Cambridge Analytica Won’t Be Revived Under New Company Name

When the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica announced last week it would be closing its doors and filing for bankruptcy in the wake of the Facebook Inc. data scandal, speculation mounted that it would be revived under the guise of two new companies set up in London.

Not so, said Nigel Oakes, the founder of Cambridge Analytica’s British affiliate, SCL Group.

“It’s the end of the show,” he said by phone Tuesday. “The whole lot is gone. There’s no secret. For anything like this to recreate itself you need a team of people to work together but nobody is working ...