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Xandr buys Clypd to bolster TV offering

18 October 2019

Global MMD acquisition adds 1,378 Dutch petrol station screens to DOOH holdings

18 October 2019

MediaMonks merges with Firewood to elevate S4Capital's digital offering

08 October 2019

Group Nine to buy female title Popsugar to build 'next-gen' media model

07 October 2019

Vice x Refinery29: can they consolidate culture, creative and commerce?

04 October 2019

Taboola swallows rival Outbrain to 'create more robust' Facebook and Google competitor

03 October 2019

Vice Media acquires Refinery29

02 October 2019

Vice edges closer to Refinery29 deal

02 October 2019

Vox Media acquires New York Magazine

25 September 2019

Accomplice snaps up Design & Manufacturing and Spatial Cinematics in double acquisition

17 September 2019

Ocean Outdoor marches on with European DOOH grab as it acquires Visual Art Media

16 September 2019

Lab introduces group restructure following acquisition of Reflect Digital

11 September 2019

Havas acquires French indie Buzzman as it continues to push entertainment offer

04 September 2019

CBS and Viacom merger: 'It's not a surprise, but it is a big deal'

Accenture Interactive acquires Insitum to bulk up Fjord and Latam presence

Accenture Interactive acquisitions: all its agency deals so far

MediaMonks agrees merger with influencer agency IMA to expand digital services offer

Tencent in talks with Vivendi to buy 10% stake in Universal Music

Reach confirms early talks for JPI asset acquisition

Private equity firms continue to dominate marketing M&A with North America most active

Blackstone to buy mobile ad tech company Vungle

Mark Read: Kantar-Bain sale is ‘last major piece in puzzle’ for WPP restructure

Publicis Groupe completes acquisition of Epsilon for $3.95bn

WPP edges closer to offloading Kantar, confirming ‘exclusive discussions’ with Bain

LiveRamp buys Data Plus Math: 'We have a much stronger story to the global market'

Jungle Creations in talks to merge with influencer marketing agency Goat

Salesforce dives deeper into analytics with $15.7bn Tableau purchase

Maurice Levy's Ycor claims to have 'outbid' Amazon for Sizmek

Dentsu Aegis begins network structure ‘simplification’ with merger of Fetch, ICUC and 360i

How to build value in your agency – if you build it, the sale will come

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Paragon Group makes a triple acquisition in growth drive

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CTI Digital acquires ecommerce agency Nublue

Havas consolidates PR and social into Red Havas in latest phase of ‘aggressive integration’

Webedia expands content production capabilities with Quill acquisition

Expect more agency acquisitions as consultancies battle to keep up with each other

Shaving brand Harry's sells to Edgewell in latest $1bn+ DTC purchase