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Alibaba, Tencent and CMC in talks to buy stake in WPP's China operations

Comcast turns tail on Fox acquisition to instead fight it for Sky

Purch sells B2C imprints to global specialist media publisher Future in $132m deal

Publicis Health scales up data capabilities with Payer Sciences acquisition

Endeavor acquires UK-based sport and entertainment marketing firm Clifford French

Private equity investment in marcomms M&A doubles in 2018

Troika Media Group and transatlantic agency Mission join forces, name Nicola Stephenson president

Salesforce inks deal to acquire Datorama for a reported $800m

Weber Shandwick snaps up social agency That Lot

AppNexus posts connected TV market growth of 748% year-on-year

Why Sorrell's S4 Capital fought off rivals to make MediaMonks its first acquisition

WPP believed to be challenging former boss Sorrell for acquisition target MediaMonks

IPG acquires Acxiom in push to elevate data practices and address onset of ‘outcome-driven...

US Justice Department gives go-ahead for Disney-Fox merger amid bidding war

Why AT&T bought AppNexus and the deal's likely outcomes

AT&T buys AppNexus as it looks to bulk up its adtech business

Swiss consultancy Luxoft acquires Seattle-based design firm Smashing Ideas

The Mouse Strikes Back: Disney counters Comcast’s offer for Fox with $71bn cash-stock bid

AT&T reportedly in talks to buy AppNexus

AT&T renames Time Warner to WarnerMedia post-merger; Turner CEO John Martin to exit

Kansas City indie Barkley fully acquires Boulder partner shop Grenadier

Experts tip a flood of more M&A activity after AT&T and Time Warner deal

GroupM US investment head Lyle Schwartz on what AT&T/Time Warner merger means for future M&A

'Watershed moment': Judge gives go-ahead for AT&T-Time Warner deal

Ti Media unveils new logo chosen by staff ballot

Government allows Fox’s Sky takeover – if Murdochs and Sky News are fenced off

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Digital agency Dept continues its acquisition spree

Private equity firm Vista eyes majority stake in Integral Ad Science

Accenture hunts media budgets with dedicated programmatic ad buying unit

Adobe bolsters Experience Cloud with $1.68bn agreement to acquire Magento Commerce

Oracle snaps up Datascience.com to form a unified machine learning platform

Cheil Worldwide acquires Centrade Integrated to strengthen global presence

WPP fully acquires Y&R and Wunderman JV operations to strengthen its pan-Asia hold

T-Mobile US to merge with Sprint in $26bn deal

Comcast counters Murdoch's Sky bid with ‘firm superior cash offer’ as it reports Q1 earnings...

Oracle bolsters adtech offering with purchase of contextual targeting outfit Grapeshot