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Google-Motorola Deal Could Be Approved Early Next Week

Feb 9, 2012 11:56 AM

Google’s bid for Motorola (NYSE: MMI) is likely to get a thumbs up from the U.S. Department of Justice, but still could face opposition from other regulators both in the U.S. and in Europe. The landmark $12.5 billion deal is essential for Google’s attempts to play defense in the mobile…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Legal, Patents, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, Motorola

Populis Blog Network Buying In To Latin America

Feb 7, 2012 4:52 AM

Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) rival Populis is continuing to build up its non-English blog network and publishing business through acquisition, this time expanding out of Europe in to Latin America.

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Weblogs, Countries, Europe, Italy, Ireland, Latin America

Briefing Media Takes Farmers And Doctors Off UBM’s Hands

Feb 6, 2012 4:08 AM

B2B publisher UBM is off-loading its UK magazines for farmers and doctors, as it looks to further exit the direct content publishing business in favour of data, marketing and events.

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions

Axel Springer Takes A Slice Of Airbnb In Exposure Deal

Feb 2, 2012 10:05 AM

Apartment-letting site Airbnb will get investment, endorsement and distribution from the publisher of Europe’s most-read newspaper.

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital

Flaregames And Tusjuegos Take Funds To Build And Sell Games

Feb 2, 2012 9:47 AM

Two European companies are this week taking venture capital in the games space…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital

Myriad Eyes Synchronica, Says Messaging Company Can’t Pay Its Nokia Debt

Jan 31, 2012 6:30 PM

Some fallout from the various asset offloads we have seen from Nokia (NYSE: NOK) in the last year: Synchronica, which bought Nokia’s messaging business for $25 million in June 2011, has itself become a takeover target—apparently because it will not be able to make payments on money still owed to…

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Companies, Nokia, Countries, Europe, UK, myriad group, synchronica

French News Revolution: La Tribune Sold, Ends Daily Print Run

Jan 30, 2012 4:41 AM

France’s national La Tribune newspaper said Monday’s edition was its last daily print copy, as its owner’s sale to a regional publisher and an online ad group was announced.

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Countries, Europe, France

33across Buys Tynt In Effort To Marry Data And Targeting For Publishers

Jan 25, 2012 4:12 PM

Today, social analytics company and ad network 33across announced the acquisition of Tynt, a sell-side analytics tools company that aggregates data to tell publishers about their audience, protect their content and even leverage search engine optimization to drive traffic.  Read the release.

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, tynt

2012 Mobile Ad Spend Revised Up To $2.6 Billion, Google Fueling The Machine

Jan 25, 2012 1:00 PM

A big endorsement today for mobile advertising from eMarketer: their analysts today said they were revising up their forecasts for U.S. mobile ad spend to $2.61 billion, from their previous estimates of $1.8 billion. Why the rise? Google’s “exceptional” mobile advertising performance in mobile search advertising, and more reliable market…

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Posted In: Advertising, Marketing, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Research & Metrics, Research, Search, Companies, Apple, iAd, Google, Yahoo, millenial media, millennial media

WPPs Digital Spending Spree Comes Ashore In Turkey

Jan 24, 2012 7:12 AM

The world’s largest advertising agency has been announcing almost an acquisition a day in the digital and emerging markets fields.

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions

Updated: Rutberg: Mobile Accounted For Over 40% Of All Tech VC In 2011

Jan 23, 2012 10:44 AM

Some revealing numbers out from the analysts at Rutberg & Co. that point to how big mobile is in terms of tech investments today, and how consumer applications are the source of the most action at the moment.

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Posted In: Advertising, Apps, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Photo Sharing, Companies, Google

Polar Mobile Raises $6 Million For Magazine Apps, Cross-Platform Services

Jan 23, 2012 6:18 AM

Polar Mobile—the Canadian startup that develops apps for big-name publishers like CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), Conde Nast, Sports Illustrated (NYSE: TWX), Shanghai Daily, Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR) and the WSJ—today announced two steps up in its growth: it has picked up an additional $6 million in funding and has launched…

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Posted In: Apps, E-Commerce, Gadgets, Tablets, Media & Publishing, B2B, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, CBS, CBS Interactive, Conde Nast, Future Publishing, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, RIM, BlackBerry, georgian partners, polar mobile

WPP: Another Move Into Asia Pac, Buys A Stake In Australia’s DTDigital

Jan 18, 2012 5:11 AM

Another day, and another big digital investment from the world’s largest advertising firm. WPP subsidiary Ogilvy has taken a 33.3 percent stake in DTDigital, a digital marketing agency based in Melbourne, Australia. The move is not just another signal of the firm’s growing base of interactive holdings, but one more…

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Posted In: Advertising, Marketing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Social Media, Companies, WPP, Countries, Asia, China, cic, dtdigital

WPP’s Kantar Buying China’s CIC For Social Media Market Research

Jan 17, 2012 4:48 AM

The world’s biggest advertising firm is making yet another acquisition at the intersection of its two targeted growth areas - digital and emerging markets.

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Posted In: Advertising, Marketing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, WPP

Future Sells New York-Based Music Magazines For $3 Million

Jan 13, 2012 5:09 AM

Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR) has sold off its loss-making New York operation – home to magazines including Guitar World, Revolver and Guitar Aficionado – in a deal worth $3m (£1.9m).

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Magazines, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Future Publishing

BSkyB Buys Stake In Social TV Start-Up Zeebox

Jan 8, 2012 7:57 PM

News Corp-controlled pay-TV firm BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is buying itself a foothold in the looming social TV field by acquiring 10 percent of the startup Zeebox for a sum that is “double-digit millions” in both pounds and dollars.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Video, Companies, News Corp., BSkyB

Deloitte Buys In To Mobile Apps, Pays $40-50M For Apple’s Friend Ubermind

Jan 5, 2012 11:28 AM

Management consultancy Deloitte today became the latest company to buy into the app marketplace with the news that it has bought the Seattle-based agency Ubermind, which develops interactive and mobile products for a number of companies, including perhaps most significantly Apple (NSDQ: AAPL). The price of the deal is believed…

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Posted In: Advertising, Apps, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Apple, iPhone, iTunes, deloitte, ubermind

FT Buys Its Web App Maker; CEO Ridding’s Memo

Jan 5, 2012 7:14 AM

The Financial Times has acquired London-based web and application developer Assanka, which made the web app on which the publisher has based its independence from iTunes.

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Posted In: Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Apple, iPhone, iTunes, Pearson, Financial Times, FT.com

Trinity Mirror Buying Further In To Digital Marketing Services

Jan 4, 2012 12:16 PM

UK news publisher Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) is continuing to build up its digital marketing business by acquiring Sunderland-based email marketing group Communicator Corp for £8 ($12.47) million.

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Posted In: Marketing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Trinity Mirror

Unruly Raises $25 Million For Social Video Advertising

Jan 4, 2012 7:43 AM

Already in our headlines today for a hiccup over its Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Chrome campaign, Unruly Media, which makes video campaigns designed for social sharing, has announced a $25 (£16.04) million first VC funding round to fund international expansion.

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Video

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