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WPP was the most active buyer in marketing communications last year, closing 54 deals, according to M&A advisers Results International

Ocean Media Group’s fashion portfolio has cancelled two German shows

Ocean Media Group’s fashion portfolio has cancelled two German shows

Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock

Why exactly is WhatsApp worth $19bn (£12bn) to Facebook?

Havas reported full-year 2013 revenue of approximately $2.4 billion with organic growth for the period of 1%

2013 Revenues increased by 5% to £96.1m from £91.6m last year and adjusted profits before tax of £7.7m compared with £9.6m last year

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

The social networking giant on Thursday unveiled deeper targeting options to bolster its burgeoning ad business

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

Dentsu said Thursday that it posted a 66.4% revenue gain to approximately $4.1 billion for the nine months ended Dec. 31

Nielsen this morning reported revenues of $5.703 billion for 2013, an increase of 5.5% over 2012

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

The digital app offers an “all-you-can-read” magazine service, which gives consumers unlimited access to as many magazines as they want from a range of global publishers for £9.99 per month

Acquisition strengthens both companies by combining McGraw-Hill Education’s high-quality assessment and instructional offerings with Engrade’s open platform and tools

Full year 2013 revenue grew to $7.12 billion, compared to $6.96 billion in 2012, an organic revenue increase of 3.7% for the fourth quarter of 2013, and 2.8% for the full year

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

Revenues were up 5.8% and Operating Margin was up 7.8% YoY

Publishers everywhere are paying the price for getting hooked on advertising revenues which corrupted the vital relationship with their primary customers, the readers