Digital agencies were the subject of nearly half of the mergers and acquisitions by major holding companies last year, while the overall number of deals fell by 9 per cent
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Digital agencies were the subject of nearly half of the mergers and acquisitions by major holding companies last year, while the overall number of deals fell by 9 per cent
Digital agencies were the subject of nearly half of the mergers and acquisitions by major holding companies last year, while the overall number of deals fell by 9 per cent
27 February 2014: UDG Healthcare plc, a leading international provider of healthcare services, announces that it has agreed to acquire the healthcare communications business of KnowledgePoint360. The deal, agreed at a total cash consideration of $144 million [€105 million], is expected to complete by the end of March 2014. Transaction highlights: · Establishes UDG Healthcare […]
Conversant Inc. (CNVR:US) is gaining appeal as a takeover target after the company formerly known as ValueClick Inc. sold website businesses to focus on digital-advertising technology. The $1.65 billion company, which divested sites including Investopedia this year while increasing its presence in digital-video advertising, may attract traditional agencies such as WPP Plc (WPP) as they […]
Conversant Inc. (CNVR:US) is gaining appeal as a takeover target after the company formerly known as ValueClick Inc. sold website businesses to focus on digital-advertising technology. The $1.65 billion company, which divested sites including Investopedia this year while increasing its presence in digital-video advertising, may attract traditional agencies such as WPP Plc (WPP) as they […]
WPP Digital, the digital investment arm of WPP, has acquired a minority interest in Percolate Industries, Inc., that will enable multiple WPP companies to create streamlined and engaging content on behalf of their clients. Founded in 2011, Percolate employs approximately 100 people and is based in New York with offices in London and San Francisco. […]
WPP announces that its wholly owned operating company JWT, the global marketing communications agency, has agreed to acquire Lemon Sky
Innovation company 3M has agreed to acquire US-based healthcare analytics and Business Intelligence provider Treo Solutions, for an undisclosed sum. Treo employs around 185 people in headquarters in Troy, N.Y. and offices in Denver, CO and Overland Park, Kansas, and uses data from more than 60 health plans to help clients redesign payment structures and […]
Digital marketing agency 3Q Digital announced Friday the acquisition of iSearch Media in an all equity transaction
Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock
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Dentsu announced today that its global headquarters Dentsu Aegis Network Ltd. has reached an agreement with the principal shareholders of social media agency Socializer S.A. to acquire the company
Congrex Holland has followed the examples of its British and Swiss colleagues and successfully negotiated a secured future, following the collapse of the PCO’s holding company last year
Marke ting group Next Fifteen Communications (Next 15) has acquired Hampshire, UK-based B2B intelligence provider Continuous Insight (CI), and upped its stake in Agent3
Reader’s Digest has been sold for just £1 by Better Capital to a venture capitalist whose former TV company created Bob the Builder
Acquisition strengthens both companies by combining McGraw-Hill Education’s high-quality assessment and instructional offerings with Engrade’s open platform and tools
Top Right Group Ltd., the U.K. media group owned by Apax Partners LLP and Guardian Media Group, plans to sell a bundle of news magazine titles as part of a divestment strategy
Dentsu announced today that its global headquarters Dentsu Aegis Network Ltd. has reached an agreement with the principal shareholders of Verawom, one of China’s leading social creative companies, to acquire the company
Blue Rubicon has bought public affairs specialist Open Road in the agency’s first major acquisition since its injection of private equity cash in December 2012
Tarsus acquires 60% stake in Sada the organisers of Komatek in Ankara.