synopsis: AOL LLC today announced that it has acquired broadband video advertising innovator Lightningcast, Inc. of Washington, D.C. AOL's acquisition agreement with Lightningcast is dated May 5th, and closed on May 17th. Financial terms were not disclosed. Lightningcast was previously privately held.

synopsis: Rogers Media Inc. has struck a deal to acquire Montreal-based Internet advertising company BV! Media Inc. for $25 million in cash. BV! Media is a leading Canadian Internet advertising network and is the publisher of the Branchez-Vous! news and information portal, which has wide use in Quebec.

synopsis: Media conglomerate Cox Enterprises Inc., betting its future on Internet advertising as newspaper and television audiences shrink, plans to spend $300 million to buy a startup that helps Web sites pool their ad space. The all-cash deal with Adify Corp. represents the latest evolution for the Cox media company.

synopsis: Microsoft Corp. has agreed to acquire AdECN, Inc., an advertising exchange platform company based near Santa Barbara, Calif. AdECN's technology serves as a hub where advertising networks can come together in a neutral, real-time auction marketplace for buying and selling display advertising.

synopsis: Nautic Partners, LLC, a private equity firm with more than $2.3 billion of capital under management, has acquired Respond2 Communications, Inc., in partnership with Respond2 management. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Respond2 is the largest independently owned full-service direct response advertising agency in the United States.

synopsis: Traffix, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRFX), a leading on-line marketing company, today announced that it has acquired Hot Rocket Marketing Inc., a privately held on-line media and marketing agency based in New York.

synopsis: Viewpoint Corporation, a leading provider of Internet graphics and delivery systems, today announced it has completed its acquisition of Unicast Communications Corporation, a recognized leader in rich media ad solutions.

synopsis: DG, a leading provider of digital media solutions and technology, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Limelight Networks, Inc.'s EyeWonder video and rich media advertising unit. EyeWonder is a leading provider of interactive digital advertising products and services, including online video and rich media solutions.

synopsis: KIT digital, Inc., the leading global provider of video asset management solutions (VAMs) for multi-screen IP-based delivery, has acquired Accela Communications, Inc., a privately-held provider of on-demand, video-based enablement and measurement tools.

synopsis: Limelight Networks, Inc. announced the completion of the acquisition of EyeWonder, Inc. Since 1999, EyeWonder has been an innovator in developing monetization solutions that helps Forbes 2000 advertisers, interactive agencies and content publishers create, build, track and optimize rich media and interactive video advertising campaigns.

synopsis: StrongMail Systems, Inc., the leading provider of commercial-grade solutions for marketing and transactional email, announced that is has acquired PopularMedia, a leading provider of social media marketing solutions.

synopsis: Theorem, Inc., an online media operations and data services company, has acquired Webpencil, an online creative ad design company. The deal augments Theorem’s capabilities by enabling it to offer creative and rich media expertise to its clients. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

synopsis: WPP has acquired Vancouver-based Blast Radius, a strategic interactive agency with offices in Amsterdam, New York, London, Toronto and San Francisco. Following Closing, Blast Radius will be aligned with WPP's Wunderman network, the second largest marketing services and relationship marketing network.

synopsis: EyeWonder, Inc., interactive digital advertising's fastest growing innovator, has acquired Cologne, Germany-based vendi interactive, one of the country's leading digital interactive advertising firms and vendor of online-streaming-spots.

synopsis: Mace Security International, Inc. has completed the previously announced acquisition of Linkstar Interactive on July 20, 2007. Linkstar is a growing and profitable online and digital marketing company, devoted to bringing proprietary unique consumer goods and services to a wide audience in an e-commerce environment.

synopsis: Respond2 Communications, the largest independent full-service direct response television agency in the country, has acquired Rhode Island-based Marketing & Media Services Inc., which will expand the capabilities of its media planning and buying division Cmedia to include expansive per inquiry DRTV services to its clients.

synopsis: As part of its ongoing growth and investment programme, independent integrated agency BD Network announced the acquisition of the UK’s leading creative mobile agency, We Love Mobile.

synopsis: Meredith Corporation announced that it has completed its acquisition of mobile marketing specialist The Hyperfactory. The acquisition further enhances the capabilities of Meredith Integrated Marketing, the company's business-to-business unit that provides leading corporations and brands with custom marketing solutions.

synopsis: Amobee Media Systems, the world leader in advertising solutions for mobile operators, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the world's largest mobile advertising agency, RingRing Media.

synopsis: Jingwei International Ltd ("Jingwei"), a leading provider of data-mining, interactive marketing and software services in China, announced that its subsidiary has entered into an Agreement to dispose of its legacy media business in Beijing New Media Advertising Co. Ltd. to Mr. George Du, the CEO, President and Chairman of Jingwei.

synopsis: AOL LLC today announced that it has acquired broadband video advertising innovator Lightningcast, Inc. of Washington, D.C. AOL's acquisition agreement with Lightningcast is dated May 5th, and closed on May 17th. Financial terms were not disclosed. Lightningcast was previously privately held.

synopsis: Townsquare Media Group announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire AOL Music assets The Boot, The BoomBox and NoiseCreep, as well as ComicsAlliance from AOL Inc. The new digital properties will join Townsquare Media Group’s national digital business and the staffs of these sites are joining Townsquare.

synopsis: About.me has acquired Wefollow. The Wefollow service is a beautifully designed directory that enables people to discover others with common interests (e.g. sports, politics, comedy, etc.).

synopsis: AOL has acquired the tech gadget reviews site gdgt. gdgt is the place to get reviews from people who have the product somebody is looking for. People can build a product list and get sent the best new reviews of the gadgets they want, and the most helpful questions and answers about the gadgets they have.

synopsis: AOL’s Advertising.com Group announced that it has strengthened its premium advertising product offering by acquiring Buysight, Inc., a leading provider of retargeting and intent-based targeted advertising. This transaction further solidifies the Advertising.com Group as a global leader in advertising technologies across display, mobile and video.

synopsis: Boulder-based Everlater announced that it has been acquired by Denver-based MapQuest. Everlater allows users to create free travel blogs to share their experiences and connect with others.

synopsis: AOL has announced that it has acquired iOS and Android photo-sharing app Hipster. Hipster's applications and website allow more than 100,000 users to create postcards from photos taken on iPhone and Android devices.

synopsis: AOL Inc.’s Huffington Post Media Group, accelerating its coverage of local issues, acquired Localocracy, a community- focused Web forum.

synopsis: AOL’s Patch has acquired hyperlocal news aggregator Outside.In. Outside.In is a local news aggregator aimed at bringing together all the hyperlocal news around a given location. Via its search portal, you simply enter your zipcode, neighborhood or address and the site will surface the most relevant news in your particular area.

synopsis: AOL Inc. has announced that it has closed its acquisition of The Huffington Post, the influential and rapidly growing news and opinion site with over 27 million unique monthly US visitors.

synopsis: Outbrain announced that it has acquired the Surphace technology and other assets (formerly known as Sphere) from AOL Inc. Through this acquisition, Outbrain broadens its reach among leading online publishers, while enhancing its technology and overall product suite to create the category leader in online content discovery.

synopsis: AOL Europe, part of AOL Inc., has announced that it has acquired the video distribution network goviral. goviral distributes branded video content across the Internet for some of the world’s largest and most esteemed brands, media agencies, creative agencies, and content producers.

synopsis: AOL Inc. announced it has acquired Pictela, Inc., the provider of an award-winning global technology platform for serving and distributing high- definition brand content across online advertising and social media. The transaction brings further scale to AOL’s suite of premium advertising tools for advertisers, agencies and publishers.

synopsis: AOL Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire about.me, Inc., a product that empowers people to create a single personal profile page that presents their online identities together in one place, simplifying the social experience across the web.

synopsis: AOL Inc. announced that it has acquired Thing Labs, Inc., whose Brizzly family of web-based social software makes it easy and fun for users to create, share, explore and enjoy content. The Brizzly team will play a key role in helping AOL provide consumers with the best possible venues to discover and share content with each other.

synopsis: AOL Inc. announced it has acquired 5min Media, the Web's largest video syndication platform. The acquisition allows AOL to significantly expand its consumer offering of contextually relevant, high-quality video across its sites, increasing the AOL Network’s appeal to advertisers.

synopsis: AOL Inc. announced that it has acquired TechCrunch, Inc., the company that owns and operates TechCrunch and its network of websites dedicated to technology news, information and analysis. TechCrunch and its associated properties and conferences will join the AOL Technology Network.

synopsis: uSamp, one of the world’s fastest-growing online panel and technology companies, announced the acquisition from AOL of DMS Insights, also known as Digital Marketing Services, Inc., online research experts and inventors of the patented River Sample.

synopsis: Criterion Capital Partners, LLC (CCP), a merchant banking and financial advisory firm based in the United States, announced that it has acquired the Bebo business, the youth-centric social media network, from AOL Inc. As part of the deal, CCP will assume the rights and complete operating control over the global social platform business.

synopsis: AOL Inc and Digital Sky Technologies Limited (DST), the largest Internet company in the Russian-speaking and Eastern European markets, announced that they have reached an agreement for DST to acquire ICQ – the leading instant messaging service in Russia and a number of other international markets – for $187.5 million.

synopsis: Digital Window acquired Newcastle-based Perfiliate Ltd., which operates one of the leading affiliate marketing networks under the brand name Buy.at. Together Digital Window and Buy.at form Britain’s largest performance-based marketing group, serving customers in the UK, USA and Scandinavia. Buy.at was previously part of AOL Inc.

synopsis: Townsquare Media Group announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire AOL Music assets The Boot, The BoomBox and NoiseCreep, as well as ComicsAlliance from AOL Inc. The new digital properties will join Townsquare Media Group’s national digital business and the staffs of these sites are joining Townsquare.

synopsis: BIZX, LLC, one of the fastest growing privately held web media companies in the U.S. announced the acquisition by its subsidiary VoIP-Info LV, LLC of www.voip-info.org, a highly ranked VoIP and telecommunications website serving over 500,000 unique business and consumer visitors per month.

synopsis: Mingle LLC, a career-focused software and services company and parent company of Climber.com, announced the acquisition of Affinity Circles, an affinity group-focused recruiting network. More than 80 organizations use Affinity Circle's social networking platform to build and maintain personal and professional connections.

synopsis: Move, Inc., the leader in online real estate, announced its acquisition of SocialBios, an award-winning social search platform. SocialBios allows individuals and companies to create one social hub for their online profiles through interactive 'About Us' pages that simplify the discovery of shared connections on social networking sites.

synopsis: Apture, a startup aiming to bring a richer reading experience to partners websites like The New York Times and the Financial Times, has announced that it has been acquired by Google. The company launched its first product in 2008, billing it as a way for bloggers and other website publishers to make their content more "three-dimensional."

synopsis: Adobe Systems Incorporated has acquired privately held Typekit Inc., a leader in the delivery of hosted, high-quality fonts for use on websites. Available as a subscription-based cloud service, Typekit’s vast font library gives designers and developers creative license to deliver beautiful type that enhances the Web experience.

synopsis: Ancestry.com Inc. announced that it has acquired leading professional genealogy research firm, ProGenealogists, Inc. ProGenealogists specializes in genealogical, forensic and family history research.