behavior specialist Alliance Data is to buy personalized digital marketing specialist Conversant (formerly known as ValueClick) in a cash and stock deal worth up to $2.3 billion

The purchase involves three regular frequency titles published by Kelsey (Aeroplane Monthly, Classic Military Vehicles and Jets) together with a number of Specials and Bookazines in the areas of aviation and military history

Chime Communications plc, the international communications and sports marketing group, announces the acquisition of ABC Sports Management Limited, one of the UK’s top athlete management businesses, with particular strength in rugby union.

WPP Digital takes a minority stake in Polestar in China

n India, Nielsen has acquired analytics, economic modelling and forecasting services firm Indicus Analytics. Terms of the deal were not disclosed

Haworth’s billings for the year ended 31 October 2013 were approximately US$700 million with gross assets of US$87 million at the same date

WPP, the world’s leading communications services group, announces that it has agreed to inject the industry’s second-largest publisher ad server platform (formerly part of Xaxis, its wholly-owned global programmatic media and technology platform) and invest US$25 million in AppNexus, to enhance AppNexus’ position as the world’s largest independent ad technology provider

Established in 2004 in Shanghai, Teein is a full-service social media agency offering social listening, social marketing and social CRM

The deal marks WPP’s first acquisition in Mongolia, with the group now operating in 111 countries. In addition, Y&R becomes the first global ad network to establish a majority-owned agency office in the country

To fund the potential deal, UBM was likely to need to carry out a rights issue or sell PR Newswire, its division that helps companies distribute announcements online, analysts said

Dentsu Aegis, which is owned by Japanese holding company Dentsu, has struck a deal to acquire search and performance-marketing agency Covario

IPG Mediabrands, the media investment arm of Interpublic Group has agreed to acquire Turkish social media agency Promoqube

According to a number of reports in the media, WPP is in ‘advanced talks’ regarding the possible acquisition of some divisions of Brazilian research agency IBOPE Group by its Kantar arm

According to a number of reports in the media, WPP is in ‘advanced talks’ regarding the possible acquisition of some divisions of Brazilian research agency IBOPE Group by its Kantar arm

Transaction reflects the strength of company’s business model and growth strategy in key market segments

In coverage and in practice, the media continues to intertwine with big data. NewBay Media is keeping pace with the trend by acquiring data-driven television research firm, Ratings Intelligence

Havas today announced the acquisitions of two companies in Europe: Bizkit Wisely AB, Sweden’s number one independent media and digital agency and GT Media, Ireland’s leading independent media agency

Publicis Groupe has acquired independent agency MACHINE and is merging it with Publicis Worldwide South Africa to establish Publicis Machine