WPP sues TV ad company Spot Runner for “pump-and-dump scheme”
Update: Added the WPP complaint below.
Update II: Added letter from Spot Runner to employees, sent out Friday, below.
Spot Runner, the start-up Web company that lets advertisers places ads on TV, has been sued by one of its investors, WPP Group for securities fraud and breach… Continue Reading
Spot Runner is raising money at high valuation, announces political ads
Spot Runner, a company that gives local businesses an easy way to buy ads for TV programming, is getting so much interest from investors that its raising money at a valuation in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
We haven’t confirmed the exact planned valuation,… Continue Reading
Roundup: EBay’s Whitman to retire, Facebook-Nokia, Yahoo’s layoffs, more
1. EBay CEO Meg Whitman prepare to retire
2. Open Source revolution continues, with Intel
3. Microsoft purchases virtualization co., Calista
4. Cleverset, software recommendation co., sold
5. Yahoo has some small layoffs coming
6. Facebook-branded Nokia handsets?
7. LifeLock, anti-credit fraud co., gets $25M
8. Online ad co., Spotrunner, draws buzz
9…. Continue Reading