BCW Acquires Rockville, Md-based HZ, With Offices in Baltimore and D.C. Capitol Communicator August 14, 2018 Acquisitions, Agency, Top Center Sponsored BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe), a global communications agency and a WPP company, acquired HZ, headquartered in Rockville, Md, with offices in Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C.. According to...
Padilla Acquired by Montreal-Based Avenir Global Capitol Communicator August 3, 2018 Acquisitions, PR Public relations firm Padilla - with headquarters in Minneapolis and offices in New York, Chicago, Richmond, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco - has been acquired by Avenir Global, a Montreal-based...
FiscalNote Acquires CQ Roll Call Capitol Communicator July 25, 2018 Acquisitions, Media District regulatory intelligence startup FiscalNote is acquiring CQ Roll Call, reports Washington Business Journal, "in a bold move to capture the legacy media company's customer base and assets. "The...
Ogden Acquires Some Assets of The Virginia News Group LLC Capitol Communicator July 10, 2018 Acquisitions, Media An agreement has been reached for The Ogden Newspapers Inc., a family‐owned newspaper group with 46 daily and numerous weekly newspapers published in 16 states, to purchase certain publishing assets of...
Gannett Closes Acquisition of WordStream Capitol Communicator July 6, 2018 Acquisitions, Digital, Marketing Gannett Co., Inc., based in McLean, Va, closed its acquisition of WordStream, Inc., a provider of cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for local and regional businesses and agencies to...
AT&T Adds AppNexus Capitol Communicator June 25, 2018 Acquisitions, Advertising, B to B AT&T has added AppNexus, with multiple news outlets pegging the price of the deal at around $1.6 billion. According to MediaPost,, "Once the acquisition closes (expected in the third quarter), AppNexus...
John Seng Completes Sale of Spectrum Science Communications to Jonathan Wilson Capitol Communicator June 22, 2018 Acquisitions, Agency D.C.-based Spectrum Science Communications announced the completion of its sale by founder John J. Seng to current President and CEO Jonathan Wilson. The transaction closed June 25, 2018, one year...
Gannett Adds Marketing and Advertising Company WordStream Capitol Communicator May 10, 2018 Acquisitions, Advertising, Marketing Gannett will acquire search marketing and advertising company WordStream for $130 million in cash and up to an aggregate of $20 million earnout during the next 24 months based on achieving certain revenue...
Stagwell Group Adds ReputationDefender Capitol Communicator April 6, 2018 Acquisitions, B to B The Stagwell Group, a D.C.-based firm which invests in marketing services companies, announced its fund, Stagwell Media LLC, acquired ReputationDefender®, a global leader in Online Reputation Management...
Discovery Communications Receives Clearance To Acquire Scripps Networks Interactive Capitol Communicator February 27, 2018 Acquisitions Discovery Communications, Inc. announced that the Department of Justice has closed its investigation into Discovery's proposed acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive. "We are pleased to have passed...
