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Mergers & Acquisitions

Will ValueClick Be Acquired Next?

by Jay Gould on September 19, 2009

With Adobe’s recent acquisition of Omniture for approximately $1.8 billion, shares of ValueClick (VCLK) once again began to rise on the rumor that perhaps they may be next.  In fact, since the Omniture acquisition announcement, they have risen 9%.
It appears every time there is an acquisition of an online advertising business, the ValueClick stock rises [...]

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Google to Acquire Brightcove For Between $500 to $700 Million

by Jay Gould on September 16, 2009

MediaShift editor Mark Glaser cited a source on Twitter that Google is in talks to buy Brightcove for between $500 million to $700 million according to BusinessInsider.
This deal would put Google’s YouTube over the top as the leader of consumer online video, and the most powerful player in the commercial online video industry.  Brightcove’s clients [...]

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Mikojo Completes Merger With LG Holding Corporation

by Jay Gould on September 16, 2009

Mikojo Incorporated, an Internet search engine company that develops and deploys innovative advanced information search products for consumer and enterprise solutions has announced today that it has completed the final phase of its merger with LG Holdings Corporation which it previously announced on July 29, 2009.  FINRA has assigned Mikojo Incorporated a new symbol “MKJI”, [...]

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The Rubicon Project Acquires Others Online as its First Acquisition

by Jay Gould on September 15, 2009

The Rubicon Project has used some of the $33 million they have previously raised in venture funding to acquire Others Online, an audience optimization company whose technology optimizes inventory and audience.
According to Frank Addante, CEO and Founder of the Rubicon Project, “there are two new challenges facing the online ad industry; audience and data fragmentation.”  [...]

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