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WPP and Dentsu most active in marcoms M&A as the consultancies hit the brakes

15 October 2018

Why Wunderman will be WPP’s jewel in the crown under new regime

12 October 2018

The Drum Network

Ceuta Group acquires search marketing agency Click Consult

05 October 2018

What’s in Sorrell’s playbook with S4 Capital?

03 October 2018

'Go with Sorrell': Mediamonks' Victor Knaap on the biggest business decision of his life

02 October 2018

Dentsu acquires Branded, organisers of YouTube FanFest and All That Matters

02 October 2018

IPG completes $2bn acquisition of Acxiom

01 October 2018

Jellyfish acquires The ASO Co as it doubles down on app space

01 October 2018

The Drum Network

Ayima Group acquires digital analytics agency LeapThree

25 September 2018

Wunderman grabs majority stake in Dutch Salesforce specialists Emark

24 September 2018

Apple closes $400m deal on Shazam, looks to remove ads from music recognition app

24 September 2018

'Parallel journeys' – why Comcast bid over the odds for Sky

24 September 2018

IHeartMedia looks to bounce back from bankruptcy protection with purchase of podcaster Stuff...

13 September 2018

Jun Group acquired by Advantage Solutions to refine firm’s retail solutions

10 September 2018

The Economist sells CQ Roll Call to Fiscalnote, becomes shareholder in poli-tech firm

Clemenger buys digital transformation agency Levo Digital

Not #fakenews: Twitter jokesters Adweak really merged with Hour One Agency

Wunderman adds to global commerce presence with Gorilla Group acquisition

WPP buys Indian mobile agency Madhouse

Former Radio Times owner Exponent buys Dennis Publishing

Ruder Finn expands healthcare capabilities with RLA Collective acquisition

MadeBrave & Campfire deal sees creation of BornOriginal Group

Engine Shop purchases sports consultancy IEG from GroupM

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...

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