Internet Marketing Industry: Acquisitions
Content recommendation rivals Taboola, Outbrain to merge
The consolidated company will retain Taboola’s namesake, with Taboola founder Adam Singolda serving as...
McDonald’s latest tech move aims to bring voice-based, conversational ordering to the dining experience
McDonald's second tech acquisition this year indicates a move towards a tech-driven customer experience in the popular...
Mavrck acquires GroupHigh to increase its influencer search index tenfold
Mavrck plans to use GroupHigh's blog and social search platform to expand its offerings for SMBs....
WordPress parent company Automattic Inc. to buy Tumblr from Verizon: WSJ
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg said the acquisition is the largest deal ever made by his company -- both in price and head count....
Microsoft acquires e-commerce advertising vendor PromoteIQ
The sponsored products platform will be a division of Microsoft Advertising....
What Amazon acquisition of Sizmek’s Ad Server and DCO business might mean for advertisers
The acquisition will give advertisers the ability to use Amazon’s data from searches and purchases to target audiences beyond its own...
Salesforce will acquire Salesforce.org for $300 million
Salesforce announces $300 million acquisition of Salesforce.org. The deal could drastically redefine the relationship between Salesforce and its...
Akamai buys identity provider Janrain
With Gigya now owned by SAP, marketers will deal with the two main, formerly independent identity providers as part of complementary...
Oath to become Verizon Media Group as telecom doubles down on umbrella brand
Since the its inception a year and a half ago, Oath has failed to compete with the likes of Google and Facebook in the digital ad...
How effective acquisition strategies can drive growth
A strategy anchored by a focus on verticals, market leadership and technology offers a pathway for companies in the performance marketing...
Forrester decides to buy SiriusDecisions
This latest expansion by the Cambridge-based research firm adds marketing, sales and product operational methodology, as well as the...
With Marketo mega-deal, Adobe’s reach just got a whole lot wider
At least one analyst said the acquisition "fundamentally resets the competitive playing field” for B2B martech buyers and...
Adobe to acquire Marketo for $4.75 billion
After Reuters reported last week a deal was in the works, the two companies confirmed the acquisition on...
Salesforce adds more intelligence with Datorama purchase
The AI-powered marketing analytics platform will help the CRM leader generate insights from multiple data...
Acxiom sells Marketing Solutions division to Interpublic, readies LiveRamp
As personal data for ad targeting becomes increasingly burdened with consent and other conditions, time will tell if Interpublic has made a good...
AT&T buys ad exchange AppNexus
Following the Time Warner purchase, this new acquisition positions the telco as a content and programmatic advertising...
Outbrain acquires UI optimizer AdNgin to provide personalized, interest-based recommendations
This the sixth in a string of acquisitions the company says will enhance the reader...
Marketo buys Bizible, adds ‘deeper attribution’ to its engagement platform
The move gives marketers the ability to track the buyer journey across all activation...
Brandwatch adds more content intelligence by buying BuzzSumo
The UK-based social monitoring company is broadening its ability to offer insights about what topics, questions and influencers are...
RhythmOne buys YuMe for $185 million
The combined programmatic ad exchange RhythmOne plus video ad platform YuMe will reach about 220 million visitors...