Bertelsmann Bets on Digital Media and Global Expansion
German media and publishing group Bertelsmann Tuesday presented ambitious objectives for 2020, as its bets on digital and international expansion paid off with a second one-billion-euro annual profit...
View ArticleChina Increases Restrictions on Internet News Outlets
Under the rules, every online media platform’s editorial staff must be party-approved. The Chinese government has been ramping up tighter control of its internet in the past year. The latest set of new...
View ArticlePublicis Groupe and Alibaba Strike Partnership
Publicis Groupe and Alibaba Group have struck a partnership to create a new Uni Desk, which is part of Uni Marketing, Alibaba’s data-powered marketing framework. The collaboration will look to benefit...
View ArticleInfogroup Lauches Constellation Media – Taps WPP Veteran Gayatri Bhalla to...
Infogroup has launched Constellation Media, a full-service digital agency and named Publicis and WPP vet Gayatri Bhalla to run it. Bhalla, who hast served as vice president-advanced solutions &...
View ArticleAustralia’s Nine Ups Data Play with a Data Deal with Equifax
Not content with inking deals with Acxiom, Data Republic and Red Planet, Nine has secured a data deal Equifax. It means the network now has a bolstered set of specific data it can layer over its...
View ArticleBertelsmann Q1 2917 Revenue Growh Flat – Group Profit Up by 7 Percent to...
Revenues stable at €3.94bn as fiscal year gets underway Marked increase in digital revenues Operating EBITDA remains high at €482m despite start-up losses for new businesses and customers Group profit...
View ArticleBertelsmann First Half 2017 Revenue Growth Up 2.1%
Bertelsmann Achieves First-Half Operating Group Profit Exceeding Half-Billion Euros for the First Time Revenues rise to €8.1 billion Growth businesses grow their revenues by nine percent Operating...
View ArticleWe Want You: A Call for an Ad Fraud Task Force
Rishi Dave, CMO at Dun & Bradstreet contemplates that the digital advertising industry is likely to become one of the largest markets for criminal organizations within the next decade – and it’s...
View ArticleSizmek to Acquire Rocket Fuel
Rocket Fuel (NASDAQ:FUEL), a predictive marketing platform, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Sizmek Inc., the largest people-based creative optimization...
View ArticleGoodbye Rocket Fuel as Sizmek Sunsets this Brand
Sizmek Inc., the largest independent buy-side advertising platform delivering impressions that inspire, has announced that it’s retiring the Rocket Fuel brand. This announcement also signifies the...
View ArticleTransUnion Included in US$10 million Funding Round of Tru Optik
Round Led by Mithera Capital with TransUnion, Connecticut Innovations, Arab Angel Fund and Progress Ventures to Enable Global Expansion for Leading OTT Audience Intelligence and Data Management...
View ArticleAlibaba (BABA) Surpasses Q1 Earnings & Revenue Estimates
Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) reported revenues of RMB114.9 billion (US$16.74 billion), up 42% from the prior-year quarter. The revenue increase was driven by strength in the company’s China...
View ArticleBertelsmann First-Half 2019 Revenue Up 4.6%
Bertelsmann has successfully concluded the first half of 2019: The international media, services, and education company generated its highest revenues in twelve years, is increasingly growing...
View ArticleTaobao Live Accelerating Digitization of China’s Retail Sector
Taobao Live, a marketing channel launched by China’s largest mobile commerce platform in 2016, is fueling the digitization of China’s retail sector. At its annual Ecosystem Summit in Hangzhou recently,...
View ArticleTaobao Live Accelerating Digitization of China’s Retail Sector
Taobao Live, a marketing channel launched by China’s largest mobile commerce platform in 2016, is fueling the digitization of China’s retail sector. At its annual Ecosystem Summit in Hangzhou, Taobao...
View ArticleTransUnion Continues Its Ad Tech Buying Spree With Tru Optik Acquisition
TransUnion Accelerates Strategic Focus on Identity-Enabled Marketing Solutions with Agreement to Acquire Tru Optik Tru Optik’s household identity graph and data marketplace position TransUnion as the...
View ArticleDigitization: COVID Causes Digital Consumption to Rise by Over 30%
The consumer shift to digital media has accelerated in the past 12 months, with online channels now set to take a greater share of retail, and TikTok’s expansion into social commerce being an even...
View ArticleZapnito Raises Pound Sterling 3.3 Million in a Series A Funding Round
Zapnito, the online community SaaS platform, has completed its Series A funding round with Octopus Ventures, totalling £3.3 / $4.6 million. Based in London, with a team across Europe and the US,...
View ArticleBIG TECH: US Legislators are Taking Aim
US lawmakers have introduced five bills aimed at limiting the power held by Big Tech companies. The bipartisan group of Congressional lawmakers are targeting tech giants over antitrust and monopoly...
View ArticleBertelsmann Q1 2020 Revenues Down 2.7%
Broad-based business portfolio and digital businesses mitigate effects of coronavirus crisis Revenues decline by 2.7 percent to € 4.1 billion Growth businesses achieve revenue increase of 2.8 percent...
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