Deals

MCI has acquired professional conference organiser (PCO) JZ Congressos

Guardian, Observer and theguardian.com publisher to invest sale proceeds, thought to be £600m to £700m, in core business

Guardian Media Group, the publisher of the Guardian, has sold its stake in Trader Media Group to Apax Partners for around £600m to bankroll its loss-making newspapers and website

Première Vision Istanbul will be organised by a new company for the joint venture that will be 51 per cent controlled by Première Vision, and 49 per cent by CNR Holding

Cox Enterprises, Inc. and Providence Equity Partners announced today a definitive agreement by which Cox has acquired Providence Equity’s 25 percent equity interest in AutoTrader Group. Cox Enterprises now holds a 98 percent stake in AutoTrader Group

Ad targeting specialist Turn has raised $80m in a Series E round of financing, which will be invested in its technology platform, data science and machine learning algorithms, and cross-channel and data-focused products

Apigee has acquired cloud-based predictive analytics firm InsightsOne

NewBay Media acquired select Broadcast Engineering magazine assets from parent Penton Media, including Web properties, its branding trademark, subscriber lists and both the U.S. and World editions

UK analytics firm Ebiquity has confirmed it is no longer considering the sale of its business; and has itself acquired Hong Kong-based China Media Consulting, the holding company of the CMCG Group, for an initial sum of $HK 20m (c.£1.6m)

WPP has agreed to take an 80% majority stake in the WVI Group of companies, the joint venture holding company for a number of WPP brands in Russia, including media investment management businesses Maxus, MEC, MediaCom, Mindshare, GroupM and JWT

An investment consortium led by Pembroke VCT plc (Pembroke), with support from Lepe Capital, today announces the acquisition of Boat International Media

Publicis Groupe announced today that it has acquired 100% of Qorvis Communications, one of the most respected independent public relations firms in the United States

WPP announces that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the business of Marketeers Vietnam

Online research specialist YouGov has extended its reach to China and South East Asia through the acquisition of Asian MR and tech firm Decision Fuel

Dentsu announced today that its global business unit, the Dentsu Aegis Network, has reached an agreement with the principal shareholders of Australian advertising company group Oddfellows Holdings Pty Ltd to acquire a 51% stake in the company

The addition of Atlanta-based TTM will expand Indegene’s presence in the US where it provides marketing solutions to life science, pharmaceutical and healthcare organisations

In the US, pharma researcher Decision Resources Group (DRG) has acquired Cambridge, Mass-based life sciences data analytics and business intelligence company Relay Technology Management

Creative agency Nomads has announced the acquisition of search engine and social optimisation agency Shake Interactive for an undisclosed sum

Tarsus Group has further strengthened its portfolio through acquisitions in China and Turkey and has also agreed to dispose of up to 18% of the Group’s French business

MDC Partners Inc. announced today that it has acquired a majority partnership interest in Luntz Global, one of the world’s most renowned and respected language and messaging companies