Nearly a year after its long-planned launch, web-based TV creative ad agency Spot Runner is phasing out its Malibu Media Platform, paidConte……
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Read MoreAfter A Long Year, Spot Runner Launches Malibu Media Platform
A year after web-based TV creative ad agency Spot Runner started its push into the ad buying side of the business, the company is finally la……
Read MoreSpot Runner Cofounder Shaw Awarded Millions In Arbitration
Another twist in the Spot Runner saga, as the once white-hot company, already being sued by WPP for $13 million for securities fraud and bre……
Read MoreFight Breaks Out Among Spot Runner Investors
Pump-and-dump is not a phrase normally associated with startups. But that is exactly what WPP is accusing its fellow investors in Los…
Read MoreWPP Slaps Spot Runner With $13M Securities Fraud Suit
Web-based TV creative ad agency Spot Runner is being sued by WPP Group for securities fraud and breach of contract, AdAge reports. WPP, whic……
Read MoreVid-Biz: Spot Runner, Mondo Media, Comcast
Spot Runner to Lay Off 60; third round of layoffs for the ad company (previous rounds laid off 115 and 50 people),…
Read MoreSpot Runner Lays Off Another 60; Project Malibu Still A Priority
Online and TV ad agency Spot Runner let go another 60 staffers on Friday, Techcrunch reported and paidContent confirmed. The Los Angeles dig……
Read MoreSpot Runner Laying off 115 People; Looking For Strategic Options For Local Search Group
SpotRunner, the heavily backed online and TV ad agency based in Los Angeles, is laying off about 115 people from its company, which is 30 pe……
Read MoreSpot Runner Lays Off 115
Spot Runner called us this morning to say it is laying off 115 employees, or about 30 percent of its workforce. The…
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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…
Read MoreIndustry Moves: Former MSFT, Spot Runner Ad Exec Bradford Joins Yahoo; Sales SVP Karnstedt Leaving
That didn't last long. Veteran online ad exec Joanne Bradford is on the move again, leaving Spot Runner for Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) to be SVP-U.S……
Read MoreNBC to Use Google TV Ads for Some Cable Nets
Google and NBC to enter into an agreement to allow the search giant to sell ads on some of the peacock's cable networks.…
Read MoreOnline And TV Ad Firm Spot Runner Lays Off 50 Employees, But Adding 40 More
Spot Runner, the heavily backed and high profile online and TV ad agency based in Los Angeles, laid off about 50 employees, the company conf……
Read MoreSpot Runner Lays Off 50 in Realignment
Spot Runner confirmed late Tuesday it had made layoffs earlier in the day, the news of which was first reported by Valleywag…
Read MoreOnline & TV Ad Firm Spot Runner Gets $51M Round From Daily Mail,Televisa, Others; More M&A Coming
Spot Runner, which helps marketers buy TV ad spots on local cable and broadcast using its online service, has raised a big $51 million fourt……
Read MoreOnline & TV Ad Firm Spot Runner Gets $51M Round From Daily Mail,Televisa, Others; More M&A Coming
Spot Runner, which helps marketers buy TV ad spots on local cable and broadcast using its online service, has raised a big $51 million fourt……
Read MoreSpot Runner Raises Another $51M
TV advertising startup Spot Runner has raised $51 million from media company and private equity, bringing its total investment to $111 million.…
Read MoreIndustry Moves: Former Interpublic Media CEO Joins Spot Runner As President, Media Platforms
Spot Runner, the Los Angeles, CA-based firm which uses the web to help marketers buy TV ad spots, has been adding some heavy hitters to its……
Read MoreMSN’s Internal Memo on Bradford Leaving; Greg Nelson Heading In Interim
We have obtained the internal MSN memo announcing Joanne Bradford's departure (our earlier story here)... From: Satya Nadella Sent: Thursda……
Read MoreJoanne Bradford Leaving MSN; Joins SpotRunner As EVP
Joanne Bradford's departure from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has been rumored for a while (we got a not-true comment from MSN when we asked back……
Read MoreSpot Runner Acquires Online Marketer Weblistic
Santa Monica-based Spot Runner, which uses the web to help marketers buy TV ad spots, has acquired Weblistic, a provider of online marketing……
Read MoreWeb-based TV Ad Buying Firm Spot Runner Acquires Production Network GlobeShooter
Heavily-backed Santa Monica startup Spot Runner, which offers a service for small businesses to easily create and buy TV ads, has acquired G……
Read MoreUTA & SpotRunner Incubate New Video Venture 60Frames; Pittman’s Firm Invests
60Frames, a new LA-based company incubated out of talent agency UTA and online-based TV ad startup SpotRunner, has received $3.5 million in……
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