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Adobe’s TubeMogul Acquisition Heralds Ad-Tech Consolidation

It started as a simple tool to upload videos to multiple services. But now TubeMogul ...

By Robert Andrews  
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Sorrell’s Progress: Combining Creative & Programmatic
By Robert Andrews  
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Teads Offers Personalized Video Ads After Brainient Acquisition
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Private Equity The Worst Sale Option For Bebo
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Springer On A Spree: Publisher’s Growth Strategy Is Digital, Overseas
By Robert Andrews  
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VideoAmp Expands Advanced TV Data Offering with Acquisition of IronGrid
By Robert Andrews  
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Bought By Oracle, Goodhart’s Moat Takes Ad-Tech To TV Upfront
By Robert Andrews  
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Acquired By Cannes Owner, MediaLink Plays ‘Therapist’ To Ad Execs
By Robert Andrews  
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INVIDI Acquired By AT&T/DISH/WPP – Next Stop, Outer Space
By Robert Andrews  
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AcuityAds To Follow 140 Deal With More Acquisitions
By Robert Andrews  
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FreeWheel’s Acquisition of StickyADS Marks Move to Global Programmatic TV Offering
By Robert Andrews  
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After SpotX And Clypd, RTL Group Seeks More Investments In 2016
By Robert Andrews  
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4C Insights Acquires Teletrax to Drive Addressable TV Ad Decisioning
By Robert Andrews  
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Nexage, Acquired By Millennial, Thinks Big On Mobile

COLOGNE — At the recent DMEXCO advertising conference, mobile real-time bidding excha...

By Robert Andrews  
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Comcast Acquisition is Powering FreeWheel’s Global Expansion
By Robert Andrews  
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Rightster Rolls Up Base79, Viral Spiral For MCN Scale
By Robert Andrews  
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In Video Mash-Up, Ebuzzing & Teads Merge Ahead Of IPO
By Robert Andrews  
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Kawaja: No Bubble In ‘Sciencification’ Of Advertising
By Robert Andrews  
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Rightster CEO: Post-IPO, Acquisition Talks Already Under Way
By Robert Andrews  
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M&A analysis
Classifieds site Oodle carved up between three bidders
By Robert Andrews  
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Targets missed, Nook sells stake to Pearson to secure book distribution
By Robert Andrews  
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Dailymotion nears ownership switch with kids subscription plan
By Robert Andrews  
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Reed Midem acquires LeWeb tech conference
By Robert Andrews  
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Three-way tie-up promises to re-invent local news
By Robert Andrews  
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M&A analysis
Buying another classified site, Axel Springer sees digital filling print gap
By Robert Andrews  
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Paywall provider Piano buys cookie-beater to build a better meter
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis

Local news super roll-up: UK publishing rivals may face future together

It has come to this. With its back against the wall, the UK local news publishing sec...

By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Penguin Random House aims to attack digital, emerging ebooks markets
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
German publishers want to buy Xing, dump online games
By Robert Andrews  
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Yelp buys Europe’s Qype for $50 million to globalize its local reviews
By Robert Andrews  
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New Media Age folds in to Econsultancy
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Another ads indie snapped up: Publicis bids €416 million for LBi
By Robert Andrews  
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Moo.com turns business cards digital as London VCs get excited about exits
By Robert Andrews  
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Pulse competitor Taptu sold to Mediafed for mobile ad exposure
By Robert Andrews  
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Music service Omnifone on acquisition trail as it moves to profit
By Robert Andrews  
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Arqiva buys Connect TV to inject IPTV in to Freeview
By Robert Andrews  
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Perform’s online sports roll-up continues with Sportal acquisition
By Robert Andrews  
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Tesco fills the e-books piece of its digital puzzle by buying Mobcast
By Robert Andrews  
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More social marketing consolidation as Beyond buys Content & Motion
By Robert Andrews  
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Axel Springer buying local portal meinestadt.de to court local classifieds

German news publisher and ad company Axel Springer’s landgrab in online advertising i...

By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Real-time sportsbet startup Picklive cashes in its chips
By Robert Andrews  
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Playfire gamers’ site merging with e-tailer Green Man Gaming
By Robert Andrews  
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Guardian sells tech money tracker Kable to Danson’s PDMG
By Robert Andrews  
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Centaur buying Econsultancy for up to £50 million
By Robert Andrews  
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WPP aims for Silicon Valley digital investment via AKQA acquisition
By Robert Andrews  
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Lagardère buying shopping site LeGuide.com for €98.2 million
By Robert Andrews  
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Content with your groceries?: Tesco buys music streamer We7
By Robert Andrews  
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Pinterest investor Rakuten buys its way in to European VOD
By Robert Andrews  
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Sainsbury supermarket buys HMV’s aNobii stake to enter e-books
By Robert Andrews  
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Thomson Reuters acquires Apsmart for mobile product development
By Robert Andrews  
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Germany’s Springer buys stake in Poland’s top web portal
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Sold for £87 million, but can MoneySavingExpert.com keep savers sweet?
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis

Betting big on live sports data, Perform lays €120 million on RunningBall

After online sports broadcast specialist Perform Group went public a year ago, i...

By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Can Yell turn online around with self-serve marketing?
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Japan’s Docomo buying mobile content powerhouse Buongiorno for €224 million
By Robert Andrews  
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Apple TV rumor mill makes millions as iTV ‘confirmed’
By Robert Andrews  
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Manchester media war – bitter dispute freezes How-Do
By Robert Andrews  
Sky to create 1,000 jobs
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BSkyB buys Acetrax to be its connected TV Trojan Horse
By Robert Andrews  
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Zattikka buys three social gaming startups & takes on Zynga
By Robert Andrews  
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DMGT snaps up Jobrapido to build digital recruitment business
By Robert Andrews  
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Axel Springer buying TotalJobs for £110 million in digital classifieds offensive
By Robert Andrews  
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Securities Analytics Firm Data Explorers Acquired By Markit
By Robert Andrews  
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Microstock’s Fotolia Acquires Wilogo Designer’ Site
By Robert Andrews  
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Microstock’s Fotolia Acquires Wilogo Designer’ Site
By Robert Andrews  
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Cisco Wants To Buy News Corp’s TV Software Maker NDS For $5 Billion
By Robert Andrews  
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Youku And Tudou Merge To Create Chinese Online Video Powerhouse

After threatening to sue each other for copyright infringement in December, the large...

By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Facebook Ads Firm Brighter Option Acquired By Buddy Media
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Yahoo Has No Bearing On Alibaba.com Privatisation, E-commerce Site Says
By Robert Andrews  
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Online Game Developer Shanda Gets $2.3 Billion Buy-Out
By Robert Andrews  
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Netvibes Web Dash Service Acquired By 3D Software Firm
By Robert Andrews  
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Populis Blog Network Buying In To Latin America
By Robert Andrews  
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Briefing Media Takes Farmers And Doctors Off UBM’s Hands
By Robert Andrews  
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Flaregames And Tusjuegos Take Funds To Build And Sell Games
By Robert Andrews  
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Axel Springer Takes A Slice Of Airbnb In Exposure Deal
By Robert Andrews  
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French News Revolution: La Tribune Sold, Ends Daily Print Run
By Robert Andrews  
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WPPs Digital Spending Spree Comes Ashore In Turkey
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WPP’s Kantar Buying China’s CIC For Social Media Market Research
By Robert Andrews  
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BSkyB Buys Stake In Social TV Start-Up Zeebox
By Robert Andrews  
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News Corp’s Shine Buying Web Video Producer ChannelFlip

News Corp.’s newly-owned Shine Group is acquiring ChannelFlip, an independent online ...

By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
FT Buys Its Web App Maker; CEO Ridding’s Memo
By Robert Andrews  
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Trinity Mirror Buying Further In To Digital Marketing Services
By Robert Andrews  
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Mail Group Selling Teletext In Management Buy-Out
By Robert Andrews  
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The ‘Hangover’ Part II: Business Publishers Tipped For Slower Growth
By Robert Andrews  
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Mecom Sells Norwegian News Unit But Retains Digital Interest
By Robert Andrews  
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Shazam Is Buying Back Its Own Core Patents To Go Multi-Media
By Robert Andrews  
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Lovefilm Gets Its Defence In Early: Buys Netflix’s Ad Slots
By Robert Andrews  
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Expedia Buying Out RenRen To Grab More Of Chinese Travel’s eLong
By Robert Andrews  
USA – Techonology – Google Introduces T-Mobile G1
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Mobile Consolidation As Velti Buys MIG For Up To $54 Million
By Robert Andrews  
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EMI Group Split Between UMG And Sony
By Robert Andrews  
Video Ads Landgrab: Adconion, Blinkx Buy Smartclip, PVMG
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Video Ads Landgrab: Adconion, Blinkx Buy Smartclip, PVMG
By Robert Andrews  
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Sony Buys Ericsson Out Of JV To Make ‘Four-Screen Strategy’ With Mobile
By Robert Andrews  
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Music Service Aspiro Sells A Stake To Norwegian Retailer

Aspiro, the other Swedish unlimited music service operator, is selling a 6.5 percent ...

By Robert Andrews  
Funding analysis
WPP Buying Further In To Chinese Online Ad Measurement
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
A&N Merging Its Property Sites With Zoopla To Beat Rightmove
By Robert Andrews  
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Sainsbury’s Supermarket Buying Media Vault To Launch Digital Content Retail
By Robert Andrews  
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Mobile App Maker Future Platforms Sells To Vexed Digital Agency
By Robert Andrews  
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IMImobile Buys In To Mobile Broadcasting By Acquiring App Maker Skinkers
By Robert Andrews  
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China’s ‘Facebook’ RenRen Buys China’s ‘YouTube’ 56.com
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Japan’s E-commerce Giant Rakuten Buying Play.com For £25 Million
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Excite Europe Owner Buys A Blog Network To Chase Content Heft
By Robert Andrews  
M&A Round-Up: Zaypay, Wallaby, 49Games, JigoCity Get Snapped Up
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M&A Round-Up: Zaypay, Wallaby, 49Games, JigoCity Get Snapped Up
By Robert Andrews  
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Penthouse Owner Swaps New Stock For Asian Daily Deals Site
By Robert Andrews  
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LiveJournal Owner Sup Wants To Sell A Stake; Yahoo In The Frame?
By Robert Andrews  
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In Chinese Video War, Sina Buys, Tencent Builds
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis

Russian Portal Rambler Wants To Buy A Tech News Site

Russian portal Rambler and magazine publisher Afisha, which were last year merged by ...

By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Yandex Buying Twitter ‘Newspaper’ Maker The Tweeted Times
By Robert Andrews  
Funding analysis
Corbis Takes A Piece Of User-News Service Demotix
By Robert Andrews  
Funding analysis
Confirmed: Spotify Valued At $1.1 Billion For Global Push
By Robert Andrews  
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Meltwater Buys Ice Rocket For Pro Social Monitoring
By Robert Andrews  
Red Bee Buying TV Genius To Makes Its Video Player Cleverer
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Red Bee Buying TV Genius To Makes Its Video Player Cleverer
By Robert Andrews  
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Amazon Buys Lovefilm’s IPTV App Designer Pushbutton
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