Marketing Services M&A Recap
Recap of 2023: Deal Making Hits a Multi-Decade Trough After the M&A frenzy in 2021 and early 2022, transaction volume began to decline in the back half of 2022 and… Read more »
Industry Reports: Digital Media
Marketing Services M&A Poised for Rebound
The marketing services sector experienced a significant contraction in M&A transaction activity in the first half of 2023, with deal volumes falling to the lowest levels seen since the COVID… Read more »
Consolidation Continues Despite Public Market Turmoil
While technology stocks experienced significant declines from the height of November 2021 through 2022, M&A transaction volume remained fairly stable in the commerce enablement category, declining only 6.5% from prior… Read more »
Insights & Data Analytics Dealmaking Not Tempered by Drop in Global Ad Spend
As highlighted in our H2 2020 Intrepid Insights & Data Analytics M&A Report, transaction activity continued to be robust across the Insights & Data Analytics sector in the second half… Read more »
Digital Media M&A Excitement Shifts to IPO Fever in 2019
While M&A and financing activity across the digital media space experienced record growth in 2018, the first quarter of 2019 showcased a slowdown in M&A and financing activity versus the… Read more »
2018 Was a Record Year for Digital Media
While M&A and financing activity across the Digital Media sector remained relatively flat in Q4’18, the market witnessed growth in activity versus the same period in 2017. Compared to Q4’17,… Read more »
Record Year for Digital Media Continues Through Q3’18
While M&A and financing activity across the Digital Media space slowed in Q3’18 after a record start to the year, the market witnessed growth in activity versus the same period… Read more »
Digital Media M&A Maintains Momentum Through 1H’18
M&A activity remained strong in the second quarter of 2018 across the Digital Media space with transaction and financing volumes staying in line with a strong first quarter performance. In… Read more »
Digital Media M&A Continues Growth Despite Market Volatility in Q1’18
Despite volatility in the public markets, M&A activity across the digital media space increased in the first quarter of 2018, with 370 M&A transactions announced, reflecting increases of 9% over… Read more »