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First Reported Apr 18 2012 - Updated Apr 18 2012 - 1 Documents

WPP buys movie research firm

CATEGORY: SECTOR: MEDIA By Michael Millar Wed 18 Apr 2012WPP - WPP Latest Prices Name Price % WPP 863.00p 0.00% FTSE 100 5,767 +1.78% FTSE 350 3,064 +1.74% FTSE All-Share 2,998 +1.71% Media 4,309 +1.50%LONDON (SHARECAST) - Ever-growing advertising behemoth, ... [ Published Apr 18 2012 by ShareCast ]

Entities: FTSE, Michael Millar, 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc

First Reported Jan 16 2012 - Updated Jan 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Ebook boom at Bloomsbury

BMY - Bloomsbury Publishing Latest Prices Name Price % Bloomsbury Publishing 99.75p +2.84% FTSE All-Share 2,893 -0.25% 2,813 +0.01% Media 4,078 -0.12%LONDON (SHARECAST) - Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury is coping with life after the finish of the wildly ... [ Published Jan 16 2012 by ShareCast ]

Entities: E-book, Nigel Newton, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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...practice by giving it a bigger footprint and an increased capability to service its clients' global research needs," WPP said in a statement. "This acquisition continues WPP's strategy of investing in important and fast-growing markets and sectors."

WPP buys movie research firm [ShareCast - Apr 18 2012]

...the continuing opportunities arising from growth of online sales and sales of ebooks," claimed Nigel Newton, Bloomsbury's Chief Executive Officer. "Other Bloomsbury strengths of database creation, publishing management services and rights licensing are underpinned by an extremely strong author list as we set forth in the New Year, building on our many recent successful acquisitions" Newton added. There is plenty of ammo still in the keg for further acquisitions, with net cash as at 31 December 2011 totalling £7m. jh

Ebook boom at Bloomsbury [ShareCast - Jan 16 2012]

"Our ability to dub and subtitle Eros content into foreign languages, allows us to directly appeal to both local audiences as well as the local Indian community" said Kumar Ahuja, senior vice-president of Business Development at Eros International

Romanian sub-titles for Eros's Bollywood blockbusters [ShareCast - Aug 17 2011]

...Andrew House, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, said: "Our strategy is to provide the best quality entertainment experience at accessible prices" . The cuts come as Sony faces increased competition from Microsoft's Xbox360 as well as suffering a highly-publicised hacking attack on its online gaming...

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