Program Productions Acquires Barney Monk
October 1, 2025
Program Productions has acquired Barney Monk, a Cleveland-based provider of event staffing and employer-of-record payroll services, to expand its live-event labor and payroll capabilities across North America. The acquisition broadens Program Productions' family of companies and enhances its workforce management offering (including its ProCrewz technology) to better serve venues, tours, trade shows and corporate events.
- Buyers
- Program Productions
- Targets
- Barney Monk
- Platforms
- Program Productions
- Industry
- Staffing & HR
- Location
- Ohio, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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