Morning Consult Raises $31M
Tue, May 12, 2020
By Kevin McCauley
Morning Consult raises $31M in its first round of institutional financing to value the data intelligence company at $306M. James Murdoch's Lupa Systems was a top investor.
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Morning Consult raises $31M in its first round of institutional financing to value the data intelligence company at $306M. James Murdoch's Lupa Systems was a top investor.
Eric Salama, who survived a stabbing attack about a year ago, has decided to step down as CEO of Kantar, now that WPP has completed the sale of a 60 percent stake in the data business to Bain Capital.
90 percent of Americans think tech companies should make a better effort this year to improve how they collect and share consumers’ online personal data.
Ahmad Al-Khatib, a former director of Cambridge Analytica focused on healthcare initiatives in the Middle East, has launched Auspex International geopolitical communications firm in London.
Interpublic is acquiring Acxiom Corp.'s data management unit for $2.3B, a transaction designed to enable the ad/PR giant to compete against Google and Facebook.
Verizon will launch Fifth Generation wireless residential broadband services in three to five U.S. markets in 2018, becoming the first company to do so.
Universal Information Services has introduced what it says is the world’s first press clipping service enhanced with artificial intelligence.
Meltwater has acquired Algo, which is the latest acquisition in a steady stream of companies that the firm has brought under its umbrella over the past year and a half.
Mark Hass, former MSLGroup CEO and Edelman US president, has joined Proof analytics firm as evangelist and senior advisor.
Stratifyd, which analyzes big data, has studied the incredible amount of activity that happens per second on the web, such as 10M Google searches, $9K in sales on Amazon, and 8,508 Facebook comments.
