The Unrestrainable Convergence of Brands and Media

A view into the newsroom of Radio Free Europe, May 18, 1971, where news from all over the world is gathered and edited. (AP Photo)

A few months ago I attended #ThinkContentLDN, the London session of NewsCred’s global Content Marketing tour. One of the most relevant takeaways was understanding the future trends of media and brands. In fact, among other sessions, I enjoyed the revealing thought provoking panel on “The Convergence of Brands as Publishers”. That conversation led me to introduce…

Global 2015 M&As: a summary

A surge of deals in the pharmaceuticals, energy and consumer sectors has pushed merger & acquisition activity to an all-time high, surpassing 2007’s peak — but dealmakers have admitted that bond market turmoil and geopolitical instability are their biggest worries for 2016.

Mergers that fail

Sometime mergers go well. Other times they fail. The one between SE and Aveva just failed – even before its formal start… See if you can spot from Aveva’s shares when its tie-up with Schneider Electric collapsed https://t.co/XgMYOBUNC9 pic.twitter.com/PspBI8aoDx — fastFT (@fastFT) December 15, 2015