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DirecTV and EchoStar Get New CEOs; Michael Dugan to come out of retirement to run EchoStar, while Michael White is leaving Pepsi to head up DirecTV. (The Hollywood Reporter) Spot Runner Intros a Web Platform; company says the Malibu Media Platform helps to algorithmically match ad […] Read more »

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Pump-and-dump is not a phrase normally associated with startups. But that is exactly what WPP is accusing its fellow investors in Los Angeles-based interactive advertising agency Spot Runner of doing. The global advertising giant, which owns a 3 percent stake in Spot Runner, is suing Battery […] Read more »

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Spot Runner to Lay Off 60; third round of layoffs for the ad company (previous rounds laid off 115 and 50 people), cuts to primarily affect local search and local outbound sales. (TechCrunch) Smaller Publishers Finding Success on YouTube; video sharing giant being more attentive to […] Read more »

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Spot Runner called us this morning to say it is laying off 115 employees, or about 30 percent of its workforce. The Los Angeles-based company is refocusing its business on being a technology platform for video advertising — both on TV and online — and cutting […] Read more »

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Baidu Invests $15M in UiTV; takes a 8.3 percent stake in the Internet TV platform, which will power the Chinese search engine’s authorized movie and TV distribution. (release) ON Networks to Charge for Distribution; company has brought together some 100 million viewers across distribution platforms and […] Read more »

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Spot Runner confirmed late Tuesday it had made layoffs earlier in the day, the news of which was first reported by Valleywag but not in entirely correct fashion, according to a company spokesperson. The advertising platform let go of about 50 people, or 10 percent of […] Read more »

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TV advertising startup Spot Runner has raised $51 million from media company and private equity, bringing its total investment to $111 million. The new money comes from the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), Grupo Televisa, Legg Mason Capital Management, Groupe Arnault/LVMH, and will be used […] Read more »

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