Tag-management systems (TMS) are ripe for acquisition. Enterprise tech firms with data-management platforms (DMPs) have commonly incorporated them into their stacks, either by building their own or, like Adobe, by buying a start-up shop. But last week’s acquisition of TagMan by rival firm Ensighten was unusual in that it was a tag-management firm acquiring another […]
By Ryan Joe and Judith Aquino Media and cable conglomerate Comcast Corporation’s $45 billion deal to acquire its peer, Time Warner Cable, could be a boon for the advertising and marketing industry, combining Comcast’s superior digital platforms with Time Warner Cable’s audience reach across major metropolitan markets. “[This will provide] a level of scale and […]
When Neustar, a company whose telecommunications infrastructure routes calls and texts across North America, purchased data-management platform (DMP) provider Aggregate Knowledge (AK) last October for $119 million in cash, analysts and industry insiders wondered – as they do with every acquisition – what the integrated solution would look like. For Neustar’s SVP of Marketing Services […]
