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AUGUST 15, 2014

Westlake Village-based Conversant , the online advertising and marketing technology company which was until recently known as ValueClick, has hired on the former head of Bing Shopping as a VP. conversant bing shopping valueclick executive microsoft advertising technology' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2014

Westlake Village-based J.D. Power , the unit of McGraw Hill Financial which measures consumer opinions of automotive manufacturers, said Wednesday that it has acquired digital advertising company Korrelate. power jdpower korrelate automotive information consumer sales advertising merger acquisition auto analytics software'

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Westlake Village-based online marketing and advertising company ValueClick said late Monday that it has rebranded itself as Conversant, with a new focus on providing an "integrated marketing personalization platform". Goodbye, ValueClick , and hello, Conversant. The company trades on the NASDAQ. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Westlake Village-based online advertising and marketing firm ValueClick said late Tuesday that it is planning to divest its "Owned & Operated" websites segment, the company''s division which runs such sites as Investopedia, PriceRunner, Smarter.com, SymptomFind, and CouponMountain.com. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

Westlake Village-based online advertising company Conversant --which until recently was known as ValueClick--is now officially part of Alliance Data , after the completion of Alliance Data''s acquisition deal with the company. conversant valueclick merger acquisition alliance data alliancedata advertising online marketing'

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MARCH 14, 2013

Westlake Village-based ValueClick announced this morning that it has named Scott G. ValueClick is a developer of online advertising products. Eagle as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Eagle also serves on the board of Akademos. Eagle also serves on the board of Akademos. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

Westlake Village-based online advertising firm ValueClick said Tuesday afternoon that it is acquiring Dotomi , a provider of real-time, dynamic display advertising technology, in a deal worth $295M. The deal is split between 55 percent cash and 45 percent common stock. Dotomi is base din Chicago, and has 160 employees.

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OCTOBER 12, 2011

Westlake Village-based ValueClick Media , the ad targeting division of ValueClick, said today that it has opened up two new offices. The firm said the move was made to serve clients and agencies in the two markets, with Minneapolis representing a $1 billion online advertising and $300M mobile marketing opportunity by the end of 2011.

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APRIL 4, 2011

Westlake Village-based ValueClick , the online advertising firm, said today that it has named David A. Yovanno as its new General Manager for its Mediaplex division. Yovanno was most recently CEO of Gigya. Yovanno will report to CEO Jim Zarley.

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APRIL 25, 2011

Westlake Village-based online advertising firm ValueClick announced this morning that it has acquired Greystripe , an operator of a brand-focused mobile advertising network. The deal was worth $70M in cash.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Westlake Village-based ValueClick said today that it has launched a new, vertical advertising network focused on the Home and Garden sector. ValueClick explained that the new network will help advertisers reach what has traditionally been a very fragmented market, spread across hundreds of web sites. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Westlake Village-based ValueClick said today that it has partnered with LucidMedia , a provider of contextual analysis for online advertising. According to ValueClick, it will use the partnership to enable enhanced contextualization services within its online advertising platforms. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

Westlake Village-based ValueClick said Wednesday that it has completed its acquisition of Dotomi , the provider of dynamic display advertising technology. ValueClick said it paid 7.1 million in share so fits common stock, assumption of 0.5 million fully vested stock options, and $148M in cash.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

Westlake Village-based ValueClick Media , the behavioral targeting and online advertising data arm of ValueClick, said today that it has opened up an office in Atlanta. According to the firm, the new office will help to support its clients and agencies in the region.

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APRIL 9, 2010

Westlake Village-based ValueClick said Friday that CEO Tom A. Tags: vadnais executive advertising internet valueclick. Vadnais is retiring from the firm, and also resigning as a board member. Vadnais is being replaced by James R. Zarley, who was most recently executive Chairman at the firm. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Westlake Village-based web advertising firm ValueClick said late Monday that it has divested its Web Clients promotional lead generation business. According to the firm, the deal was worth $45M, in the form of a five year note with an interest rate of five percent. Name of the buyer was not disclosed.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Westlake Village-based ValueClick said this morning that it has launched a new Platform Services offering within its ValueClick Media division. Tags: valueclick media executive advertising platform services. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Westlake Village-based ValueClick has divested Search213 , the company's European, self-service, paid search business, the company said today. According to ValueClick, it sold Search123 to its former executive in charge of European operations, Carl White.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Westlake Village-based ValueClick said today that it has launched a new online advertising network, targeted at mothers and women. Tags: advertising online mothers valueclick. According to ValueClick, the new "Moms Media" vertical is the second for the firm, and will target more than 40 million women in the U.S.

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APRIL 3, 2012

Westlake Village-based ValueClick said this morning that it has named John Giuliani as its new Chief Operating Officer. Giuliani was previously President of the firm's Dotomi division, having joined ValueClick when the firm acquired Dotomi in August of last year.

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MAY 20, 2009

Two local online advertising businesses--Westlake Village-based ValueClick , and Irvine-based Specific Media --are showing growth in the latest comScore ranking of advertising networks. Tags: valueclick specific media online advertising. The two are just behind Google, which had 164.5M uniques for April.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Westlake Village-based ValueClick announced today that its ValueClick Media and Commission Junction divisions are focusing on improving network quality, and have renewed an agreement with ad monitoring firm Cyveillance. Tags: valueclick commission junction online advertising quality cyveillance. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 23, 2009

Westlake Village-based ValueClick Media announced today that the firm has rolled out a new service to allow advertisers to personalize banners ads for consumers. Tags: personalized valueclick advertising media. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 6, 2011

In an announcement Wednesday, Westlake Village-based online advertising firm ValueClick said that it is planning to hire over 100 new employees, as it plans to increase its workforce by over 10 percent. and MerchEngines , said they are running a job fair later this month to attract new employees.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Westlake Village-based ValueClick has added a trio of new publishers to the firm's health and wellness advertising network, the firm disclosed this morning. Tags: valueclick online content health advertising. According to ValueClick, it has added eMedTV, HealthCastle.com, and Hearthstone Communications to the network.

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OCTOBER 20, 2008

Westlake Village-based online advertising firm ValueClick disclosed today in a regulatory filing with the SEC that it has divested its AdVault software suite, and sold its inkjet e-commerce business. ValueClick said it retains its Mediaplex online advertising technology businesses. READ MORE>>

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Westlake Village-based ValueClick said this morning that it has launched into the health and wellness market with a new online advertising network. The new advertising network will be part of ValueClick's Media division. READ MORE>>

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DECEMBER 11, 2008

Mediaplex, the technology division of online advertising firm ValueClick, has ventured into the behavioral targeting arena, with a new product, the firm said yesterday. The division of Westlake Village-based ValueClick said that its new product will allow advertisers to segment their qualified customers, based on prior activity on the web.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

Westlake Village-based Move , which operates a network of online real estate-focused web sites, said late Wednesday that it is in a joint venture with Builder Homesite focused on new home builders. Financial details of the joint venture were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , a new startup, said today it has launched a service which the firm said will deliver regular mail to users via an online system. The service relies on recipients at a postal address to actually sign in and create an account to read their mail, and will charge advertisers and marketers to use the service.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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JUNE 10, 2009

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , which is developing a system which allows organizations to send mail electronically, based on postal addresses, announced this morning that it has partnered withh a marketing services firm, and appointed that firm's Chairman and CEO as its own CEO. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , a startup looking to help companies distribute their content digitially using postal addresses, said today that it has inked a distribution partnership with local newspaper publisher 22nd Century Media. According to Zumbox, it will deliver digital editions of 22nd Century Media's local newspapers.

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JULY 7, 2010

Row 44 / John Guidon / Westlake Village - Guidon sold his last firm--Comcore Semiconductor--back in 1998 to National Semiconductor, for a substantial gain. Less known--a healthy domain name registration business. Rumored to be prepping for an IPO, just inked a deal to launch a new beauty and fashion site with Tyra Banks.

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JULY 24, 2009

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