- E.W. Scripps, Journal Communications Merge Broadcast, Spin Off Newspapers
MediaDailyNews, Erik Sass - Thursday, July 31, 2014
E.W. Scripps and Journal Communications, publisher of the 'Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel,' announced pla ...
- RTL Group Spends $144M For Majority Stake In Programmatic Video Ad Platform SpotXchange
Real-Time Daily, Tyler Loechner - Thursday, July 31, 2014
RTL Group, a large European media company, on Thursday announced it wi ...
- Pinterest Buys Content Organizer Icebergs
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, July 31, 2014
Putting its recent $200 million capital raise to use, Pinterest just boug ...
- Report: AMC In Talks For Stake In BBC America
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Thursday, July 31, 2014
AMC Networks is reportedly in talks to acquire almost 50% of B ...
- Palantir Buys Poptip, Ups Brand Data Capacity
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, July 30, 2014
In an effort to improve its social bona fides, data search fi ...
- Twitter Invests In Deep Learning, Acquires Madbits
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Following similar forays into artificial intelligence by Facebook and Google, Twitter ju ...
- Zillow, Trulia Forming A Blended Household
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Zillow and Trulia, the Nos. 1 and 2 in online real-estate listi ...
- Merging TW, Fox Would Be A Cable Challenge
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 28, 2014
Under a possible 21st Century Fox-Time Warner merger, combining the advertising-supported ...
- Zillow Buys Trulia For $3.5B
Around the Net In Media, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, July 28, 2014
The online real estate market moved toward consolidation; Zillow is was buyi ...
- Apple Buys BookLamp
Around the Net in Mobile, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, July 28, 2014
Apple has bought BookLamp to boost its e-books effort and “beat Amaz ...
- WPP's Kantar Becomes 'Anchor Investor' In Research Startup ZappiStore
MAD, Steve McClellan - Friday, July 25, 2014
WPP research unit Kantar has taken a stake in ZappiStore Limited, ...
- Fox Adds To BSkyB Portfolio, Monies Needed For Time Warner Bid
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 25, 2014
Looking for more financial wherewithal to compete for Time Warner, 21st Centu ...
- Google Purchase Of Twitch Would Build Out YouTube's Online Video Streaming Service
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 25, 2014
Google has reportedly closed a deal to acquire Twitch for $1 billi ...
- Activist Investor Elliott Associates Discloses 6.7% Stake In IPG
MAD, Steve McClellan - Thursday, July 24, 2014
The investor had been rumored to be buying up shares in la ...
- Hedge Fund Investment In Interpublic Fans Flames Of Sale Rumors
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Thursday, July 24, 2014
Activist hedge fund Elliott Management has taken a 6.7% stake worth abo ...
- Analyst: FCC Might Block Upcoming Media Deals
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Wednesday, July 23, 2014
So many media company mergers are expected in the wake of t ...
- Is FullScreen Selling To AT&T/Chernin Group?
Around the Net in Video, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, July 24, 2014
Fullscreen, one of the largest independent content producers for YouTube, is reported ...
- WideOrbit Gets Serious About Programmatic, Buys Ad Tech Provider Admeta
Real-Time Daily, Tyler Loechner - Wednesday, July 23, 2014
WideOrbit, an ad management software firm, on Wednesday announced it has acquir ...
- Did Google Eye Spotify?
Around the Net In Media, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Re/Code’s Kara Swisher is calling bull on a report that Google consider ...
- LinkedIn Acquires Bizo, Expands Business Marketing, Advertising Support
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, July 22, 2014
LinkedIn announced Tuesday it will acquire Bizo, which focused on business audien ...
- Omnicom's DAS Acquires Piece Of Brazil's In Press
MAD, Larissa Faw - Monday, July 21, 2014
With the acquisition Omnicom continues to expand its footprint in Brazil, se ...
- CBS Outdoor Buys Van Wagner Billboards
MediaDailyNews, Erik Sass - Monday, July 21, 2014
The outdoor advertising business is undergoing yet another round of consolidation, wi ...
- Yahoo Acquires Mobile Analytics And Ad Marketplace Flurry
Mobile Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley, Steve Smith - Monday, July 21, 2014
Yahoo is making one of its most forceful moves into mobile ...
- Forbes Media Sold, Family Retains Minority Share
MediaDailyNews, Erik Sass - Friday, July 18, 2014
A group of international investors has acquired a majority stake in Forb ...
- Twitter Buys CardSpring, Ups Ecommerce
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, July 18, 2014
Twitter is ramping up its ecommerce efforts with the acquisition of CardSprin ...
- If Fox Buys Time Warner, CBS Would Eye CNN
MediaPost Weekend, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 18, 2014
CBS might consider buying CNN -- should it be available as ...
- Rupert's Not Likely To Take 'No' For An Answer
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Thursday, July 17, 2014
You'd have to go back to the glory days of William Randol ...
- Fox's Bid For Time Warner Sends Media Stocks Soaring
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Major media stocks have taken off today -- on the news ...
- What Does All This Media Biz Consolidation Mean?
Online Spin, Dave Morgan - Thursday, July 17, 2014
Mega-mergers have been the talk of the media industry for the pa ...
- Time To Make Foxy Media Content Deals
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 17, 2014
Only yesterday we were just crowning this as the time of ...