19 Dec 2005
River Publishing is set to relaunch new acquisition Weight Watchers Magazine in the first week
15 Dec 2005
| by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The newspaper publisher, which has issued a trading update ahead of its preliminary results in March, reported a 7.9% year-on-year fall in group advertising revenues, excluding acquisitions, for the five months to November 2005.
The performance for the 11 months to November 2005 was slightly ...
14 Dec 2005
| by James Livesley
Aegis, the owner of agencies Carat and Vizeum, has announced the £10m acquisition of Scandinavian
13 Dec 2005
| by Sheelagh Doyle
Global consulting firm Accenture has completed the acquisition of UK media auditing company, Media...Global consulting firm Accenture has completed the acquisition of UK media auditing company, Media Audits.
As a result of the acquisition, Accenture Marketing Sciences now has in excess of 200 professionals providing services related to the measurement, evaluation and optimization of marketing and media ...
13 Dec 2005
| by Sheelagh Doyle
Törnberg, chief executive officer of Metro International said: "This acquisition is part of our strategy ...
13 Dec 2005
| by Guy Di Piazza
As City analysts dissect the motives behind ITV's £120m acquisition of a hugely popular web...paid so much? As far as acquisitions go, Friends Reunited is hot property. Its simple
premise has ...
EBITDA. The acquisition seems expensive. So what additional value
will ITV create that Friends Reunited ...
. The acquisition gives ITV instant access to a key demographic, the 25-34
ABC1s, which to date, ITV has found ...
13 Dec 2005
| by Media Week
International's purchase of
Propertyfinder.com for £14.3 m and Trinity Mirror's £50.5m
acquisition of Hotgroup ...
of its
regional newspaper wing, Northcliffe, could grow its war chest for
acquisitions even more. ITV ...
, but the acquisition of Friends
Reunited sharpens the focus somewhat. In the 'bad' old days of the first
dotcom boom ...
08 Dec 2005
| by Paul McNally
after ITV announced the acquisition of reunion website, Friends Reunited, for £120m.
Last month ...
06 Dec 2005
| by Paul McNally
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The acquisition is part of ITV's ongoing plans to build its online presence and offer a one-stop shop ...
05 Dec 2005
| by Paul McNally
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BSkyB is also making in-roads into the internet, with the £211m acquisition of service provider Easynet ...