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• Razorfish Hit by Mini Exodus of Staff

  BNET - 2009-12-08

  Is it just me, or have a lot of people left Razorfish recently? The shop was acquired by Publicis PUB from Microsoft MSFT in August. The exodus has looked like this: Dec. 7: Marc Lucas, former executive creative director of Razorfish, N.Y., is named the new chief...

  Tags: Razorfish, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Jim Edwards

• 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

• 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

• After Publicis' Acquisition of Razorfish, Might ValueClick Be Next?

  BNET - 2009-08-10

  Publicis' $530 million acquisition of Razorfish raises a question for ValueClick, one of few publicly traded advertising providers: Is it next to be bought? Maybe. But if so, its stock may currently be too overvalued to facilitate a deal. by Jim Edwards

  Tags: Acquisition, Razorfish, Publicis, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Jim Edwards

• Publicis nears Razorfish acquisition

  Financial Times - 2009-08-06

  Publicis Groupe is closing in on an acquisition of Razorfish, Microsoft's digital advertising agency, and could agree final terms by early next week, according to people familiar with the negotiations.The situation remains fluid, but the French communications company behind Digitas, Leo Burnett and Zenith Optimedia has taken the lead...

  Tags: Acquisition, Advertisement, Publicis Groupe S.A., Razorfish, Microsoft Corp., Publicis, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Financial Times