Comments on: Despite dismal record, merger fever rages — WPP to buy 24/7 Real Media http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/17/despite-dismal-record-merger-fever-rages-wpp-to-buy-247-real-media/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:43:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: VentureBeat » Yahoo to acquire advertising company, BlueLithium, for $300M http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/17/despite-dismal-record-merger-fever-rages-wpp-to-buy-247-real-media/comment-page-1/#comment-510498 VentureBeat » Yahoo to acquire advertising company, BlueLithium, for $300M Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:39:27 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/17/despite-dismal-record-merger-fever-rages-wpp-to-buy-247-real-media/#comment-510498 [...] acquisition binge in the sector. Old media companies have been forced into the action as well (see here and [...] [...] acquisition binge in the sector. Old media companies have been forced into the action as well (see here and [...]

]]> By: P-Air http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/17/despite-dismal-record-merger-fever-rages-wpp-to-buy-247-real-media/comment-page-1/#comment-160315 P-Air Fri, 18 May 2007 19:27:36 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/17/despite-dismal-record-merger-fever-rages-wpp-to-buy-247-real-media/#comment-160315 Don't forget, WPP also invested in the only public white label social networking provider, LiveWorld, w/whom they have also entered into a JV. (See http://www.liveworld.com/news/press/09.12.06.html and http://www.liveworld.com/news/press/10.17.06.html). Don’t forget, WPP also invested in the only public white label social networking provider, LiveWorld, w/whom they have also entered into a JV. (See http://www.liveworld.com/news/press/09.12.06.html and http://www.liveworld.com/news/press/10.17.06.html).

]]> By: Sramana Mitra on Strategy » Blog Archive » Online Advertising: More Acquisitions http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/17/despite-dismal-record-merger-fever-rages-wpp-to-buy-247-real-media/comment-page-1/#comment-159237 Sramana Mitra on Strategy » Blog Archive » Online Advertising: More Acquisitions Fri, 18 May 2007 14:02:41 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/17/despite-dismal-record-merger-fever-rages-wpp-to-buy-247-real-media/#comment-159237 [...] about the 24/7 acquisition at: GMSV and Venturebeat, where other smaller online advertising related deals are [...] [...] about the 24/7 acquisition at: GMSV and Venturebeat, where other smaller online advertising related deals are [...]

]]> By: Dave Butler http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/17/despite-dismal-record-merger-fever-rages-wpp-to-buy-247-real-media/comment-page-1/#comment-156269 Dave Butler Thu, 17 May 2007 23:41:46 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/17/despite-dismal-record-merger-fever-rages-wpp-to-buy-247-real-media/#comment-156269 Time for those Google folks to maybe start worrying about something. Sir Martin Sorrell from WPP is ready for a battle. We will use all his connections his new opurchase wins in the long term over Google Doubleclick. WPP knows the ad game and they are connected. When Google bought Doubleclick Sorrell was quoted as saying "Google is a short-term friend and a long-term enemy and probably the shorter term just got a little bit shorter and the longer term got a bit closer as a result of the DoubleClick acquisition". Time for those Google folks to maybe start worrying about something. Sir Martin Sorrell from WPP is ready for a battle. We will use all his connections his new opurchase wins in the long term over Google Doubleclick. WPP knows the ad game and they are connected.

When Google bought Doubleclick Sorrell was quoted as saying “Google is a short-term friend and a long-term enemy and probably the shorter term just got a little bit shorter and the longer term got a bit closer as a result of the DoubleClick acquisition”.

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