Alphonso

Web publishers are seeing revenue and traffic evaporate thanks to AI searches; LG Ads is finally preparing to go public; and women’s dating safety app Tea has some shady marketing practices.

Alphonso co-founder Lampros Kalampoukas is suing Kroll for allegedly undervaluing the company by nearly $100 million to aid LG Electronics in a shareholder dispute.

Alphonso shareholders won their lawsuit against LG Ads, clearing the way for an IPO. Then, as TikTok counts down the days until its stay of execution expires, Oracle might buy a minority stake.

It took two bitter lawsuits and the airing of a lot of dirty laundry, but LG Ads is finally on track to go public by the end of Q2.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Board Games The LG Ads board of directors has three new members. Or, more accurately, two previous board members – Alphonso co-founders Ashish Chordia and Lampros Kalampoukas, who were fired as part of an orchestrated corporate coup in late December 2022 – have […]

At CES in Vegas, streaming services are turning out in force. Then, the lawsuit that pitted LG Electronics against Alphonso (now LG Ads), the startup it acquired.

After being summarily booted from the board of LG Ads in late 2022, Alphonso’s founding team has won its lawsuit against LG Electronics.

The corporate drama continues at LG Ads. Alphonso’s founders – including several who were unceremoniously booted from the company in December –  along with a group of minority shareholders are suing South Korean electronics manufacturer LG and Zenith, its US R&D subsidiary, over alleged board malfeasance. LG acquired TV data measurement provider Alphonso in January […]

The leadership team is out at LG Ads Solutions. As of Friday, at least two of Alphonso’s top brass were pushed out, including CEO Raghu Kodige and Alphonso co-founder and executive chairman Ashish Chordia. What gives?

Vizio and Samsung, watch out, because LG, the second-largest TV manufacturer in the world, is breaking itself off a little piece of ad tech. On Tuesday, the South Korean electronics company announced an $80 million investment – and a controlling stake – in TV data provider Alphonso. This is the first time Alphonso has taken […]