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138 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.

Verisk Marketing Solutions provides data-driven marketing intelligence and consumer insights to help brands and agencies identify, reach, an…

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.

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MSNBCRebranded

Became MS NOW · 2025

MSNBC is a leading American cable news and digital media network owned by NBCUniversal, offering news programming and a significant digital …

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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…

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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…

Media.Monks
Media.MonksRebranded

Became Monks · 2024

Media.Monks is a global digital transformation and marketing services company specializing in creative production, technology, and media ser…

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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…

Brand New Galaxy

Became Assembly · 2024

Amsterdam connected-commerce agency.

Mavrck
MavrckRebranded

Became Later · 2024

Mavrck is an all-in-one influencer marketing platform that helps enterprise brands discover, activate, and measure influencer campaigns at s…

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

Wunderman Thompson

Became VML · 2024

A global creative and technology agency that combines data, commerce, and experience to deliver end-to-end marketing solutions for major bra…

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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…

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 …

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IRIRebranded

Became Circana · 2023

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

Kantar Advertising Intelligence was Kantar Group’s advertising-intelligence/competitive-ad-tracking division.

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NPD GroupRebranded

Became Circana · 2023

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…

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…

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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,…

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Became Pacvue · 2023

Global e-commerce software platform backed by Advent International.

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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…

Tremor International

Became Nexxen · 2023

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

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…

Admix
AdmixRebranded

Became Landvault · 2022

Admix was a pioneering in-game advertising platform that merged with Landvault in June 2022, rebranding as Landvault and pivoting to web3 an…

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.

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360iRebranded

Became Dentsu Creative · 2022

360i is a digital advertising agency brand operated within the Dentsu network.

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…

IMDB TV Ads
IMDB TV AdsRebranded

Became Amazon Freevee · 2022

IMDb TV Ads was Amazon's advertising product for its free, ad-supported streaming service IMDb TV, offering brands access to premium streami…

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McGarrybowenRebranded

Became Dentsu Creative · 2022

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

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 …

Verizon Media Platform

Became Edgio · 2022

Verizon Media Platform (formerly Verizon Digital Media Services) was a CDN and streaming media delivery platform that evolved through multip…

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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.

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WarnerMediaRebranded

Became Warner Bros. Discovery · 2022

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

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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…

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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…

Limelight Networks

Became Edgio · 2022

Limelight Networks was a leading CDN and edge cloud services provider that rebranded to Edgio in 2022 after merging with Edgecast.

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LockerdomeRebranded

Became Decide · 2022

LockerDome was a St.

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TrueXRebranded

Became Infillion · 2022

TrueX was an engagement advertising platform that pioneered the 'engagement ad' format, allowing viewers to interact with a single ad in exc…

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…

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Dentsu IsobarRebranded

Became Dentsu Creative · 2022

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

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GimbalRebranded

Became Infillion · 2022

Location and proximity advertising-technology company built on Bluetooth beacon and geofencing technology; spun out of Qualcomm in 2014, lat…

Lumenad
LumenadRebranded

Became Pathlabs · 2022

Lumenad was an advertising intelligence platform that unified cross-channel campaign data into a single workspace, helping media teams strea…

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

WhiteOps
WhiteOpsRebranded

Became HUMAN Security · 2022

White Ops (now HUMAN Security) was a cybersecurity company specializing in bot fraud detection and prevention, protecting digital advertisin…