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Affle Acquires Perion For $420 Million, Because ‘Synergies’

If you ask the executive leadership of Affle and Perion why the two companies are merging, the answer you’ll get is “synergies.”

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Smart Acquisition Or Frankenstack? Stagwell-Freestar And DoorDash-Instacart

It’s fall, and M&A is in the air. Two acquisitions happened this week: Stagwell bought Freestar, and DoorDash bought Instacart.

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Reddit Is Going Login Only. Blame Google

Starting in Q4, Reddit will test logged-in-only mode to protect its user engagement, improve ad targeting and keep AI from scraping its content.

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DoorDash Acquires Instacart As Consolidation Comes For Mobility Media

DoorDash on Thursday confirmed the rumors and announced its intention to acquire Instacart at a $17 billion valuation.

Meta’s $25 Billion Privacy Fine In New Mexico Is A Big Number. But Is It A Big Deal For Ad Tech?

Last week, a district court judge in New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $25 billion for misleading Facebook users about how it handled their data. Does it matter?

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Google Earned More Than $100 Billion In Ad Revenue Last Quarter, But Is It Even An Ad Business?

Google earned $127.6 billion in Q3, up 25% year over year, practically all of which came from ads. Yet advertising hardly came up during its earnings call on Wednesday evening.

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Meta Has A New Ad Ranking System Built On LLMs, Plus Upgrades To Andromeda And GEM

Meta now scores every eligible ad for every impression at more than a billion ads per second, one of three ad ranking upgrades Meta announced on Wednesday.

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Smart Acquisition Or Frankenstack? Stagwell-Freestar And DoorDash-Instacart

It’s fall, and M&A is in the air. Two acquisitions happened this week: Stagwell bought Freestar, and DoorDash bought Instacart.