M&A Deal Summary

Asahi Shimbun Co. Acquires somewrite

On April 19, 2016, Asahi Shimbun Co. acquired marketing company somewrite

Acquisition Highlights

This is Asahi Shimbun Co.’s 1st transaction in the Marketing sector.
This is Asahi Shimbun Co.’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date	2016-04-19
Target	somewrite
Sector	Marketing
Buyer(s)	Asahi Shimbun Co.
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition

Target

somewrite

Tokyo, Japan

somewrite is a content marketing creation and distribution company.

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Buyer

Asahi Shimbun Co.

Tokyo, Japan

Category	Company
Founded	1879
Sector	Publishing

DESCRIPTION

Asahi Shimbun Co. Ltd. is a daily national newspaper publisher.

DEAL STATS	#
Overall	1 of 1
Sector: Marketing M&A	1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals	1 of 1
Country: Japan M&A	1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A	1 of 1