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Bloosky Expands With Tracking202 Acquisition
ADOTAS – Boosting its global reach as well as its position in the affiliate marketing arena, multichannel marketing serviceBloosky Interactive has acquired PPC analytics firm Tracking202 and its subsidiaries in an all-cash transaction. Tracking202’s technology and 22,000-plus member base will be integrated with Bloosky’s agency functions. Tracking202’s executive team will stay [...] more...
CBS Pumps Up Online Radio Empire With Yahoo Deal
ADOTAS – CBS Radio is extending its online reach in a new deal with Yahoo’s free Internet radio service, Launchcast Radio. The service boasts about 150 stations. Early next year, the companies stations will be combined and CBS will take on advertising sales duties for all. Earlier this year, CBS took [...] more...
The FeedRoom Eats Up Clearstory Systems
ADOTAS – Clearstory Systems, a developer of digital asset management software, has been snapped up by The FeedRoom, an online video provider. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The buy will allow The FeedRoom to expand its digital asset management abilities – from rich media to video. With the [...] more...
Microsoft, Yahoo Search Deal a No-Go
ADOTAS – On Sunday, The Times of London reported on a deal that would have Microsoft picking up Yahoo’s search business for $20 billion. The only problem? It is “total fiction” according to former Fox Interactive Media president Ross Levinsohn, as reported on AllThingsDigital. The $20 billion search deal smelled fishy [...] more...
Twitter Rejects Facebook — For Now
ADOTAS — Twitter has said “no” to Facebook in probably more than 140 words. While rumors of Facebook acquiring the company, which is completely dependent on investors for revenue, were initially dismissed, serious talks ended only three weeks ago with Facebook offering $500 million in stock, according to the Wall Street [...] more...
Yahoo Sells Off Shopping Site at Discount
ADOTAS – Yahoo has sold European comparison shopping site Kelkoo, according to a report in TechCrunch. Yahoo bought the site in 2004 for about $579 million and sold it for less than $125 million to PE firm Jamplant, which is based in the U.K. TechCrunch got a copy of an internal memo [...] more...
Gannett Buys Social Media Shop Ripple6
ADOTAS – Newspaper publisher Gannett Co. is rounding out its digital arsenal with the acquisition of social media services company Ripple6. Gannett snapped up rich media ad shop PointRoll in 2005 and ShopLocal this year. Financial details of this deal were not revealed. The company’s platform already powered Gannett’s MomsLikeMe.com [...] more...
Dentsu To Buy McGarry Bowen
ADOTAS – Japanese ad player Dentsu announced that it’s planning to snap up indie ad boutique McGarry Bowen. McGarry Bowen’s clients include J.P. Morgan Chase and Hewlett-Packard. The ad firm had roughly $57 million in revenue last year, according to The Wall Street Journal. The buy is coming at an odd [...] more...
Citizen Sports Acquires Three Rivals
ADOTAS – Citizen Sports Network, a developer of sports applications for social networking sites, has snapped up three former rivals. Sportacular, Sport Interactiva and Fantasy Book will now be under the Citizens Sports umbrella; financial details were not disclosed. Citizen Sports was originally launched as PROTRADE, which gave users a chance [...] more...
Amdocs Buys ChangingWorlds for $60M
ADOTAS – Amdocs, an operations software service provider, has acquired ChangingWorlds, a provider of technology for mobile services companies, for $60 million in cash. The two companies aim to boost customer experience by making it easier to navigate the Internet on their phones and reducing the time they spend looking for [...] more...
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