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A week after Publicis said it was in preliminary talks with Aegis - one of the last remaining independent media groups and owner of Europe’s largest media buying agency Carat - about a possible takeover, French billionaire Vincent Bollore has upped his stake in the company, the Guardian Unlimited reports. Bollore now owns 8.04 percent of Aegis, after adding 18m shares to the 6 percent stake he acquired last month.
While Bollore gained control of Havas in a “boardroom coup” with a 22 percent stake, some analysts question whether he will have the resources to mount a similar takeover of Aegis, which could be valued at as much as 1.67 billion pounds.
Robert Lerwill, the Aegis boss, said that Bollore’s increasing stake in the company was strictly a financial investment.
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Content is…
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Young Hispanics want social media that’s delivered in a bilingual environment, says Boston-based social media company Communispace.
The company reached that conclusion via a study of 1,000 consumers that looked at how Hispanic consumers participate in web-based forums. The study…
