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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

• Razorfish And Digitas To Share Support Operations; Denuo CEO Tobaccowala Relinquishes Post

  PaidContent - 2009-12-02

  As Publicis Group finishes up the integration of its two interactive shops, Razorfish and Digitas, under its VivaKi unit, the agencies will start sharing support functions, starting with finance and human resources, the company said. In addition, Denuo, VivaKi’s in-house think tank, will also align with Razorfish and Digitas....

  Tags: Digitas, Razorfish, Mergers & Acquisitions, It Services, Investment, Finance, Advertising, 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

• 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

• Publicis Explains $20M Discrepancy in Razorfish Acquisition

  BNET - 2009-10-12

  Publicis has offered an explanation for why it said Razorfish was profitable on revenues of $380 million when Microsoft later produced numbers showing it was making a loss on revenues of $360 million. The discrepency comes from accounting differences between Publicis and Microsoft, Publicis' investor relations unit tells BNET. by...

  Tags: Accounting, Acquisition, Razorfish, Investor Relations, Publicis, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Jim Edwards

• One Possible Reason Why Publicis Won't Honor Razorfish Stock Options

  BNET - 2009-10-07

  Razorfish employees transferring from Microsoft to Publicis in the latter's $530 million acquisition of the digital shop will lose 75 percent of their unvested stock options. Could it be because Razorfish is unprofitable? by Jim Edwards

  Tags: Stock Option, Razorfish, Stock Options, Benefits, Investment, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Jim Edwards

• Publicis Numbers on Razorfish Acquisition Don't Add Up

  BNET - 2009-09-30

  Some interesting discrepancies have arisen regarding the revenue and profitability of Razorfish, the interactive ad agency acquired by Publicis from Microsoft for $530 million. In a presentation to investors, Publicis boss Maurice Levy told analysts that Razorfish's "FY June 30, 2009" revenue was $380 million (see slide 15). But in...

  Tags: Revenue, Acquisition, Razorfish, Operational Accounting, Finance, Jim Edwards

• Windows Live, Razorfish Posted Big Losses For Microsoft Last Year

  PaidContent - 2009-09-22

  It’s no secret that Microsoft’s online businesses are losing money; the company’s online services business posted a $2.3 billion loss during the company’s most recent fiscal year, which ended in June. But a Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) slide deck breaks down for the first time exactly how much red ink...

  Tags: Razorfish, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Windows Live Property, Microsoft Windows, Operational Accounting, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Marketing, Joseph Tartakoff

• 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