
Salesforce adds more intelligence with Datorama purchase
Salesforce announced Monday that it has agreed to buy Datorama, which employs artificial intelligence to provide marketing intelligence...

Acxiom sells Marketing Solutions division to Interpublic, readies LiveRamp
Data provider Acxiom announced Monday it is selling off its Marketing Solutions (AMS) division to the Interpublic Group (IPG), a global...

AT&T buys ad exchange AppNexus
Apparently, the recent Time-Warner acquisition left AT&T hungry for more. On Monday, the telecommunications giant announced it was buying...

The story of data, Part 5: Where are we going?
So, what does the crystal ball say about the future of data? Buckle up. No matter what happens, it’s going to be an interesting ride. A...

Outbrain acquires UI optimizer AdNgin to provide personalized, interest-based recommendations
announced Tuesday that it has purchased AdNgin, a user interface (UI) optimization company specializing in personalized, interest-based...

7 ways protections for online content are being eroded
In the end, the law in question (the Fighting Online Sex Trafficking Act, or FOSTA) was defined narrowly enough to fix the targeted...

10 great reasons to attend SMX Advanced
The search marketing profession is defined by change. Tactics that work today are outdated next quarter. Platforms launch while others...

Pinterest ad boss Tim Kendall is leaving the company
rvlsoft / Shutterstock.com Pinterest’s president and advertising boss Tim Kendall will leave the company at the end of this year, a...

Scott Brinker: Marketing is now customer experience’s champion
Perhaps you noticed it, too. At our most recent MarTech Conference, there seemed to be a transformation percolating throughout the...

Brandwatch adds more content intelligence by buying BuzzSumo
Social media monitoring firm Brandwatch is boosting its content marketing and influencer intelligence with the announcement this week...

For Staples, it’s no longer just about office supplies
You might think that, for a company like Staples, it’s all about having the cheapest paper or the widest range of printer inks. It’s...

Ad industry groups rail against Apple’s new cookie-blocking solution in Safari 11
In a fiery response, the major digital marketing trade organizations are speaking out against Apple’s plan to update the way it plans to...

RhythmOne buys YuMe for $185 million
Ad exchange RhythmOne announced this week it is buying video ad platform YuMe, creating what the companies said will become a top-ranked...

Scott Brinker: How the martech landscape fits together
When you look at Scott Brinker’s famous — and increasingly crowded — Marketing Technology Landscape, it resembles a wall of tiny bricks....

Aetna’s CMO: Our future is becoming ‘your care partner, not just paying claims’
David Edelman is the first CMO for all of Aetna because of the second wave of digital transformation. He was recruited “as an agent of...

Engagio CEO: The one-to-one relationship is the key driver behind marketing’s evolution
Marketing software has been evolving toward the goal of one-to-one marketing, says Engagio CEO and co-founder Jon Miller. Miller, who...

D&B CMO Rishi Dave recounts how his company looked into the mirror to find the customer
When Rishi Dave joined Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) as chief marketing officer more than three years ago, the company — whose origins stretch...

Survey results: Here’s what 376 marketers say is working in online marketing
For entrepreneurs and startup founders looking for new ways to grow their businesses, there’s no shortage of information on the “whats”...

Segment can now track users across sites without third-party cookies
Apologies in advance for the mixed metaphor, but third-party cookies are rapidly becoming black sheep. So data connection service Segment...
























