- Media, Entertainment Stocks Soar In 2013
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 30, 2013
Media stocks witnessed a strong year with many broadly held companies easi ...
- Tribune Completes Acquisition Of Local TV
MediaDailyNews, Erik Sass - Friday, December 27, 2013
Tribune Co. has completed its $2.73 billion acquisition of Local TV, t ...
- Tribune Buys Gracenote, Expands Music Data
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 23, 2013
Looking to deepen its entertainment data business, Tribune Company has acquired So ...
- Meredith Buys Gannett Stations From Belo
MediaDailyNews, Erik Sass - Monday, December 23, 2013
Meredith Corp. will buy two local TV stations in St. Louis, ...
- Answers.com Adds $300M, Analytics Startup ForeSee
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, December 23, 2013
Finishing 2013 strong, the privately held Answers.com just raised $300 million, a ...
- News Corp. Acquires Storyful For $25 Million
Online Media Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, December 20, 2013
Strengthening its native advertising, video and social media efforts, News Corp. ...
- Draftfcb Moves To Shore Up UK Business
MAD, Steve McClellan - Friday, December 20, 2013
The Interpublic shop has acquired Inferno, which is being merged with Draft ...
- Mindshare Buys Philippines-based Agency
MAD, Staff Report - Friday, December 20, 2013
WPP said its media agency Mindshare has agreed to acquire the busine ...
- WPP's Holiday Shopping Spree
MAD, Steve McClellan - Thursday, December 19, 2013
The holding company makes eight deals in the last 10 days, includi ...
- Silver Lake, William Morris Endeavor Buy Ownership Stake In IMG
MediaDailyNews, Fern Siegel - Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Forstmann Little & Co. has sold its ownership stake in IMG Worldwi ...
- TV M&A Deals Hit Nearly $11 Billion In 2013
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 18, 2013
When this year is over, TV stations' mergers and acquisitions will ha ...
- MediaNews Group Merges With 21st Century Media, Ups Efficiencies
MediaDailyNews, Erik Sass - Wednesday, December 18, 2013
MediaNews Group, which publishes newspapers including "The Denver Post," "Detroit News" a ...
- Blinkx Video Extends REV New Media Alliance
Online Media Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, December 18, 2013
In order to enlarge its content, video search engine blinkx has expand ...
- Google Acquires Boston Dynamics, Adds To Robotics Strength
Online Media Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, December 16, 2013
Google has acquired military robotics maker Boston Dynamics, but it's one ...
- Publicis Buys Verilogue
MAD, Staff Report - Friday, December 13, 2013
Publicis Groupe has acquired healthcare analytics firm Verilogue. Terms weren't disclosed. T ...
- Cumulus Promotes Rdio Partnership
MediaDailyNews, Erik Sass - Thursday, December 12, 2013
Three months after taking a stake in Rdio, Cumulus is promoting i ...
- Marketo Gets Personal, Acquires Insightera
Real-Time Daily, Tyler Loechner - Friday, December 13, 2013
Digital marketing platform Marketo has announced it has signed a definitive agreeme ...
- Will Discovery Acquire Scripps Networks Interactive?
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Fresh reports over the acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive -- owners ...
- Oy! Adland Gets Walmarted
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Wednesday, December 11, 2013
CMO Quinn is beating the drum for family friendly content. And che ...
- Correction: Scripps Networks Interactive Owns Ulive
Online Media Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Online Media Daily's Dec. 9 story "E.W. Scripps Buys Newsy For $ ...
- Dailymotion Buying Video Distributor
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, December 10, 2013
In an effort to diversify its business model, Dailymotion is buying SublimeVid ...
- GroupM Gets Social, Buys Vocanic
MAD, Steve McClellan - Tuesday, December 10, 2013
The acquisition is another example of WPP's strategy of acquiring lots ...
- TWC, Charter Refute Merger Rumors
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 9, 2013
Two major cable company executives have downplayed the possibility of a merger-buyou ...
- Martin Sorrell Still Suffering From Inadequacy Complex
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Tuesday, December 10, 2013
He still hasn't come to grips with the fact that POG wi ...
- E.W. Scripps Buys Newsy For $35 Million
Online Media Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, December 9, 2013
Unable to resist its intoxicating combination of mobile, video, and crowdsourcing feature ...
- WPP Acquires Crystal Semantics: Hedging Bets Given Demise Of The Cookie, Or Is Content Truly King?
Real-Time Daily, Seth Ulinski - Tuesday, December 10, 2013
After firsthand experience selling Crystal Semantics' core technology while working with European-bas ...
- Outdoor Agencies Billups, Strategic Outdoor Shop Merge
MAD, Steve McClellan - Monday, December 9, 2013
The combined operation will have about 80 staffers in 13 markets. Billu ...
- Survey: Top Execs Optimistic About Deals, Economy
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Top media and entertainment execs "have turned more bullish on the econom ...
- Agency 8k's Pay-What-You-Want Pricing Model
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Well, within reason anyway, and there are parameters. Also, Arnold bids farewe ...
- Apple Acquisition of Topsy For $200 Million Keeps 'Em Guessing
Mobile Marketing Daily, Steve Smith - Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Apple has acquired a social media analytics firm that claims to ha ...