Automattic, the parent company of popular blog-hosting and publishing platform WordPress, has raised a funding round of $160 million to help it develop better online and mobile tools for publishing, a round that values the company at over $1 billion
WPP announces that it has agreed to acquire Quirk, Africa’s largest independently owned digital marketing agency
WPP announces that it has acquired Twist Image Multimedia Inc in Canada, a leading creative digital marketing agency
Adyoulike, the French native technology platform and network, has acquired Content Amp, one of the UK’s leading native distribution and content services
WPP announces that Kantar Retail, its wholly-owned retail and shopper data, analytics and consulting business, has acquired XTEL, a leading provider of sales automation software for the consumer goods industry, based in Italy. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Bologna, Italy, XTEL supplies software, analytics, mobile and cloud solutions to leading consumer goods’ manufacturers. Using […]
WPP announces that JWT, the global marketing communications agency, has acquired X-PRIME, a leading creative digital marketing company in France.
WPP’s Wunderman has acquired FusePump, a digital marketing agency
Hill+Knowlton Strategies, a leading international communications consultancy, has agreed to acquire Rice5, full service digital creative agency
In a bid to marry technology with creative design, the mobile publishing platform Rumble has acquired digital creative agency Blue-Goo
IPG announced today that the company has made a strategic investment in tech platform ADstruct
Comcast has finalized a deal to buy digital advertising company Freewheel for $360 million, according to reports
Publicis Groupe has acquired Hawkeye, a leading digital marketing services agency based in Dallas, Texas
As part of the deal, Flipboard will get direct access to all CNN content
As part of the deal, Flipboard will get direct access to all CNN content
Digital agencies were the subject of nearly half of the mergers and acquisitions by major holding companies last year, while the overall number of deals fell by 9 per cent
Digital agencies were the subject of nearly half of the mergers and acquisitions by major holding companies last year, while the overall number of deals fell by 9 per cent
Publicis Groupe today announces the acquisition of Lighthouse Digital, a preeminent digital media agency to be aligned with Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) in South Africa. Lighthouse is an established leader in the use of advanced social analytics tools and was the first agency in Africa to provide clients with a proprietary real-time reporting dashboard. The […]
Conversant Inc. (CNVR:US) is gaining appeal as a takeover target after the company formerly known as ValueClick Inc. sold website businesses to focus on digital-advertising technology. The $1.65 billion company, which divested sites including Investopedia this year while increasing its presence in digital-video advertising, may attract traditional agencies such as WPP Plc (WPP) as they […]
Conversant Inc. (CNVR:US) is gaining appeal as a takeover target after the company formerly known as ValueClick Inc. sold website businesses to focus on digital-advertising technology. The $1.65 billion company, which divested sites including Investopedia this year while increasing its presence in digital-video advertising, may attract traditional agencies such as WPP Plc (WPP) as they […]
WPP Digital, the digital investment arm of WPP, has acquired a minority interest in Percolate Industries, Inc., that will enable multiple WPP companies to create streamlined and engaging content on behalf of their clients. Founded in 2011, Percolate employs approximately 100 people and is based in New York with offices in London and San Francisco. […]
