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AT&T Wants To Sell Crunchyroll For $1.5 Billion; Here's How Much Top Ad Tech Execs Make In A Year

This Isn’t Even My Final Form Will Sony acquire anime streaming service Crunchyroll from AT&T and pair it with its existing service Funimation? According to The Information, the big sticking point keeping that dream from happening is the price: AT&T reportedly wants $1.5 billion. While the initial move to offload Crunchyroll began in May, it... Continue reading »

by AdExchanger // August 13th, 2020 //
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DOJ Winding Down Google Investigation; Fortnite Flexes Marketing Muscle

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Ducks In A Row The US Justice Department’s antitrust investigation of Google is coming to a close. By the end of July, the DOJ seeks to have final documents and data from competitors that have allegedly been hurt by Google’s dominance in online advertising,... Continue reading »

by AdExchanger // June 29th, 2020 //
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Tencent Sees Major Gaming Growth In Q1 – But It’s Not Banking On Maintaining That Momentum

Tencent had a monster start to the year, with overall ad revenue bolstered by its gaming division (natch). But it’s being super cautious about its outlook for the second quarter compared with others in the gaming space as people return to work and have less time to game their hearts out. While Activision Blizzard and... Continue reading »

by Allison Schiff // May 13th, 2020 //
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Podcast: China

Subscribe to AdExchanger Talks on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud or wherever you listen to podcasts. In this episode, we try to unpack the mystery of China: its tech giants, its attention economy and, yes, the role of the Communist Party. Our guide is Humphrey Ho, US Managing Director of China-based agency Hylink Digital.... Continue reading »

by Zach Rodgers // January 23rd, 2020 //
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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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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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Tencent Enters US Market With Ad Solutions And Access To Vast Amounts Of User Data

Chinese tourists spent $35 billion dollars in the US in 2016. WeChat parent company Tencent rolled out a suite of advertising tools on Thursday to help US brands reach that spendthrift audience both in China and abroad. The scale of Tencent’s audience is staggering. WeChat alone has 963 million monthly active users, nearly three times... Continue reading »

by Allison Schiff // September 21st, 2017 //
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AI Had A Modest Showing At Cannes, But Here Are Some Notable Developments

Despite the tech company takeover of Cannes, the ad industry’s current infatuation – artificial intelligence – confined its appearances to panels and presentations. But a few AI aspirations (“deployments” is too strong a word in many cases) are worth calling out. Tencent The Chinese maker of the popular WeChat application has a machine learning agenda... Continue reading »

by Ryan Joe // June 22nd, 2017 //
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Kik Gets $50 Million Investment From Tencent As The Messaging App Arms Race Continues

Kik’s attempt to become “the WeChat of the West” has been bolstered by a $50 million infusion from WeChat’s Chinese developer, Tencent. Kik will use the funds to focus on the US teen market, a decision company President Josh Jacobs said came from observing Chinese-based WeChat’s accomplishments courting native smartphone users. He sees parallels with... Continue reading »

by James Hercher // August 19th, 2015 //
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BRIC Report, Part 4: In China, Publishers Rule The Roost

This report concludes our series on programmatic buying in the BRIC countries. Read the earlier pieces on Brazil, Russia and India.  Tencent. Baidu. TaoBao. These websites are some of the most popular portals in China and, combined, made more than 42.8 billion yuan in advertising revenue in 2012 (approximately $7 billion), according to data from iResearch. This is not... Continue reading »

by Kimberly Maul // October 23rd, 2013 //
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