Acquisitions

GovExec, an information services and insights company for government leaders and contractors, announced the acquisition of Market Connections, a research and insights company serving the public sector. The...

The Messina Group (TMG), a D.C.-based global strategic consulting firm founded by political and corporate advisor Jim Messina, acquired Segal Communications, a San Francisco Bay Area-based consumer technology...

Politico, the digital media company covering politics and policy based in Arlington, VA, is being sold to German  publishing giant Axel Springer for more than $1 billion, according to a source familiar with...

 M&A Advisory firm Clare Advisors (www.clareadvisors.com) is pleased to announce that it served as exclusive financial advisor to Barokas Communications (https://barokas.com), an award-winning...

Nexstar Media has acquired The Hill for $130 million (plus working capital adjustments), reports TVNewsCheck, in a transaction that Nexstar said “is expected to be immediately accretive to Nexstar’s...

Politico, the Washington news site popular with Beltway power brokers, is seeking as much as $1 billion in a potential deal with the German publishing giant Axel Springer, reports The New York Times. Led...

The Stagwell Group, based in D.C., reports the formal combination of Stagwell Marketing Group Holdings LLC and MDC Partners Inc. The combined company is called Stagwell Inc. “In 2015, I started Stagwell...

The Hatcher Group, a full-service communications and marketing firm based in Bethesda, announced it has acquired the Horne Creative Group. According to the announcement, "the acquisition combines the...

BuzzFeed, a tech-powered media company for digital content and commerce for millennial and Gen Z audiences, will merge with 890 5th Avenue Partners, Inc. (“890”), a tech, media and telecom  special...

Notre Dame of Maryland University has named Damita McDonald, in photo, as the new senior director for university communications & public relations. A versatile public relations and marketing leader with...