Deals

MWW, one of the top five independent PR agencies in the US, has a foothold in the UK after acquiring London-based Parys Communications for an undisclosed sum

Electric Word has announced a new partnership between its online gaming business (“iGB”) and iGaming North America, a Nevada-based conference business

Archant’s Lifestyle division has sold its Sport Diver UK magazine brand to Bonnier Corporation but remains in a JV to continue to publish it

Discovery Communications Announces Acquisition of Espresso Education, the Leading Provider of Primary School Digital Education Content in the U.K.

WPP has agreed to acquire Bottle Rocket. Bottle Rocket creates the highest quality iPhone, iPad and Android apps for leading brands

Publicis Groupe announced today the acquisition of ETO, a leading agency in CRM based in Lille and
Paris. This move allows Publicis Worldwide to advance its offerings in the field of CRM and datamining

Axel Springer’s StepStone continues its growth strategy by acquiring Saongroup, which operates job portals in 16 countries

Axel Springer’s StepStone continues its growth strategy by acquiring Saongroup, which operates job portals in 16 countries

A management buyout led by brand director Daniel Pearce today said it had completed the purchase of Travel Trade Gazette from UBM plc

Reed Exhibitions has signed a joint venture agreement to acquire a majority share in Thebe Exhibitions & Projects Group (TEPG) based in South Africa

Briefing Media today announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Pulse, the UK’s market-leading magazine, website and learning platform for general practitioners, to Cogora

Neustar has acquired Aggregate Knowledge, a cloud-based cross channel campaign and audience analytics provider enabling brands and agencies to aggregate and analyze data from multiple sources to provide actionable insights to optimize media planning & buying in real-time for $119m

Platts, a leading global provider of energy, petrochemical and metals information today completed its acquisition of Kingsman SA, a privately-held, Switzerland-based provider of price information and analytics for the global sugar and biofuels markets

inVentiv Health announced today that it has acquired Catalina Health and combined the organization with Adheris

Crunchyroll is known for being an anime streaming video service that is popular in the U.S.

Publicis Groupe announced today that Heartbeat Ideas, one of the largest and most highly regarded digital agencies in the healthcare communications space, has joined the Saatchi & Saatchi Health entities in the U.S.

Publicis Groupe announced today that Heartbeat Ideas, one of the largest and most highly regarded digital agencies in the healthcare communications space, has joined the Saatchi & Saatchi Health entities in the U.S.

Engine, the UK’s largest privately-owned communications group, today announces that it is acquiring FlipScript China

Publicis Groupe announces the acquisition of Interactive Solutions, a leading digital agency in Poland.

dmg information, the business information division of DMGT, has agreed to acquire the entire share capital of DIIG EUROPE