? While the City chatters about the potential fate of the Interpublic Group, the McCann World group is still acquisitive. It was reported that the company has sealed a deal to acquire Boede and Partners, a US-based advertising group focussed on technology companies. Numbers, though, were ...
? Real Affinity, the listed marketing services group, was trading lower after it announced it had called of a deal last week. “Following the recent placing, Real Affinity has terminated discussions with the first of a series of acquisition opportunities it is currently evaluating,” the company said....
Metro International has launched its second newspaper in a week with a fifth edition for cities...in the city centre, university campus and its network of trams and buses. President and chief ... Metro markets. “Metro’s presence in six of the latest cities in Europe ’s third ... , Toulouse and Lille . Earlier this week, New York City became the latest US ...
Speculation in the City has turned on Tony O’Reilly and a possible exit from Independent News
Media types and City folk are not often thought of as likely bedfellows. But the City was not too...and they could look to invest in any media company. Some City sources said that Apax and Dyke could look at TV ... advisory board, and why weren’t the City surprised at such an appointment? City sources say that the actual ... Dyke’s rolodex of contacts,” concluded a City source. By Ben Harrington ...
Media and investment - With the City buzzing on the back of the latest big media merger, Ian Quinn...and General Trust. Most of the money from the City comes from thousands of anonymous investors who would ... off a cliff.” This cyclical nature, for many investors, makes media not so sexy in the city ... the WPP empire and, currently, he is one of the darlings of the City. But when things are not going quite ...
Following a tumultuous year of global agency movement, City bankers have another big question
As much as City bankers like doing deals with long established businesses, less mature industries ... caught the City’s attention. Unlike the UK – where most newspapers are already owned by corporate ... “consolidation is expected to continue in the Irish regional newspaper market”. Indeed, City sources say ...
,” said an Observer spokesman. Some City bankers agreed that a sale of the esteemed title is highly ... ’s not like they really need the money,” concluded another dealmaker. And some City sources also argued ... in 1993 – is to raise funds for continental acquisitions, said another City insider. “They are interested ...
calculated cynical challenge? The City was equally perplexed when it was reported last week that Sir Anthony ... , and capitalise on, the recent circulation success. According to some City sources, that is where the strength ... , an analyst at NCB stockbrokers. Not least because City sources found it hard to see why a 30% stake ...
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