Reuters reports that WPP has shortlisted a series of U.S. buyout funds to submit binding bids for a majority stake in its data analytics unit Kantar as it wants to finalise the sale in late June. Four private equity firms are in the running and it is expected to be finalised towards the end of June.

The PDLN media evaluation seminar in Brussels on 26th March saw presentations from Infomedia, PMG, CFC and Belga, with ad hoc contributions from NLA, CLA, CEDRO, NLI, and APA. Dutch financial daily HFD joined as a guest.

PMG have announced some immediate management changes; Ingo Kästner has replaced Dr. Oliver Graßy. Ingo Kästner (52) joined the company in 2011 as Commercial Director. "We would like to thank Oliver Graßy for the very successful service in which he set important milestones for PMG.

The battle to establish licensing in Portugal entered a new phase last week with court hearings between PDLN member Visapress and Cision Portugal, who object to the Visapress licence, despite its acceptance by most other MMOs. The argument is already 9 years old.

PMG have confirmed a 6th guest speaker for the Berlin conference. Dr. Ole Jani is an outstanding specialist for the EU neighbouring rights. He specializes in consulting companies and associations of the digital economy. He has particular

Berlin courts ruled on 18th December that MMOs need permission for a mastercopy (as opposed to one copy per client) digital processing of press content and have rejected Kantar Germany’s counterclaim that publisher owned PMG is abusing market power.

Cision have continued their acquisition roadmap with the purchase of Meltwater spin off Trendkite for $225m. This deal - announced 23rd January - is the twelfth purchase since the Cision - Vocus restructure. Whether they will - or

The final trilogue on the DSM Directive was delayed on Monday 21st January. It was called off on Friday evening by the Romanian presidency, after an almost 10-hour meeting of EU ambassadors. According to reports, a group of countries big

Hidden down a quiet street in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district you'll find a chic hotel that's making quite a splash – just be sure to keep an eye out or you might walk straight past it. Hotel Oderberger is housed within an imposing