While advertising industry insiders predict a dismal 2010 for marketing agencies, The Phelps Group, a leading integrated marketing communications (IMC) agency based in Santa Monica, is expanding. The 29-year old firm has acquired two Los Angeles area agencies, Anita Santiago Advertising and Copia Creative, resulting in a 27 percent growth in associates and billings.
The award-winning [...]
Madison : Broadcast Interactive Media (BIM) has announced that it has acquired Decisionmark Corp. (dba TitanTV Media). Founded in 1993, TitanTV is the foremost online software and information provider to the broadcast industry, delivering data and real-time information for signal coverage, PSIP, and contract management, as well as TV listings, program guides, and its proprietary TitanCast [...]
London: News Corporation has announced that it has reached an agreement to buy a 9.09 per cent stake in Rotana Group, the Middle East media group. Under the terms of the agreement, News Corporation will acquire newly-issued shares in Rotana for $70 million. The company has an option to increase its stake to 18.18 per [...]
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Rocksteady Studios, a privately held developer of interactive entertainment targeted at teens and adults, continuing Warner Bros.’ pattern as one of the industry’s fastest growing games publishers.
“Rocksteady demonstrated its professionalism and extraordinary development abilities with Batman: Arkham Asylum,” said Kevin Tsujihara, [...]
Miami :ConnectedMedia Technologies, Inc. , a wholly owned subsidiary of X-Change Corporation,has announced that it has received the approval of the Secretary of State of Florida to close on the 52% of Global Broadcasting Systems, LLC, (GBS), a media company that operates in Radio, Television and Digital Media/Internet.
GBS owns and operates WWWK Latina 105.5 FM [...]
Boulder : Active Interest Media, Inc. has announced it has acquired all equine titles and online properties published by the Source Interlink Media division of Source Interlink Companies, Inc. and by Horse Media Group . Effective today, AIM’s new publishing group will cover all facets of the equine industry and will include the largest and [...]
Reston:comScore, Inc. has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the ARSgroup, a leading communications research agency specializing in the measurement of advertising persuasion for TV and multi-media campaigns and helping many of the world’s largest brands in the consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, retail and entertainment industries optimize their advertising messages. The all-cash [...]
New York: Private equity firm Seguin Partners, LLC (Woburn, Mass.), has announced that it has acquired CFO Publishing, in partnership with CFO’s management, from the Economist Group. According to the terms of the deal, a new company formed by Seguin will acquire CFO’s assets. The Economist Group will retain a substantial minority stake in the [...]
San Ramon : The award-winning firm of Tressel Communications has announced that it has merged with AMF Media Group, a fast-growing public relations and communications firm. AMF Media Group is a full-service marketing and communications firm staffed with writers, graphic artists, public relations professionals, and web development and event management personnel.
“The leadership and expertise that [...]
Los Angeles :Mobile Messenger, the leading mobile solutions provider, announced today that it acquired m-Qube, Inc., the nation’s largest mobile messaging aggregator, from its parent company, VeriSign, Inc. ( VRSN). Under the terms of the agreement, Mobile Messenger obtains m-Qube’s direct connections to carriers in the US and Canada, and its entire business delivering standard [...]