Media.Monks
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| Industry | Marketing and advertising services |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founders | Wesley ter Haar Gin Roberscheuten Terrence Koeman Brady Brim-DeForest Bruno Lambertini |
| Headquarters | , the Netherlands |
| Revenue | £686 million [1] |
Number of employees | 9,000+ (2023) |
| Parent | S4 Capital |
| Website | media |
Media.Monks is a digital-first marketing, advertising, and technology services company that connects content, data and digital media and technology services and produces websites, games, films, social media content, digital advertising campaigns, data and measurement solutions, and more.[2] The company's head office is based in Hilversum, the Netherlands. MediaMonks, without the period, was founded in 2001 by Wesley ter Haar, Gin Roberscheuten and Terrence Koeman and was managed by Victor Knaap, who joined the company in 2003.[3] Media.Monks joined the Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA) in 2012, with Ter Haar serving as chairman of that collective today.[4] MediaMonks won 23 Lions at Cannes, including one for the Universal Typeface Experiment, in 2014.[5][6]
In July 2018, S4 Capital purchased MediaMonks for $350 million.[7]
In January 2020, MediaMonks was the first company to be awarded 200 FWA awards.[8]
In January 2021, S4, which described itself as an "anti-holding company" added Decoded to MediaMonks, its content company, and Metric Theory to its data and digital media company Mighty Hive. Joining MediaMonks in March was Jam3. In August, all 24 S4 companies became part of the new company Media.Monks, and culture agency Cashmere became part of that company.[9] Other mergers include TheoremOne,[10] and XX Artists, both in 2022.[11]
It was the fastest growing company of the Netherlands in 2021 and 2022.[12] A former employee has sued the company after the acquisition.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ "S4 Annual Report 2021" (PDF).
- ^ "What We". media.monks.com. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- ^ Dutch article on the history of MediaMonks
- ^ Dutch interview with Knaap on Dutch marketing website
- ^ Cannes Lions 2014 roundup on website of The Creative Stable
- ^ "Digital Marketing Guide". Tuesday, January 7, 2020
- ^ "WPP vs. S4: Sorrell's Approach To Building An Empire, Then And Now". 12 September 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ Industry, Dutch Creative. "MediaMonks first company to win 200 FWAs". Dutch Creative Industry. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ^ Wingate, Keira (December 27, 2021). "Top agency mergers of 2021: Stagwell, S4 Capital and MNTN were active on the M&A front". Ad Age. Vol. 92, no. 19. p. 11.
- ^ "S4 Capital confirms TheoremOne and Media.Monks merger". TheDrum. 2022-05-16. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ "S4 Capital confirms TheoremOne and Media.Monks merger". TheTimes. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ "Media.Monks scoort opnieuw titel van snelstgroeiende bedrijf: 'Lastigste jaar ooit'". De Telegraaf.
- ^ Koster, Door Mark (2019-08-27). "Nieuwsoverzicht: Ex-medewerker Media Monks eist geld na overname en hacker rooft rekeningen". Quote Net (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-06-14.