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Pointroll’s Tafler Steps Down As CEO; Sales Head Gatto Will Succeed Him

Feb 15, 2011 12:00 PM

Jason Tafler is stepping down as CEO of Gannett’s rich media provider Pointroll. Tafler made the announcement this morning, telling staffers in a memo that he plans to move back to Canada to be closer to his family. Tafler, who has been with the Conshohocken, PA-based company for five years,…

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Posted In: Advertising, Industry Moves, Marketing, Companies, Gannett, jason tafler, pointroll, robert gatto

Gannett Folds Ripple6 Into Pointroll

May 14, 2010 11:04 AM

As it continues its search to replace ex-digital head Chris Saridakis, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is trying to make the most of its two successful digital units by bringing them more closely together. Under the new plan, rich media provider PointRoll will oversee social media marketing unit Ripple6. The integration will…

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Social Media, Companies, Gannett, pointroll

Updated: Gannett Buys Rest of PointRoll From Former CEO For $4.6 million

Mar 16, 2008 12:57 AM

Updated below: Confused, are you? Well, so was I until I dug deeper into SEC filings from Gannett (NYSE: GCI) over the last two years. In a proxy statement filed by the newspaper company this Friday with SEC, this paragraph raised my interest: “In March 2008, we purchased for $4.6…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Gannett, chris saridakis, pointroll

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