WPP has acquired a 75% stake in media agency Union Media Israel to become part of its Y&R Advertising network…Publicis Groupe has acquired The Creative Factory, a Russian marketing and advertising agency employing 48 personnel that will join its Saatchi & Saatchi network…WPP’s wholly-owned global advertising network JWT is acquiring a 51% stake in the Jordanian marketing communications company IDEA that employs 27 people and had revenues of US$1.35 million in 2011…WPP has agreed to acquire a majority stake in 41?29! Media Internet, an independent digital communications agency based in Istanbul…WPP’s global communications consultancy Hill+Knowlton Strategies has acquired a further 25.1% shareholding in its Russian associate The PBN Company, thereby increasing its investment to a 75% controlling stake…WPP’s wholly-owned public relations network Burson-Marsteller has agreed to acquire a majority equity stake in its Finish affiliate Viestintätoimisto Pohjoisranta Oy…The Interpublic Group of Companies has acquired the German consumer lifestyle agency Nicole Weber Communications to join its GolinHarris network…WPP’s Ogilvy network has acquired a 33.3% shareholding in the 100 employee Australian digital marketing agency DT Digital…Publicis Groupe has acquired the 50 employee French digital agency Mediagong to work with its Leo Burnett agency in France…WPP has agreed to acquire the Chinese social media research consultancy CIC to join its Kantar network, subject to regulatory approval…WPP has acquired a majority shareholding in the Pakistan research consultancy Oasis Insights to absorb into its Kantar network…The Canadian group MDC Partners has acquired the 10^th largest US media buying agency RJ Palmer, based in Manhattan, that claims to have annual media billings of over $800 million…