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Industry Moves: Tacoda Founder Dave Morgan Starts New TV Ad-Optimization Firm; Closes $4M Round

Mar 5, 2009 11:11 AM

Digital ad vet Dave Morgan has been working on his new ad-related startup for awhile, but for a change, is focusing on TV, not online, though interlinks are obvious: he has announced Simulmedia, a company he says will focus on helping TV programmers improve their audience ratings by “lifting the…

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Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Media & Publishing, TV, dave morgan, simulmedia, tacoda

AOL’s Tacoda To Terminate Inventory Contracts With Publishers; Clarizio: ‘Expanding, Not Shuttering’

Aug 2, 2008 5:12 PM

AOL (NYSE: TWX) behavioral targeting unit Tacoda will terminate the existing inventory contracts with web publishers within 30 days, the company said in an e-mail to clients last week. The e-mail, obtained by VentureBeat, has the words “transition update” at the top and says that this action is related to…

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Posted In: Advertising, Marketing, Companies, AOL, Time Warner, lynda clarizio, tacoda

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Industry Moves: So Much For Start-Ups: TACODA Founder Morgan Joins The Tennis Company As Chairman

Jun 2, 2008 10:24 PM

So much for heading right back to the start-up world… Digital ad vet Dave Morgan, who said he has left his AOL (NYSE: TWX) post of EVP-global advertising strategy to start a new business, instead will be chairman of The Tennis Company, Adweek reported. He also owns an unspecified minority…

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Posted In: Advertising, Industry Moves, Companies, AOL, Time Warner, tacoda

Industry Moves
Tremor Media Adds European Founders Fund As Investor; Hires Former TACODA Exec Pinney As Global CFO

Jun 1, 2008 11:01 PM

Online video ad network Tremor Media has hired former TACODA exec Mark Pinney as global CFO, as the company prepares to expand overseas thanks to an unspecified investment from the European Founders Fund. The New York-based company plans to focus its initial efforts in the UK as a base for…

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Posted In: Advertising, Industry Moves, Marketing, mark pinney, tacoda, tremor media

AOL: Tacoda Not Fading Away; Plans To Integrate The Technology Across Ad.com Next Month

Apr 30, 2008 2:50 PM

Despite either laying off or losing nearly half a dozen of its senior executive team over the past two months, AOL is insisting that its behavioral targeting unit, Tacoda, is not being dissolved. The Time Warner unit made a special announcement highlighting its plans to fully integrate Tacoda’s tools across…

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Posted In: Advertising, Marketing, Companies, AOL, Time Warner, tacoda

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