Digital signage biz RMG Networks goes public at $10 a share in reverse merger

Digital media company RMG Networks has gone public in a reverse merger with SCG Financial Acquisition Corp, bypassing the traditional IPO process.

Facebook Home’s killer app: Big, pretty advertisements

As Mark Zuckerberg confirmed today, Facebook Home will eventually become home to advertisements from Facebook's partners. But you knew that already.

Arkansas’ Collective Bias storms marketing scene with army of 1,400 influencers, $10.5M

"Social shopper media company" Collective Bias has raised $10.5 million to expand its approach to brand marketing, which leverages an army of influencers to publish content on social media.

Crowdfunded NASA PSA video will play before ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’

We might be unsuccessful at getting congress to double NASA's funding to a full cent on every taxed dollar, but look out when someone starts a crowdfunding campaign.

Data visualization startup Visual.ly grabs another $2M to take on ad agencies (exclusive)

Big data may be cool, but its not pretty. Visual.ly, a startup focused on data visualizations and infographics, has raised a new $2 million round of funding, the company has confirmed to VentureBeat today.

Summly, Pocket point the way to publishing’s revival — or its complete destruction

Readers have more control than ever over the content that they reader, with tools to reformat web pages, remove ads, and save them for later. How should publishers respond?

Facebook now posting retargeted ads right in the middle of your beautiful new news feed

Just a few weeks after Facebook gave us the beautiful new uncluttered news feed, the social network is starting a test to introduce Facebook Exchange ads right in the middle of that wonderful simplicity.

Your online ad strategy stinks, Pricing Engine raises $1.25M to help

When it comes to managing online ad campaigns, we could all use a hand -- especially small businesses.

Samsung outspent Apple by $68M on advertising (which both companies can be pretty bad at)

Samsung and Apple not only rival each other in smartphones, but they share similar mixed records in advertising those smartphones as well.

Want to see the market potential of Vine? Check out Mass Relevance’s new socially driven digital mosaic

Mass Relevance, a startup that brings calm to a crazy sea of social activity, is rolling out a new 'Digital Mosaic' product today at SXSW that essentially builds an image using tweets, Facebook updates, photos, and even Vine videos.

How advertisers track you and what information they collect (infographic)

With social buttons, cookies, and watching our online purchases, advertisers are compiling a lot more information about you than you think.

Federated Media founder John Battelle reassumes role as CEO

After a four-year stint as CEO of Federated Media Publishing Deanna Brown is stepping down from the position, the company announced today.

Facebook’s new ‘custom audiences’ tools for advertisers package its product better (that’s you)

Facebook is moving beyond the simple "X liked Coke" to the meaning of that like -- and using more nuanced clues based on what Facebookers have posted and shared on the site to built that characterization.

KarmaHire launches public beta test next week to flip the funnel on hiring and recruiting

Every year, the hiring and recruiting industry spends about $9 billion on job ads for a pitiful success rate of under 4 percent. KarmaHire is is trying to change that, to flip the funnel on hiring -- and it's succeeding, so far.