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Dentsu Aegis Network bags 22 metals at ACEF
MUMBAI: Dentsu Aegis Network has bagged 22 metals at the Asian Customer Engagement Forum (ACEF) Awards that was held on 29 April.
Posterscope India has bagged 17 awards while Carat India garnered three medals each in gold, silver and bronze for Microsoft and Philips India. Posterscope India has also bagged 6 awards in gold, silver and bronze and was also named as the most admired OOH media agency for customer engagement.
Commenting on the wins, Posterscope Asia Pacific regional director and Posterscope Group India MD Haresh Nayak said, “I am extremely humbled to see Posterscope India win such recognition at a pan-Asia level. Such wins give us immense motivation to work hard for our clients and help us garner appreciation for our work across the industry. I hope we continue to work at this pace and produce fantastic work for our clients even in the future.”
The network’s experiential marketing division Fountainhead MKTG has won two gold medals while the agency’s work for Mahindra Imperio Royale has won the most effective BTL campaign of the year award. Apart from these, the Mahindra Mitra Mahotsav- Mechanic Premier League was awarded as the most innovative loyalty program of the year award.
Here is the list of wins from Posterscope India:
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Axel Springer to acquire Telegraph Media Group in £575 million deal
Deal sidelines rival bid from Daily Mail owner DMGT
BERLIN: German media conglomerate Axel Springer has agreed to acquire the UK-based Telegraph Media Group in a deal valued at about £575 million, marking one of the most significant cross-border investments in the British news industry in recent years.
The agreement involves an all-cash purchase of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, bringing months of uncertainty over the ownership of the historic newspaper titles to an end. The move also sidelines a rival proposal from Daily Mail and General Trust, the parent company of the Daily Mail.
Axel Springer chief executive Mathias Döpfner said the acquisition reflects the company’s long-standing interest in the publication and its legacy in British journalism. Owning The Telegraph, he said, is both a privilege and a responsibility.
Döpfner noted that Axel Springer had attempted to buy the newspaper more than two decades ago but failed at the time. The new agreement, he added, finally fulfils that ambition.
The Berlin-based media group plans to launch an investment programme aimed at strengthening the Telegraph’s operations and expanding its business footprint. As part of the strategy, the company intends to grow the publication’s presence in the United States and broaden its international reach.
Telegraph Media Group was put up for sale in 2023 after its former owners, the Barclay brothers, ran into mounting debt obligations. Several takeover efforts have since collapsed before reaching completion.
In 2025, a bid from Daily Mail and General Trust had been agreed but later faced regulatory scrutiny.
UK culture secretary Lisa Nandy said the government has initiated a review of the proposed ownership change, citing concerns that the deal could affect the diversity of viewpoints in Britain’s media landscape.
She added that the Competition and Markets Authority will examine potential competition implications, while communications regulator Ofcom will assess broader public-interest considerations related to the transaction.
