Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Let’s Review Big tech companies are going under the microscope for some of their smaller, long-ago acquisitions. The FTC said it would conduct a review of deals that have been approved, particularly targeting low-cap deals that provided vast power in the market. And last […]
The advertising industry today is largely the product of tremendous M&A activity. AdExchanger looked at the acquisitions that made the biggest impact in the past decade. Impact can mean many things. Some of these startups flourished under their new owners, showing worth far more than their deal price. Others, purchased during their downfall, reflect the […]
When Publicis Groupe launched it five years ago, VivaKi Audience On Demand was among the first holding company trading desks. And Google was its key partner, supporting a great majority of AOD’s ad serving and auction-based display media buying. But those days are over. As of Q1, Google’s DoubleClick Bid Manager (formerly Invite Media) is […]
Looking at the 2012 holiday shopping season, retailers with ecommerce websites deployed more marketing technologies, including social plug-ins, than in 2011, according to data gathered from Evidon and analyzed by kbs+ Ventures, the investing arm of kirshenbaum bond senecal + partners. Kbs+ Ventures analyzed 20 retail brands including Best Buy, Old Navy, Gilt, Piperlime, Gap, […]
PaidContent’s David Kaplan has a look at the one-year anniversary of Google’s acquisition of Invite Media with its co-founder Zach Weinberg who tells Kaplan that Invite has “largely been ‘left alone’ in terms of conducting its business.” Read it. At yesterday’s Conversational Media Summit, Google exec Neal Mohan said, “Invite Media has been one of […]
Bruce Falck has joined Google’s demand-side platform Invite Media and will be leading the charge for sales as the unit’s sales director. It’s a role much like others across Google’s corporate structure of ad tech products such as DoubleClick Ad Exchange (where Lexi Reese and Michael Rubenstein had a similar role devoted to the Exchange.). […]
Gil Beyda leads early-stage investment group Genacast Ventures, a part of Comcast Interactive Capital. Genacast Ventures invested in demand-side platform Invite Media prior to being acquired by Google as announced earlier this month. Beyda spoke to AdExchanger.com about the deal as well as momentum in the space. AdExchanger.com: Were you surprised that Invite Media sold […]
Terence Kawaja is Managing Director of GCA Savvian, an investment bank, which “acted as exclusive financial advisor to Invite Media, Inc. and assisted in the negotiations” between Google and Invite Media. Google acquired Invite Media last week. AdExchanger.com: Why do you think Google bought Invite Media? TK: I will let Google answer that but Invite […]
Mediabrands’ Cadreon CEO Brendan Moorcroft offered his reaction to the recent acquisition of Invite Media by Google which was announced last week: “Google’s purchase of Invite Media marks an exciting time for the digital technology and media marketplace. One of the leading technology powerhouses in the industry has now solidified their commitment to an open […]
AdExchanger.com surveyed executives from the digital ad world regarding their opinion on the recent acquisition of Invite Media by Google which was announced yesterday. What are your thoughts about Google’s acquisition of Invite Media? Any concerns? Matt Spiegel, CEO, Omnicom Media Group Will Margiloff, co-CEO, Innovation Interactive Bill Demas, CEO, Turn Tim Ogilvie, CEO, AdBuyer.com […]
