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CBS And Viacom Are Close To Sealing The Deal; Marin Sorrell's S4 Buys An Influencer Agency

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Come Together The CBS-Viacom merger is full speed ahead. Variety reports that there’s been significant headway in the negotiation process since last Friday, and the final details are being worked out. But there are still some serious wrinkles, the biggest being an agreement on... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // August 13th, 2019 //
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Smaato’s Co-Founders Step Down, Arndt Groth Named CEO

Smaato has a new CEO. The mobile supply-side platform told employees Friday morning that Ragnar Kruse and Petra Vorsteher are exiting the company they co-founded 15 years ago. Arndt Groth, who joined Smaato as president in 2017, will succeed Kruse, who had served as CEO since Smaato’s inception. Kruse and Vorsteher are handing over the... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // June 21st, 2019 //
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How Dating App Company The Meet Group Gets Live-Streaming To Pay Off

In less than two years, The Meet Group managed to diversify its revenue from a near total dependence on programmatic advertising to a healthy mix of ads, in-app purchases and subscriptions. “I’d say 90% of our revenue was ad-driven before we started to shift,” said Geoff Cook, CEO of The Meet Group, which owns a... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // January 17th, 2019 //
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Tencent: WeChat Is More Than A Product, It’s ‘An Ecosystem’

What do advertisers outside of China need to know about Tencent? For one, it’s got much more going on than just WeChat – the Tencent app with the most name recognition outside of China. Second, WeChat is more than just a social platform: It’s embedded into the fabric of Chinese life. “Global brands have heard about... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // December 7th, 2018 //
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Google, The Guardian And MightyHive Test Ads.txt; Skinny Bundles Fattening Up

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Still Spoofin’ The Guardian teamed up with Google and MightyHive to investigate the state of domain spoofing on the open exchange and found Ads.txt has been an effective deterrent when implemented by buyers, but that many still pay for fake inventory on unauthorized exchanges.... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // July 24th, 2018 //
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China Must Rebalance Its Video-On-Demand Ad Load To Reach Full Potential

"On TV And Video" is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Mark Popkiewicz, CEO at Mirriad. A generational shift is taking hold of the Asian media landscape as new online video services challenge incumbent TV operators in the largest media market on the planet. But... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // June 7th, 2018 //
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AppLovin To Hit A $1 Billion Run Rate Within The Year – But It’s Still Business As Usual

AppLovin is one of the most well-funded indie ad platforms out there – and it’s growing like a weed. The mobile ad network last year received $841 million in debt financing from Chinese private equity firm Orient Hontai Capital. In 2014, AppLovin raised just $4 million in seed funding. Originally, Orient Hontai had intended to acquire a majority... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // March 30th, 2018 //
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Why Getting Acquired By China Isn’t As Easy At It Looks (Just Ask AppLovin)

It looks like China is not the ultimate exit for ad tech. Late Tuesday evening, app marketing platform AppLovin said that company will no longer be acquired by a Chinese private equity firm for $1.42 billion as planned. The deal, now scrapped, was first announced in September 2016. The duo will still do a deal,... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // November 22nd, 2017 //
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To Crack China, Ad Tech Players Must Be Local Or Go Home

Breaking into the China market requires feet on the ground painstakingly building direct relationships with local players, a fair amount of intestinal fortitude and patience. It also helps having a Chinese parent. Mobile ad exchange Smaato is capitalizing on its affiliation with Spearhead Integrated Marketing Communications Group, the Beijing-based offline marketing service provider that acquired... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // November 15th, 2017 //
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WeChat Is A Walled Garden – Does That Matter?

Tencent doesn’t like it when WeChat is called a walled garden, even though it has all the markings. “This is a form of walled garden in the same way you have Facebook or Google,” said Jon Mansell, VP of marketplace innovation at Magna Global, during a panel hosted by Tencent at Advertising Week on Monday.... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // September 26th, 2017 //
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