Travel Channel owner Scripps buys into UKTV
If anyone doubted that the digital TV business in the UK (apart from Sky) was destined always to be a minnow, further evidence to the contrary has emerged with US company Scripps Networks Interactive,...
View ArticleWPP builds on technology portfolio with $70m deal to buy into South American...
More evidence has emerged that WPP doesn’t see itself as purely a client-based advertising business any more: the marcoms giant has invested $70m to buy a 20 per cent stake in Globant, a Buenos...
View ArticleGroupM returns to Channel 4 – as we said it would
WPP-owned GroupM and the media agencies it represents are returning to Channel 4 on Monday, as we predicted over Christmas. Quite what the media giant achieved with this bout of sabre-rattling is...
View ArticlePublicis Groupe/BBH deal starts to unravel as key agency Neogama loses two...
Not all fairy tales have a happy ending. One such is the marriage of convenience between Brazilian hotshop Neogama, its micro-network affiliate BBH and Publicis Groupe. Readers will recall that, a...
View ArticleThe Chinese arrive in UK marcoms land as Blue Focus buys a fifth of quoted PR...
First up Huntsworth boss Lord Chadlington (Peter Gummer as was) says he wanted to buy leading Chinese PR firm Blue Focus. But now BF, led by Oscar Zhao (left), has, in effect, turned the tables by...
View ArticleMother shows off its full range of skills in One Room Paradise for IKEA
Will agencies ever develop online content for brands as a revenue stream to rival ads? We’ve been hearing about it for years but it hasn’t really happened. Although it’s reportedly the reason Hollywood...
View ArticleDentsu boss Andree hints at more big deals
Dentsu boss Tim Andree (left) (non-Japanese Dentsu boss to be strictly accurate) has been sharing some intriguing thoughts about further global consolidation in the ad business, saying that Dentsu...
View ArticleWPP strikes deal with ‘global influencer’ Richard Attias
Another day brings another WPP deal but this one’s more interesting than most: the marcoms giant headed by Sir Martin Sorrell has taken a 30 per cent stake in Richard Attias & Associates, a...
View ArticleChina’s BlueFocus takes another big step on world stage with We Are Social...
There’s a new kid on the block in the global marcoms stakes and it’s China’s BlueFocus, capitalised in China at $3.7bn. Now the PR and digital company has bought a majority stake (82.8 per cent) in the...
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