Skip to content

122 rebranded AdTech companies

AdTech companies that changed their name or identity.

Hogarth Worldwide

Became WPP Production · 2026

Hogarth Worldwide is WPP's content production powerhouse — 10,000+ staff.

Apple Search Ads

Became Apple Ads · 2025

Apple's advertising platform that enables app developers to promote their apps through paid search placements in the App Store across Apple …

GroupM
GroupMRebranded

Became WPP Media · 2025

GroupM is the world's largest media investment company, managing over $60 billion in annual media spend across multiple agency brands includ…

Effectv
EffectvRebranded

Became Comcast Advertising · 2025

Effectv, the television advertising sales division of Comcast, rebranded to Comcast Advertising's Media Solutions in April 2025, having conn…

Outbrain
OutbrainRebranded

Became Teads · 2025

Outbrain is a leading player in the Content Discovery space, providing personalized content recommendations to users across a network of pub…

Sharethrough
SharethroughRebranded

Became Equativ · 2025

A native advertising platform specializing in omnichannel ad exchange technology and creative optimization for premium publishers and advert…

Creator-brand matchmaking platform.

B

Became Burson · 2024

BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe) was WPP's PR network formed 2018 from the merger of Burson-Marsteller + Cohn & Wolfe.

H

Became Burson · 2024

Hill & Knowlton was a major WPP PR agency dating to 1927.

JW Player
JW PlayerRebranded

Became JWP Connatix · 2024

JW Player is a leading video technology company that provides a comprehensive video platform for digital publishers, broadcasters, and enter…

Research Quotient, operating under the brand name Quotient, is a leading market research and analytics firm that bridges traditional researc…

Spotify Ad Studio

Became Spotify Ads Manager · 2024

Spotify's self-service advertising platform that enables brands and agencies to create and manage audio and video ad campaigns across Spotif…

VMLY&R
VMLY&RRebranded

Became VML · 2024

VMLY&R is a global marketing and communications agency that combines brand strategy, creative services, and customer experience solutions fo…

C
CommerceHubRebranded

Became Rithum · 2024

CommerceHub is a leading e-commerce network platform that connects retailers, suppliers, and logistics providers to enable drop ship, market…

Connatix
ConnatixRebranded

Became JWP Connatix · 2024

Connatix was a leading video technology and monetization platform for publishers that merged with JW Player in October 2024 to form JWP Conn…

Podcaster creation/distribution/analytics platform that absorbed Anchor at the March 2023 Stream On event.

F
FindawayRebranded

Became Spotify for Authors · 2024

Findaway was a digital audio distribution and technology platform that rebranded to Spotify for Authors after being acquired by Spotify in 2…

V
VMLY&R JapanRebranded

Became VML · 2024

VMLY&R Japan is the Tokyo-based arm of the global WPP-owned creative and customer experience agency, delivering integrated marketing, digita…

Mediacom
MediacomRebranded

Became EssenceMediacom · 2023

Mediacom is a global media agency network and subsidiary of GroupM, specializing in media planning, buying, and performance optimization acr…

Salesforce CDP

Became Salesforce Data 360 · 2023

Salesforce's customer data platform product that evolved into Salesforce Data Cloud — a real-time data lakehouse unifying customer data acro…

Xandr
XandrRebranded

Became Microsoft Advertising · 2023

A comprehensive advertising technology platform offering programmatic buying, selling, and data management solutions for premium digital adv…

Essence
EssenceRebranded

Became EssenceMediacom · 2023

Essence was a global data-driven media agency that merged with MediaCom in January 2023 to form EssenceMediacom, retiring the Essence brand …

Twitter
TwitterRebranded

Became X · 2023

Twitter, now rebranded as X, is a global social media and advertising platform that connects billions of users through real-time public conv…

Y
Yahoo JapanRebranded

Became LY Corporation · 2023

Yahoo Japan (now LY Corporation) is Japan's leading internet services company operating a major digital advertising platform, search engine,…

Tremor International

Became Nexxen · 2023

End-to-end video advertising platform providing programmatic solutions for publishers, advertisers, and content creators across CTV, mobile,…

L

Became Landor · 2023

Landor & Fitch is a global brand consultancy and design firm formed from the merger of Landor Associates and Fitch, offering end-to-end bran…

Accenture Interactive

Became Accenture Song · 2022

Accenture Interactive was the digital marketing and experience agency arm of Accenture, which merged with Publicis Groupe's operations in 20…

Facebook Ads
Facebook AdsRebranded

Became Meta Ads · 2022

Meta's advertising platform enabling businesses to create and manage ad campaigns across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Audience Networ…

Meta's mobile advertising network that extends Facebook and Instagram ad campaigns to third-party apps and mobile websites.

Datorama
DatoramaRebranded

Became Marketing Cloud Intelligence · 2022

A marketing intelligence and analytics platform that unifies data from multiple sources to provide actionable insights for marketers, now pa…

I
IRIRebranded

Became Circana · 2022

IRI is a global leader in big data, predictive analytics, and forward-looking insights for CPG, retail, and media companies to drive growth …

M
McGarrybowenRebranded

Became Dentsu Creative · 2022

Dentsu's creative advertising agency, retired in 2022 when consolidated into Dentsu Creative.

N
NPD GroupRebranded

Became Circana · 2022

NPD Group was a leading market research and data analytics firm whose merger with IRI in 2022 gave rise to Circana, a new combined entity la…

B2B marketing automation platform acquired by Salesforce in 2012, now operating as Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement.

Real-time personalization and interaction management platform that enables businesses to deliver individualized customer experiences across …

Smart AdServer

Became Equativ · 2022

Smart AdServer is a European ad serving and monetization platform specializing in programmatic advertising solutions for premium publishers …

V
ViacomCBSRebranded

Became Paramount+ · 2022

Predecessor name (Dec 2019 - Feb 2022) for the unified company that emerged from the December 4, 2019 CBS Corporation + Viacom Inc.

W
WarnerMediaRebranded

Became Warner Bros. Discovery · 2022

WarnerMedia was the AT&T-era name for the former Time Warner assets (2018-2022).

4
4C InsightsRebranded

Became Flashtalking · 2022

4C Insights was a data science and media technology company that rebranded to Scope3 after pivoting to focus on carbon measurement and susta…

I
IsobarRebranded

Became Dentsu Creative · 2022

Isobar was a global digital agency network known for commerce, experience design, and technology-driven marketing — rebranded into Dentsu Cr…

Bizible
BizibleRebranded

Became Adobe Marketo Measure · 2022

Bizible was a B2B marketing attribution platform that helped marketers connect revenue to marketing touchpoints — now rebranded as Marketo M…

D
Dentsu IsobarRebranded

Became Dentsu Creative · 2022

Dentsu Group digital agency formed January 2016 by merging Dentsu iX with Isobar Japan.

Meta's advertising platform enabling businesses to create, manage, and optimize ad campaigns across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Audi…

M
MDC PartnersRebranded

Became Stagwell Inc. · 2021

Canadian-American marketing holding company (1980-2021); merged into Stagwell August 23, 2021.

A
AlphonsoRebranded

Became LG Ads Solutions · 2021

Alphonso is a TV data and measurement company that uses Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology to track viewing behavior across smar…

Historical (2018-2021) brand for Disney's BAMTech-derived technology subsidiary.

Kenshoo
KenshooRebranded

Became Skai · 2021

Kenshoo (now Skai) is a leading AI-powered advertising platform enabling marketers to plan, execute, and optimize campaigns across search, s…

V
VizeumRebranded

Became iProspect · 2021

Dentsu media-network agency.

E
EpiserverRebranded

Became Optimizely · 2021

Episerver was a leading digital experience platform (DXP) provider that rebranded to Optimizely in 2021 after merging with the experimentati…

Rubicon Project

Became Magnite · 2020

Rubicon Project was a leading programmatic advertising technology company that operated one of the largest independent sell-side platforms (…

C
CadreonRebranded

Became Matterkind · 2020

Cadreon was IPG Mediabrands' addressable advertising platform launched 2010.

Dataxu
DataxuRebranded

Became OneView · 2020

DataXu was a programmatic marketing platform that provided software for omnichannel campaign planning, execution, and optimization before be…

Network operating from 2013 (post-Aegis acquisition) to 2020 when rebranded to Dentsu International.

T
TelariaRebranded

Became Magnite · 2020

Telaria was a leading sell-side video ad management platform that merged with Rubicon Project in 2020 to form Magnite, the largest independe…

Real-time personalization and customer data platform that delivers individualized experiences across web, email, and mobile channels.

BounceX
BounceXRebranded

Became Wunderkind · 2020

BounceX (now Wunderkind) is a behavioral marketing platform that identifies anonymous website visitors and delivers personalized, triggered …

News Corp shopper-marketing subsidiary (1988-2020).

Bing Ads
Bing AdsRebranded

Became Microsoft Advertising · 2019

Microsoft's search advertising platform that enables advertisers to reach audiences across Bing, Yahoo, MSN, and the Microsoft Advertising N…

AudienceXpress

Became Effectv · 2019

AudienceXpress is a performance-based advertising sales product within Comcast Advertising, focused on remnant-level multiscreen TV inventor…

C

Became Effectv · 2019

Comcast's local cable advertising sales arm 2002-2018, rebranded to Effectv in 2019 along with AudienceXpress consolidation.