Business Sale Acquisitions News in the Advertising And Media sector

Mon, 05 Feb 2007: Emap Consumer Media has acquired Yospace Technologies, the provider of multimedia messaging services, from The Parkmead Group and private investors fo...
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Mon, 05 Feb 2007: Vitesse Media is to acquire the What Investment magazine and associated website from Charterhouse Communications for £0.5m, with the transfer of...
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Mon, 05 Feb 2007: The Mill, the London-based visual effects company, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Carlyle Group for an estimated £50m....
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Thu, 01 Feb 2007: WPP has acquired All Global, the London-based market research and data collection company with 44 staff....
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Thu, 01 Feb 2007: Research Now is to acquire OpenVenue, the Canadian market research company, for up to £20m....
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Wed, 31 Jan 2007: Aegis Group has acquired Interview-NSS, the Dutch market research company with gross assets of £5.3m....
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Tue, 30 Jan 2007: Cello Group has expanded its online market research business with the £3m acquisition of a 75% stake in Rosenblatt and a 51% stake in Digital Pe...
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Tue, 30 Jan 2007: Jarrold Publishing, the Norwich-based book publisher with 22 staff, has been acquired by NPI Media....
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Mon, 29 Jan 2007: Digital Marketing Group has acquired Cheeze, the media planning company with offices in Ipswich, London and Leeds, for £9.5m, as well as Jaywing...
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Mon, 29 Jan 2007: Archant Life has acquired Living Edge, the Cheshire-based magazine with seven staff, from publisher Silk Press....
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Fri, 12 Jan 2007: Taylor Nelson Sofres has acquired PressWatch Media, the London-based media information provider with 42 staff....
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Fri, 12 Jan 2007: United Business Media has acquired Quest Media, the London-based conference organiser and magazine publisher, for up to £5m....
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Tue, 19 Dec 2006: Guardian Media Group has acquired the radio operations of Saga Group for undisclosed terms, including services in the West Midlands, East Midlands and...
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Fri, 01 Dec 2006: First Artist Corporation has acquired Dewynters, the London-based entertainment industry marketing services agency, for up to £16m....
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Tue, 28 Nov 2006: Incisive Media is to acquire MSM International, the publisher of financial services magazines, for £...
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Tue, 28 Nov 2006: Ekay has acquired Wallace Barnaby & Associates, the Guernsey-based marketing and advertising agency, for £1.7m....
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Wed, 08 Nov 2006: Ten Alps has acquired Cameron Publishing, the Gateshead-based publisher with 47 staff, for up to £0.8m, and is now in negotiations to acquire TV...
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Tue, 03 Oct 2006: Medal Entertainment & Media has acquired UGD Britannia Music, the CD and DVD direct marketing company, for £1.5m. UGD Britannia has a databa...
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Tue, 03 Oct 2006: Handbag.com, the network of women's websites, has been acquired by Hearst Corporation's NatMag for about £22m. US-based Hearst Corpora...
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Wed, 13 Sep 2006: Spiritel is to acquire Callplan, the telecoms services company that sells through a network of more than 70 independent agents, for up to £0.6m. Founded in 2003, Callplan has over 170 SME and corporate clients and markets products and services on behalf of Australia's national telecoms company Telestra. Spiritel anticipate that the acquisition will be immediately earnings-enhancing, and will integrate Callplan into its Spiritel Retail division, which has formed to deliver Spiritel's planned direct-to-consumer initiatives. 'Callplan is a highly profitable and fast-growing company and is an ideal first acquisition towards the delivery of our strategy of gaining a direct relationship with customers." said chief executive of Spiritel, Alastair Mills. Spiri...
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