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Verizon Accused Of Net Neutrality Foul By Zero-Rating Its Go90 Mobile Video Service
Verizon, the parent of TechCrunch’s parent AOL, is being accused of violating net neutrality principles by excluding its own mobile video streaming service, go90, from data charges — thereby creating an unequal playing field. The Disrupt London 2015 Battlefield Finalists Are Jukedeck, Lystable, MAX, And Yoobic
Disrupt London Day One was a smashing success, and included speaking appearances from Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United, former Arsenal footballer and sports broadcaster Thierry Henry (yep, there was plenty of football on our stage), Postmates’ Bastian Lehmann, and a host of investors from Sonali De Rycker to Andy McLoughlin to David Hornik. But the magic truly begins when the… Read More
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AOL Confirms It Is Buying Millennial Media In $238M Deal To Expand In Mobile Ads
This just in: AOL, itself acquired by Verizon for $4.4 billion earlier this year, has announced that it is making another purchase of its own. It is buying Millennial Media as it continues to build out its presence in digital advertising and specifically mobile ads. AOL will be paying $1.75/share for publicly traded Millennial, working out to an enterprise value of $238 million after… Read More
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AOL Acquires Photo And Messaging Startup Kanvas Labs
AOL is announcing another acquisition — Kanvas Labs, maker of mobile social apps. An AOL spokesperson told me that the company will continue to offer the existing Kanvas Labs products. Those include photo editing app Kanvas; Kanvas Keyboard, which allows users to include GIFs and stickers in their mobile conversations; and Kanvas for Messenger, which integrates the startup’s… Read More
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Sources: Aol/Verizon Eyes Millennial Media For Around $300M In Mobile Ad Push
AOL, recently acquired by Verizon for $4.4 billion, appears to be wasting little time in continuing to build out its advertising business. Sources tell TechCrunch that the company has been in the process of buying mobile ad network Millennial Media. AOL started “kicking the tires” on Millennial weeks ago, one source says, but things were slowed down by AOL itself getting… Read More
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In Big Media Push, Verizon Buys AOL For $4.4B [Memo From AOL CEO Tim Armstrong]
So this just happened. AOL, owner of TechCrunch, is getting acquired: U.S. carrier Verizon said in a statement that it is buying the company for $4.4 billion, or $50 per share. We’ve just been sent an internal memo about the deal that we are embedding below. Derek Jeter, Budding Media Mogul, On Launching The Players’ Tribune
As his new company, The Players’ Tribune, plots its course toward dominance in the sports media market after its official launch on Tuesday, Derek Jeter gives us his thoughts on his company and the transition from iconic athlete to startup entrepreneur in the email interview below. Since Jeter took his final bow in Yankee pinstripes, the former shortstop has been working to reinvent… Read More
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AOL Acquires Video Syndication Startup Vidible
AOL is confirming that it has acquired Vidible.AOL CEO Says A CrunchBase Spinout Is Possible
Tim Armstrong, CEO of TechCrunch’s owner AOL, today confirmed at TechCrunch Disrupt that AOL is in early discussions to spin off CrunchBase, the database of tech companies and people that became a part of AOL as part of its acquisition of TechCrunch in 2010. “I think CrunchBase could be a very big company on its own,” Armstrong said on stage today at the Disrupt conference… Read More
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