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• Integration Shuffle: Razorfish's Kinsella Tapped As Digitas' North American President

  PaidContent - 2009-10-28

  Razorfish Chief Innovation Officer Colin Kinsella is being moved over to Digitas as part of Publicis Groupe digital hub VivaKi’s ongoing efforts to integrate the two interactive shops. Kinsella will serve as president of Digitas North America, a post that has been vacant since Laura Lang was named...

  Tags: Advertisement, Digitas, Publicis Groupe S.A., Razorfish, Integration, Advertising, Industry Moves, David Kaplan

• Earnings: Publicis Groupe Declares Downturn Over, Restates Digital Ambitions

  PaidContent - 2009-10-27

  Many in the media world are still struggling through the slashed budgets and changed business models, but at least for French advertising group Publicis the ad spend downturn is over. In its Q309 earnings release pdf on Tuesday, the company declared that the ad market reached its lowest point...

  Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Publicis Groupe S.A., Razorfish, Earnings, Operational Accounting, Finance, Advertising, Marketing, Money, Companies, Publicis, Countries, Europe, France, Patrick Smith

• Two Razorfish Vets Head Back To Microsoft

  PaidContent - 2009-10-23

  A little more than a week after Microsoft’s $530 million sale of Razorfish to Publicis Groupe closed, two 10-year veterans of the digital shop are heading back to the agency’s former parent company, AdAge reports. Jeff Lanctot (pictured, left), Razorfish’s chief strategy officer, will take on a role that...

  Tags: Publicis Groupe S.A., Razorfish, Microsoft Corp., Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Advertising, Industry Moves, Companies, Microsoft, David Kaplan

• Publicis Closes Razorfish Acquisition; Microsoft Gets 3.3 Percent Stake In Ad Holding Company

  PaidContent - 2009-10-14

  Two months after striking the deal, French ad holding company Publicis Groupe has closed its $530 million acquisition of digital agency Razorfish from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT). As part of the terms of the sale, Microsoft got a 3.3 percent stake in Publicis, which paid Microsoft $286.8 million in cash...

  Tags: Acquisition, Advertisement, Publicis Groupe S.A., Razorfish, Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, David Kaplan

• Having Lost Out On Razorfish, Dentsu's Eager To Acquire

  PaidContent - 2009-09-03

  Now that it has sunk in that Dentsu’s $700 million offer to buy Razorfish from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) was soundly trumped by Publicis Groupe’s $530 million bid, the Japanese ad agency is getting right back on the horse and is letting the world know it’s ready for an acquisition....

  Tags: Advertisement, Razorfish, Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Companies, Microsoft, Publicis, Countries, Asia, Japan, David Kaplan

• Interview: Razorfish CEO Bob Lord: Ready To Think About Buying?Not Being Bought

  PaidContent - 2009-08-10

  Publicis Groupe's $530 million acquisition of Razorfish from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) was anticipated for over a month, but the interactive shop's CEO Bob Lord tells paidContent it wasn't a done deal until about two weeks ago. The Paris-based ad holding company bested a higher bid from Japan's Dentsu as...

  Tags: Acquisition, Publicis Groupe S.A., Razorfish, Microsoft Corp., Bob Lord, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Companies, Microsoft, David Kaplan

• Publicis' David Kenny On Razorfish Buy: Digital Revs Now 25 Percent Of Total Revenues

  PaidContent - 2009-08-10

  By acquiring interactive agency Razorfish from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), Publicis Groupe has now attained a goal outlined by CEO Maurice Levy shortly after the Paris-based ad holding company bought Digitas nearly three years ago: 25 percent of its revenues will now be digital. The $530 million deal also satisfies...

  Tags: Revenue, Publicis Groupe S.A., Razorfish, Publicis, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operational Accounting, Investment, Finance, Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Companies, Microsoft, David Kaplan, Microsoft Corp.

• Razorfish Bidding Saga Over: Publicis Buys It For Around $600M; Bing Ad Deal Included

  PaidContent - 2009-08-09

  So as I first tweeted late last night, the Razorfish bidding war is over, and the winner is, as expected, Publicis. The price, around $600 million, and even though this isn't the highest bid parent MIcrosoft got, it went with it because of the other major component in the...

  Tags: Advertisement, Razorfish, Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Microsoft, Rafat Ali

• Microsoft Could Announce Razorfish Sale By September; Publicis, WPP Play Hard To Get

  PaidContent - 2009-08-07

  It's been a few weeks since Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) execs met with representatives from various ad agencies to feel out interest in who would want to buy its interactive agency, Razorfish and still no obvious deal, just lots of talk with early September as a target. Take the conflicting...

  Tags: Razorfish, Microsoft Corp., WPP, Publicis, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Microsoft, David Kaplan

• Industry Moves: CBS; Razorfish; Microsoft; Buzztime

  Content Next - 2008-12-12

  -- *CBS*: Aaron Radin has stepped down from his post as SVP-ad sales and business development for *CBS* Television Stations Digital Media Group, he told paidContent. Prior to joining *CBS* he was VP-business development and ad sales strategy for GoldPocket Interactive, and earlier managed sales at Walt *Disney* Internet...

  Tags: Advertisement, Advertising, Advertising Sales, Amanda Natividad, Business Development, CBS, CBS Corp., Companies, IACI, Industry Moves, Management, Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., Razorfish, Sales, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Strategic Planning, Strategy