Advertising Technologies

4 Things We Learned From Expert App Marketers Like Rosetta Stone

Nowadays, apps are a big business opportunity. Marketers and data specialists need to work together to make the most of it. We talked to experts in app marketing to find out the ways in which the proliferation of apps has changed the marketing landscape in the last years.

Outbrain Acquires Native DSP Zemanta

Outbrain has acquired Zemanta, a Slovenian-founded startup headquartered in New York City that paires with Outbrain’s interest to put native advertising on the same scale as display.By pairing Outbrain’s global network with Zemanta’s platform, marketers will be able to deliver scale, brand safety, and user engagement in one offering.

MediaMath to Offer Influencer Marketing Programmatically

MediaMath has partnered with ROI Influencer Media, a media company that connects brands to celebrities’ influencer followings and offer marketers the ability to purchase influencer marketing programmatically. Marketers will be able to access celebrities to provide branded content on their social media pages, blog pages, and Web sites and bid on influencer advertising programmatically, in real time.

Vista Equity Partners Acquires Marketing-Tech Company Marketo

Marketing automation giant Marketo, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners for a total value of approximately US$1.79 billion.Marketo shareholders will receive US$35.25 in cash per share, representing a 64% premium to the unaffected closing price as of May 9, 2016.

Facebook to Shut Down Desktop Ad Exchange FBX

Facebook is reportedly planning to close its ad exchange FBX that allows advertisers to buy desktop ads.The move is said to be part of Facebook’s shift to mobile now that mobile has become its’ main source of traffic and revenue.

Verizon’s Precision Market Insights to Integrate into AOL

Verizon and AOL are helping advertiers reach consumers by integrating Verizon’s “Precision Market Insights” into AOL’s ad targeting, optimization and measurement system.PMI integration to AOL is aimed to enhance AOL’s layers of data already used by advertisers with information about segments of consumers.

ADTZ Acquires Glow Digital Media & Creates ADGLOW

What: ADTZ , one of the main social media advertising companies in Southern Europe and Latin America, has acquired Glow Digital Media, a London-based paid media firm.The combined entity, which will operate under the name ADGLOW will offer its services through an extensive network of offices in Barcelona, Bogotá, Hong Kong, London, Milan, Mexico DF, New York, San Francisco and Singapore, with its headquarters remaining in Madrid.

Yahoo to Shut Down Taboola/Outbrain Competitor Yahoo Recommends

Yahoo has issued an statement where it claims that Yahoo Recommends, a monetization platform for publishers and part of its suite of publisher solutions, will be closed to new sign-ups.The moves comes at difficult times for Yahoo, as the company has been experiencing a sucession of slumps lately. Yahoo Recommends visitors will be directed to its other products.