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Acquisitions

Ruder Finn: PR Agency Profile, History, and Industry Coverage

Ruder Finn is one of the world's largest independent global communications agencies, founded 1948 by David Finn and Bill Ruder. CEO Kathy Bloomgarden since 2011. Five core practices. Four acquisitions in 2025–2026: Big Sky, Era Communications, Missouri Creative, The Equity Group.

EPR Editorial Team · Jun 3, 2026

PR, AI & Communications News

Edelman's M&A History: From Poptent in 2013 to the AI-Era Capability Buildout

Edelman acquired Poptent in October 2013. The acquisition history since — Strategy One, Zeno, Edelman Data + Intelligence, and the 2020-2024 capability buildout — is the case study in how a private PR firm builds for the AI era through M&A.

EPR Editorial Team · Oct 15, 2013

Social Media

Draw Something and the $210 Million Mobile Gaming Lesson

Draw Something: 50M downloads in 7 weeks, $210M Zynga acquisition in March 2012, written down by April 2013. The canonical mobile-gaming retention case study.

EPR Editorial Team · Mar 19, 2012