- Microsoft Drops $100M On Customer Service SaaS
Around the Net in Mobile, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Microsoft has reportedly acquired customer service SaaS provider Parature for $100 millio ...
- Brightcove Acquires Unicorn Media To Improve Video Ad Insertions
Online Video Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, January 6, 2014
The limits of multiscreen ad measurement and the spread of ad-blocking technologi ...
- YP Acquires Sense Networks, Eyes Mobile Ad Expansion
Mobile Marketing Daily, Mark Walsh - Monday, January 6, 2014
YP on Monday announced acquiring mobile location-focused ad firm Sense Networks ...
- Media, Marketing M&As Rise, Publicis/Omnicom Merger Top Deal
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 2, 2014
Companies in media, information, marketing and related technology sectors spent $88.6 billi ...
- AOL Finds Buyer For Winamp, Shoutcast
Around the Net In Media, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, January 2, 2014
Radionomy, a Brussels-based aggregator of online radio stations, has reportedly agreed ...
- Fiat Deal For Chrysler Bolsters Global Marketing
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Thursday, January 2, 2014
Fiat is buying the 41.46% of Chrysler it did not already o ...
- Media, Entertainment Stocks Soar In 2013
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 30, 2013
Media stocks witnessed a strong year with many broadly held companies easi ...
- Tribune Completes Acquisition Of Local TV
MediaDailyNews, Erik Sass - Friday, December 27, 2013
Tribune Co. has completed its $2.73 billion acquisition of Local TV, t ...
- Tribune Buys Gracenote, Expands Music Data
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 23, 2013
Looking to deepen its entertainment data business, Tribune Company has acquired So ...
- Meredith Buys Gannett Stations From Belo
MediaDailyNews, Erik Sass - Monday, December 23, 2013
Meredith Corp. will buy two local TV stations in St. Louis, ...
- Answers.com Adds $300M, Analytics Startup ForeSee
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, December 23, 2013
Finishing 2013 strong, the privately held Answers.com just raised $300 million, a ...
- News Corp. Acquires Storyful For $25 Million
Online Media Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, December 20, 2013
Strengthening its native advertising, video and social media efforts, News Corp. ...
- Draftfcb Moves To Shore Up UK Business
MAD, Steve McClellan - Friday, December 20, 2013
The Interpublic shop has acquired Inferno, which is being merged with Draft ...
- Mindshare Buys Philippines-based Agency
MAD, Staff Report - Friday, December 20, 2013
WPP said its media agency Mindshare has agreed to acquire the busine ...
- WPP's Holiday Shopping Spree
MAD, Steve McClellan - Thursday, December 19, 2013
The holding company makes eight deals in the last 10 days, includi ...
- Silver Lake, William Morris Endeavor Buy Ownership Stake In IMG
MediaDailyNews, Fern Siegel - Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Forstmann Little & Co. has sold its ownership stake in IMG Worldwi ...
- TV M&A Deals Hit Nearly $11 Billion In 2013
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 18, 2013
When this year is over, TV stations' mergers and acquisitions will ha ...
- MediaNews Group Merges With 21st Century Media, Ups Efficiencies
MediaDailyNews, Erik Sass - Wednesday, December 18, 2013
MediaNews Group, which publishes newspapers including "The Denver Post," "Detroit News" a ...
- Blinkx Video Extends REV New Media Alliance
Online Media Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, December 18, 2013
In order to enlarge its content, video search engine blinkx has expand ...
- Google Acquires Boston Dynamics, Adds To Robotics Strength
Online Media Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, December 16, 2013
Google has acquired military robotics maker Boston Dynamics, but it's one ...
- Publicis Buys Verilogue
MAD, Staff Report - Friday, December 13, 2013
Publicis Groupe has acquired healthcare analytics firm Verilogue. Terms weren't disclosed. T ...
- Cumulus Promotes Rdio Partnership
MediaDailyNews, Erik Sass - Thursday, December 12, 2013
Three months after taking a stake in Rdio, Cumulus is promoting i ...
- Marketo Gets Personal, Acquires Insightera
Real-Time Daily, Tyler Loechner - Friday, December 13, 2013
Digital marketing platform Marketo has announced it has signed a definitive agreeme ...
- Will Discovery Acquire Scripps Networks Interactive?
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Fresh reports over the acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive -- owners ...
- Oy! Adland Gets Walmarted
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Wednesday, December 11, 2013
CMO Quinn is beating the drum for family friendly content. And che ...
- Correction: Scripps Networks Interactive Owns Ulive
Online Media Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Online Media Daily's Dec. 9 story "E.W. Scripps Buys Newsy For $ ...
- Dailymotion Buying Video Distributor
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, December 10, 2013
In an effort to diversify its business model, Dailymotion is buying SublimeVid ...
- GroupM Gets Social, Buys Vocanic
MAD, Steve McClellan - Tuesday, December 10, 2013
The acquisition is another example of WPP's strategy of acquiring lots ...
- TWC, Charter Refute Merger Rumors
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 9, 2013
Two major cable company executives have downplayed the possibility of a merger-buyou ...
- Martin Sorrell Still Suffering From Inadequacy Complex
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Tuesday, December 10, 2013
He still hasn't come to grips with the fact that POG wi ...