Last week, TechCrunch reported that Google was in talks to buy display advertising company Admeld for $400 million. Now, it looks like the deal has been closed. Google announced Monday that it had signed a deal to officially acquire Admeld. Financial terms of the acquisition weren't disclosed, according to The Wall Street Journal, but people familiar with the matter estimated that the $400 million price tag was correct. If the deal passes regulatory scrutiny, it will be Googles sixth-largest purchase to date. We often hear from major website publishers that ad management today is still mind-numbingly complicated and inefficient. Weve been investing in our publisher tools to try and improve this landscape and have made great progress, but we think we can do even better, Googles head of display advertising, Neal Mohan, said in a company blog post Monday. By combining Admelds services, expertise, and technology with Googles offerings, were investing in what we hope will be an improved era of flexible ad management tools for major publishers. Mohan added that after the acquisition, Admeld will continue to support other ad networks, demand side platforms, exchanges and ad servers, to yield the best possible results for publishers. Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
[ AdWeek | 2011-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Manhattan court case about digitisation rights has brought books and the web a step closer togetherOn 14 November, after eight years of wrangling, Judge Denny Chin of the Manhattan district court finally ruled in the case of Google versus the Authors Guild. At issue was Google's scanning and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As promised a month or so ago, Google Play is implementing a few changes today that'll push tablet-optimized apps to the forefront. That is, if you're using a device not quite small enough to be considered a phone (though we admit there are certain handhelds that bridge the gap). Indeed, tablet... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Livefyre, a real-time social conversation and curation platform, announced it has acquired Realtidbits, a 6-year-old provider of real-time commenting and analytics services to online publishers including The CW Network, Thomson Reuters and Dow Jones Local Media Group. Livefyre’s primary... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I like a joke as much as the next person -- maybe more, seeing as I’ve had a couple of humor books published in the UK -- but I prefer my jokes to be funny, rather than pathetic, which is why I’m not laughing at the news that Microsoft is now selling anti-Google clothing and other merchandise.... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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No one expected publishing companies’ digital revenue to catch up to print overnight, but what does it say when that revenue stream at The New York Times Co., Tribune Co. and Time Inc. is already declining? All said so in their most rec ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google is not particularly great at keeping secrets. Its Nexus devices always leak and peeks at code are constantly revealing features before they're announced. So, it's no surprise that, exactly one month after we reported references to a Google Play Newsstand popping up, Mountain View is... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Choc Lit has acquired a novel which was shortlisted for HarperCollins People’s Novelist of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Though its headquarters building rises 46 stories over Central Park, and though its biggest magazine franchise, Cosmopolitan, sells more than a million copies on newsstands every month, Hearst Corp. is still, in some ways, little known to the general public. Certainly few people would guess that... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After eight years of litigation—three of which had all parties stumping together for an ill-fated, controversial settlement—Judge Denny Chin last week dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Authors Guild over Google’s mass scanning of library books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US Circuit Judge Denny Chin says Google Books falls under fair use, while the Authors Guild calls it copyright infringement. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There is nothing wrong with Google scanning millions of book and making that text available as snippets in search results. This is the ruling made today by a judge in New York, bringing to an end an eight year legal battle between Google and The Authors Guild in conjunction with several specific... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google's massive book-scanning project that makes complete copies of books without the authors' permission is perfectly legal under U.S. copyright law, a federal judge ruled today, deciding an 8-year-old legal battle. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A U.S. judge has thrown out a long-standing copyright infringement case brought against Google by the Authors Guild, saying the company’s book-scanning project provides significant benefits to the public. Judge Denny Chin, formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google's Books project, which has indexed millions of titles and made them available online, hasn't always been on completely solid legal footing. After all, Books operates without the permission of authors, which has understandably drawn some ire from copyright holders, not to mention other web ... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eight years after a group of authors and publishers sued Google for scanning more than 20 million library books without the permission of rights holders, a federal judge has ruled that the web giant's sweeping book project stayed within the bounds of U.S. copyright law. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Intel on Friday said it bought Kno, a startup that helps educational publishers make their books interactive. No price was announced for the Santa Clara company led by CEO Osman Rashid. It had raised more than $73 million dollars, including a $37.3 million round in 2011 led by Intel... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2013-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A recent study by Shareaholic found that Google Plus generated just .04 percent of traffic referrals in September. Facebook, by comparison, drove 10.37 percent. Gigya, an analytics company, found that in the second quarter of this year, 2 percent of social sharing happened through Google Plus,... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones staffer Lucy Hounsom, who works in events for the chain, has just had her debut... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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RR Donnelley, the Chicago-based printer and integrated communications provider, has agreed to acquire Consolidated Graphics, a general commercial printing company, for more than $600 million. Consolidated Graphics shareholders will receive $34.44 in cash and 1.651 shares of RR Donnelley for each... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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