Van Eperen Acquires Baltimore PR Firm J. Davis Public Relations
Van Eperen acquired top Baltimore PR firm J. Davis Public Relations, LLC (JD/PR), a Baltimore public relations consultancy founded in 2005 by Jeffrey Davis, APR, serving clients in Baltimore,…
Bully Pulpit Interactive Acquires The Incite Agency
Hillary Clinton’s digital ad firm Bully Pulpit Interactive acquired strategic communications shop The Incite Agency, reports Ad Age. The Ad Age item, in…
Snapchat Acquires Vurb
Snapchat acquired mobile search and recommendation app Vurb for a reported $110 million. Why Snapchat was interested in a mobile search app at all…
NY Times Buys Second Agency in 2016
The New York Times has bought Fake Love, reports Adweek. The Adweek item, in part, added: “An experiential design studio with a focus on…
Dentsu Aegis Network Buys Majority Stake in Columbia, Md-based Merkle
Dentsu Aegis Network, headquartered in London, and Merkle Group Inc. (Merkle), headquartered in Columbia, Md, announced the signing of an agreement for Dentsu to…
LMO Acquires Griffin & Company
LMO, a full-service marketing communications agency based in Arlington, Va, acquired Griffin & Company, Inc. (Griffin), a D.C.-based strategic communications firm…
JWT Buys D.C.-Based iStrategyLabs
WPP announced that J. Walter Thompson Company, its wholly owned global marketing communications agency, will acquire D.C.-based iStrategyLabs, LLC (“ISL”). According to…
Finn Partners Acquires D.C.-Based Greenfield Belser
Global public relations firm Finn Partners acquired Greenfield Belser, Ltd., a brand strategy and creative services firm based in D.C. The move, stated…
Microsoft Buys LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion
Microsoft is acquiring LinkedIn, the social network for professionals with some 433 million users, for $26.2 billion in cash. The transaction has already…
Well, This Isn’t Boring
Bisnow, a trade publication and events company that launched in Washington DC nine years ago, has been acquired by the private equity firm Wicks…
Gannett Focusing on Purchasing Tribune Publishing
Gannett Co.,which owns USA TODAY and more than 100 other media properties across the country, has offered to buy Tribune Publishing for about…
McLean-Based Cvent to be Acquired for $1.65 Billion
Cvent Inc. will be acquired by private-equity firm Vista Equity Partners in a deal valued at about $1.65 billion, reports MarketWatch. According…
Gannett Buys Journal Media Group
Gannett has acquired Journal Media Group, Inc., including its 15 daily newspapers and affiliated digital assets. Following the acquisition, Gannett will operate USA TODAY…
Smith & Harroff Merges with C. May & Associates
D.C. PR and public affairs firm Smith & Harroff, Inc. has merged with Alexandria, VA-based public affairs consultancy C. May & Associates,…
CustomInk Adds LA’s Represent
Fairfax, Va-based CustomInk, a leading player in the online custom apparel space, is acquiring Represent, an LA-based social commerce startup, reports TechCrunch.…
