As the public relations M&A market continues to percolate with additional transactions, more potential suitors are now eyeing PR firms that can bolster their portfolio and deepen their bench. (1 reader comment)
What PR Firm Buyers Want to Know
Tue., Apr. 4, 2017
By Rick Gould
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Category: M&A
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Why selling your public relations firm to a strategic buyer delivers not only a high monetary payoff but is also the clearest path to securing your legacy.
Kekst CNC represents the DallasNews Corp. as it gets acquired by Hearst Corp. for about $75M. The 140-year-old Dallas Morning News will join Hearst's 28 dailies.
M&A transactions in the PR and marketing communications sectors were up 10 percent in 2024, according to Davis+Gilbert’s newly released M&A Activity Tracker.
Avoq has acquired SRA Communications, a Harrisburg-based PA shop focused on public health, banking, energy and public utilities.



