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• 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

• 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

• Publicis spends $530m to land Razorfish

  Financial Times - 2009-08-09

  Publicis, the French marketing and communications business, has beaten rivals including WPP and Dentsu in the race to acquire Razorfish from Microsoft.The deal, which values the digital agency at about $530m, includes a five-year media buying relationship between Publicis and Microsoft.About 55 per cent of the purchase price will...

  Tags: Razorfish, Microsoft Corp., Publicis, Advertising & Promotion, Mergers & Acquisitions, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Financial Times

• 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

• Condé Nast Suspends New Website Launches Indefinitely; Another Blow To Razorfish?

  Content Next - 2008-12-04

  Condé Nast's plans to build out new websites for mags such as Details have been suspended for an indefinite period, according to AgencySpy, which cited an unidentified source. A high level source at the company tells me that aside from Details, Conde Nast had been planning on creating several...

  Tags: Razorfish, Web Site, Condé Nast, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Web Technology, Portals, Recruitment & Selection, Internet, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Advertising, Companies, Conde Nast, Media, Magazines, David Kaplan, Microsoft Corp.

• Levi's®, Ford/Volvo, Coors, AT&T, NBC Universal and CNN to "Rock the Digital World" at Avenue A / Razorfish Client Summit

  - 2008-05-12

  8th annual summit will give media access to presentations normally reserved for private audiences Digital store of the future, social media and top 5 digital brands big on the agenda Avenue A | Razorfish: WHAT Avenue A | Razorfish, one of the largest interactive services firms...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., brand, Branding, CNN, Ford Motor Co., Levi, MARKETING, NBC Universal Inc., Razorfish, Volvo

• Avenue A / Razorfishs Design of NYTimes.com Receives Webby Award.

  - 2007-05-17

  M2 PRESSWIRE-17 May 2007-EXPLORATIONINVESTOR.com: Avenue A / Razorfishs Design of NYTimes.com Receives Webby AwardC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17052007 Exploration Investor strives to provide you with outstanding market results. We will be your number one resource for all your small and ...

  Tags: Academy, INTERNET, MARKETING, New York Times Co., Razorfish, Web

• Quick Hits.(Rubin Response Services changed its name to Walter Karl MidWest)(AlloyRed changed its name to Rosen)(Tacoda Systems Inc.'s licensing agreement with comScore Networks Inc.)

  - 2007-02-01

  General Atlantic buys majority stake in AKQA Digital marketing agency AKQA has sold a majority stake in the agency to General Atlantic, a private equity firm. Financial terms were undisclosed, although the asking price was said to have been between $200 million and $250...

  Tags: advertisement, agency, Interactive Advertising Bureau, IPO, MARKETING, Razorfish, survey, TechTarget, Walter

• Avenue A / Razorfish Tapped as Coors Brewing Company's Interactive Agency of Record and AT&T Plans to Roll Out High-Speed DSL to Rural Texas.

  - 2006-02-15

  M2 PRESSWIRE-15 February 2006-US Financial Network: Avenue A / Razorfish Tapped as Coors Brewing Company's Interactive Agency of Record and AT&T Plans to Roll Out High-Speed DSL to Rural TexasC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15022006 City of Industry, CA - Internet Service...

  Tags: agency, AT&T Corp., INTERNET, MARKETING, Molson Coors Brewing Co., Razorfish, Strategy, Texas

• Razorfish Appoints Cesar Brea Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing; New Leadership Underlies Company's Increased Investment in Business Development

  - 2002-08-28

  Business & Technology Editors

  Tags: business development, marketing, Razorfish, sales