Gravity4, the ad tech firm started by Gurbaksh Chahal in the wake of his firing from RadiumOne, has acquired retargeter Triggit in a probable fire sale. Triggit’s three founders, including its red-shirted CEO Zach Coelius, are leaving the company in the wake of the sale. Its management received multiple offers, and Gravity4 was both the highest bid […]
Is This Town Big Enough For Two? The face-off between Israeli-bred competitors Outbrain and Taboola is punishing margins, leading some to wonder if the firms should hurry up and merge already. But the contenders don’t see it that way, and analysts agree. “Competition is ruthless, and everything between Outbrain and Taboola is aggressive,” Eric Yohay, […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Tech: It’s Everywhere Visa Wants To Be Speaking to Ad Age, Visa CMO Antonio Lucio said the company fancies itself a tech firm, and it plans to back that fact by hiring 500 engineers in Austin, Texas, this year. Visa spends 46% of its […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Is iAd Apple’s Sleeping Giant? With headlines percolating about Apple’s plans for a subscription TV streaming service, Business Insider’s global advertising editor, Lara O’Reilly, says the offering could revive Apple’s dormant ad business, iAd. “[iAd] may just make up an estimated 0.3% of Apple’s […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Publicis Undesked The decentralization of Publicis Group’s programmatic buying activities away from its VivaKi trading desk hub to embed within operating agencies is a natural progression, SMG’s programmatic SVP, Mac Delaney, tells Beet.TV. “The operators … within AOD [will be] there to help inform […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Powering The Transaction Facebook has acquired, and shut down, personalized commerce search app TheFind. TheFind combines search data with longitudinal purchase data to refine product suggestions. Facebook needs smarter targeting for retail marketers. Could this be the bridge? TechCruch has more. “Facebook’s resources and […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Nestlé Speaks On stage at the IAB’s conference in London, Gawain Owen, digital lead at Nestlé, offered brands some advice. “Ask your agency for log-ins,” he said. “I can log-in at any time and see how my campaigns are performing because [the agencies] have […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. PubMatic IPO In Doubt? Plenty can change in a year, which is how long it’s been since PubMatic started dreaming about a $1 billion IPO. Today? “There is no plan for IPO,” CEO Rajeev Goel tells Indian newspaper Business Standard. “We would like to […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Twitter’s Live Video Bet Twitter dropped a little less than $100 million for Periscope, a startup that’s been developing a live-video streaming app, according to The Wall Street Journal. The deal was first reported by Business Insider and was quietly finalized a month ago. […]
To power native placements, Condé Nast’s Food Innovation Group selected TripleLift as a technology provider. It will sell native placements directly and through private native marketplaces. In-feed article previews for branded content, such as a recipe, will appear across the Food Innovation Group’s sites. The group reaches 50 million uniques a month across its portfolio, […]
