content recommendation

Improving discovery for NFTs will amplify digital creators and marketplaces

NFTs hold a tremendous amount of potential not only for buyers, but for artists as well. Yet, that potential isn’t being fully tapped.

After going public via a SPAC, Taboola acquires e-commerce marketing network Connexity for $800M

Taboola, the company that operates a popular grid-based advertising and content recommendation network across media properties, today announced an acquisition to expand its reach further into e-commer

Content discovery platform Dable closes $12 million Series C at $90 million valuation to accelerate its global expansion

Launched in South Korea five years ago, content discovery platform Dable now serves a total of six markets in Asia. Now it plans to speed up the pace of its expansion, with six new markets in the regi

CNN preps NewsCo launch by acquiring personalization engine Canopy

Last year, The Information reported that CNN was working on a new digital news service to compete with the likes of Apple and Facebook. Today, some of those plans are taking shape. The Turner-owned ne

Spotify alums create Canopy content suggester that won’t steal your data

Personalization comes at a steep price. All your data gets sucked up into a company’s servers where they can do whatever they want with it. But Canopy is a new content discovery startup that&#82

Taboola intros Facebook-style ‘news feed’ to target mobile users with more links

Taboola, the startup that works with hundreds of publishers to provide a set of links at the bottom of pages directing readers to more content on the site and elsewhere, has long positioned Facebook

Report: Content recommendation companies Taboola and Outbrain are in advanced merger talks

Taboola and Outbrain -- two content recommendations companies that employ roughly 500 people, were formed the same year (2006) and have each raised substantial sums of venture capital -- are in advanc

Article recommendation startup ZergNet adds sponsored links, but promises to remain “content only”

ZergNet pitches itself as a higher-quality alternative to content recommendation widgets like Taboola and Outbrain. Now co-founder and CEO Reggie Renner is planning to become a bigger source of revenu

MightyTV uses a Tinder-style interface to offer personal tips on what to watch next

Maybe it’s the modern-day equivalent of endless channel-surfing — turning on Netflix or some other streaming video service, then going through page after page of movies and TV shows, never qui

Baidu, China’s Leading Search Engine, Makes Strategic Investment In Content Recommendation Platform Taboola

The companies declined to name the exact amount of the deal, but said that it is in the “multi-millions.” Taboola serves up the links in the “Around The Web” and “Recommended For You” sect

Content Recommendation Service (And Rumored IPO Candidate) Outbrain Raises Another $35M

Outbrain is announcing that it has raised $35 million in new funding. If you've ever read an article and found a widget at the bottom recommending stories you might also like (which can come from m

Amidst IPO Rumors, Outbrain Hires Its First CFO, Jeff Davison

Content discovery service <a target="_blank" href="http://www.outbrain.com">Outbrain</a> is announcing that it has hired Jeff Davison as its chief financial officer. The news comes about a day afte

Ideal Media Takes A More Hands-On Approach To Combining Recommended Content With Ads

Here's another startup trying to turn content recommendation into a business: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.idealmedia.com">Ideal Media</a>. Similar in concept to <a target="_blank" href="htt