Emap parent company Top Right: no breakup before 2017

The chief executive of business-to-business publisher Top Right has said there will be no breakup of the company until at least 2017. Duncan Painter said Top Right, formerly Emap, which owns assets including the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, fashion data firm WGSN and magazines including Retail Week and Drapers, would not be looking […]

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Rheinische Post Mediengruppe acquires majority stake in DVV Media Group

Af­ter decades of serv­ing as Man­ag­ing Di­rec­tor and part­ner of DVV Me­dia Group and on the oc­ca­sion of his 80th birth­day, Dr. Hel­mut Schachen­may­er has de­cid­ed to re­tire from the firm’s group of part­ners. On Ju­ly 31, 2013, the Rheinis­che Post Me­di­en­gruppe ac­quired his shares and the shares of the for­mer man­ag­ing part­ner, Dr. Di­eter Flech­sen­berg­er (62), who ac­cord­ing to plan has now left the man­age­ment of the pub­lish­ing house, but will con­tin­ue to pro­vide con­sult­ing ser­vices

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Onex Completes Acquisition of Nielsen Expositions

Onex Corporation today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Nielsen Expositions from its parent, an affiliate of Nielsen Holdings N.V. for $950 million in cash consideration. Nielsen Expositions is a leading operator of large, business-to-business tradeshows in the United States. The business will be renamed Emerald Expositions

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WPP to acquire 49% stake in Heureka Group (Poland)

WPP announces that its wholly-owned operating network VML,the global digital marketing agency, has agreed to acquire a 49% stake in Heureka Group, a leading Polish digital agency. Heureka Group is a full-service interactive advertising agency specializing in digital advertising and social media campaigns. The Group consists of two main creative agencies, Heureka and Pride & […]

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