Yesterday we covered a Federal Trade Commission settlement with Epic Media Group over allegations of “history sniffing,” and pointed out that the company had many things in common with a new ad company called Kinetic Social. Those similarities include employees, executives, and website copy. Today Kinetic reached out to AdExchanger to address its supposed connection […]
The Federal Trade Commission has settled “history sniffing” allegations with defunct online ad network Epic Marketplace Inc., whose parent company was Epic Media Group LLC. The agreement bans Epic from using the practice and requires it to destroy all data collected by that means. The FTC’s announcement makes no mention of Kinetic Social, a company […]
No one is talking, and perhaps because no one is there. Epic Media Group’s management page within its “About Us” section is showing a “404 file not found.” Visit the site map and click “management” (Updated 5/4 – looks like the “Management” link was removed – but Google’s cache shows the link). Coincidentally, an Adknowledge […]
Art Shaw is CEO of Epic Media Group, an online advertising company. AdExchanger.com: Can you talk a little about Epic Media Group’s integration of Connexus Corporation? Is it complete? Any challenges? AS: We are almost exactly six months post-deal, and it is going very well. Our integration efforts, and the strategic synergies we saw when […]
