Polish publisher Agora, which has Poland’s number-two newspaper Gazeta.pl, has bought classifieds ads platform Trader.com for 120 million zlotys (£28.4 million) from Turkey’s Hurriyet. Agora said it’s aiming to become…

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Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) announced today that it is acquiring 100 percent of the privately-owned Danish mobile social network ZYB for 31.5 million euros (£25 million) in cash. The network operator…

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As has already been widely reported, CBS (NYSE: CBS) is acquiring CNET (NSDQ: CNET) for $1.8 billion cash, marking the big acquisition we had anticipated and enabling CNET to avoid…

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BT (NYSE: BT) reported fourth quarter revenues rose 2 percent to 5.4 billion pounds, slightly ahead of expectations at 5.3 billion. New wave revenues—made up of broadband, mobility and corporate…

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Video search index Blinkx slimmed its losses to $4.5 million in the six months to March 31, from $18.2 million in the same period last year. But revenue is down…

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ITV’s (LSE: ITV) online revenue crept up to just £9 million in Q108, from £8 million in Q107. That’s still some way off the target of tripling online to £150…

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Entertainment and telecom conglomerate Vivendi (EPA: VIV) said its Q1 EBITA dropped 5.6 percent to €1.203 billion ($1.8 billion) from €1.274 billion last year. Although not exactly an indication of…

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Lycos Europe, which last month put itself up for sale after failing to offer a compelling website for several years, is hoping a US company will make an offer. In…

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The differences couldn’t be starker - on the day regional news publisher Johnston reported more falls in print classifieds, B2B publisher Centaur finds online is nicely making up for declines…

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Despite increasing its bid to £996 million ($1.938 billion) from £948 million ($1.844 billion), WPP Group has been rejected a second time by audience measurement firm Taylor Nelson Sofres, The…

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Aegis Group has bought German online marketing consultancy rmsarcar.com, its second international digital acquisition in two weeks. Financial terms of the UK media buying firm’s purchase of rmsarcar were not…

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Carphone Warehouse is out of the running to acquire Italian broadband provider Tiscali, reports FT.com. Tiscali rejected the British mobile phone retailer and broadband provider from its shortlist after the…

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Market speculation from an Investec analyst (via Bloomberg) that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) or News Corp (NYSE: NWS) may buy voice recognition-based video search index Blinkx did wonders for the company…

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Llanelli, Carmarthenshire-based TV and interactive producer Tinopolis - which occupies what we Scarlets still call the “old Tesco building” - looks set to be bought by VC firm Vitruvian Partners…

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U.S. electronics store Best Buy said today that it is paying $2.1 billion for half of Carphone Warehouse in order to enter the European consumer electronics market, Reuters reports. Carphone’s…

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German media giant Bertelsmann saw year-on-year revenue fall 3.9 percent to 4.2 billion euros in the first quarter of 2008 - due to negative foreign exchange effects, the strong euro…

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How many times now have we seen companies report big digital growth in an otherwise shrinking market? Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) digital revenues grew 26.5 percent in the 17 weeks…

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Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) will increase TV, phone and bundle prices from June 1 to turn around falling earnings. Revenue fell from £1.021 billion in Q107 to £1.001 billion, “due…

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French media giant Lagardere reported earnings for the three months ending 31 March 2008 on Tuesday. Consolidated revenues for the entire group were down 4 percent to 1.8 billion euros…

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Spot Runner, which helps marketers buy TV ad spots on local cable and broadcast using its online service, has raised a big $51 million fourth round from an international group…

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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) stock crept up slightly on various European markets on Tuesday, after plummeting as much as 12.9 percent Monday following Microsoft’s (NSDQ: MSFT) cancellation of its acquisition bid.…

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French advertising holding company Havas has increased its 40 percent stake in London ad shop Archibald Ingall Stretton as the two prepare a combined International network offering digital and creative…

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Although WPP Group’s £1 billion ($1.9 billion) offer to acquire audience researcher Taylor Nelson Sofres was rejected over the the weekend, the UK ad holding firm is still pressing the…

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Not that this is a surprise, since analysts have been saying since this weekend that the “no” is not the final no. Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang now says…

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Mister Wong, a social bookmarking start-up based in Germany, has acquired Lifestream.fm, a service that lets users aggregate their web activity from various social networking services. The news was confirmed…

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