Goodway Group has chosen Jay Friedman as CEO. Friedman assumes the chief executive position after more than 16 years at the company, most recently as president. Former CEO David Wolk moves into the role of executive chairman.
Personalization platform Dynamic Yield has the distinction of having been acquired by not one but two large brands. McDonald’s bought the company in 2019 and then sold it to Mastercard late last year. “I guess this is just our destiny,” said Ori Bauer, Dynamic Yield’s CEO.
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The “Solid” In Consolidation Are you sick of hearing about M&A already? TOO BAD! We’ve still got multiple deals being announced on the regular. On Wednesday, the publisher services company OpenWeb – known for operating comment sections and targeting ads by user account IDs […]
Vox Media buying Group Nine Media is the latest media mega merger to watch. Plus, Criteo buys IPONWEB. Both acquisitions are part of a strategy to find space unoccupied by Big Tech (and impervious to the demise of third-party cookies).
Will Xandr find a home with InMobi? As InMobi prepares for an IPO, we talk about the Axios report that the company is in talks to acquire Xandr. AT&T has been shopping the company formerly known as AppNexus around for months – so when will a buyer materialize? Ad tech’s stratospheric public market valuations should […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Terence Kawaja, CEO, LUMA Partners. CAVEAT: LUMA Partners is a leading M&A advisor to the ad tech sector. Hammer >>> Nail. The intersection of media, marketing and technology has always […]
Vungle chief exec Jeremy Bondy refers to himself as a “virtual CEO.” Bondy was at Vungle for six years, most recently as COO, before being elevated to the top spot in November, seven months into the pandemic. It’s been a busy few quarters for Vungle, which is evolving from a mobile ad network into a […]
Zynga might be in the market to buy some ad tech. The online and mobile gaming developer, which posted record Q4 earnings on Wednesday, fueled by an all-time best revenue and bookings quarter for Words With Friends, is in the midst of building its own ad network to expand its addressable market. Revenue for the […]
This week’s episode of The Big Story is brought to you by the letters M and A. Because if you haven’t heard, Magnite bought SpotX for $1.17 billion, and then District M and Sharethrough merged to form a giant exchange. So what’s going on? The team takes a look at both acquisitions, and digs into […]
CDP acquisitions are a bit like snowflakes, no two have been quite alike, at least not so far. Cloud communications platform Twilio’s $3.2 billion all-stock purchase of Segment, confirmed on Monday, is the latest example. Notable acquirers in the space have included a British multibillion-dollar semiconductor firm, an American multinational financial services brand and the […]
