Mergers & Acquisitions

  2013 JAN 30 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mergers & Acquisitions Week -- According to a survey released by M&A firm AdMedia Partners, an overwhelming majority (81 percent) of senior executives at leading content, marketing services and marketing technology companies believe mergers and acquisitions by strategic buyers in the industry will rise in the coming year. At the same time, the survey found that interests in further expanding into "hot" areas such as mobile, analytics, social marketing and digital media have sobered from previous years. Nonetheless, the survey shows that mobile remains the area of greatest expected opportunity and a clear driving force behind continued change in the marketing and media landscape ...read more

  2012 SEP 5 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mergers & Acquisitions Week -- M&A firm AdMedia Partners announced that it acted as exclusive financial advisor to BLiNQ Media LLC, a leading social engagement advertising media and technology company, in its acquisition by Gannett Co., Inc., an international media and marketing solutions company.

  Founded in 2008, BLiNQ has managed social media marketing campaigns for more than 600 of the world's largest advertisers. As the leading innovator in social engagement advertising, BLiNQ delivers rapid, scalable results through a blend of technology, experience and proprietary processes. The company, with headquarters in New York and offices worldwide, has become widely successful as one of only a few companies providing a technology dedicated to managing ads that engage consumers and build brands on Facebook ...read more

  2009 NOV 25 - (VerticalNews.com) -- M&A firm AdMedia Partners announced that it advised Monitor Group in its sale of Grail Research, a global strategic research and decision support firm, to Integreon, the global leader in integrated Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO). Grail's 200 worldwide employees deliver market intelligence and strategic research that global corporations such as Microsoft and Estee Lauder use to make decisions in today's rapidly changing business environment ...read more

  2008 JAN 28 - (VerticalNews.com) -- AdMedia Partners, a leading merger and acquisition advisor, announced the findings of its 14th annual survey of nearly 1,600 senior executives at leading services media companies. Respondents to the survey anticipate media M&A activity to continue at a surprisingly steady pace. In fact, 80% of the executives surveyed expect their organizations will be involved in media mergers and acquisitions in 2008 despite widespread pessimism about the prospects for U.S. economy ...read more

  2008 JAN 14 - (VerticalNews.com) -- AdMedia Partners, an independent merger and acquisition firm, announced the findings of its 14th annual survey of senior executives at leading advertising, marketing services, and Internet marketing firms regarding the prospects for industry mergers and acquisitions. Conducted in December 2007, the survey found a number of emerging macro-economic catalysts as well as changes in the marketing services landscape that will impact business operations ...read more