Ray Colwell

Lycos, Inc. provides search-based Internet properties and services. The firm operates through the following divisions: LYCOS Media, LYCOS Advertising, and LYCOS Life. Its products and services include tools for blogging, web publishing and hosting, online games, e-mail, and search. It operates a network of sites and services including Lycos.com, Tripod, Angelfire, HotBot, Gamesville, WhoWhere, and LYCOS Mail. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Yahoo!, Inc. is a guide to digital information discovery, focused on informing, connecting, and entertaining users through its search, communications, and digital content products. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Asia Pacific. The company was founded by Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Ziff Davis, Inc. operates as a technology, gaming, entertainment and men’s lifestyle firm. It delivers advertising, performance marketing and licensing solutions to clients. The firm’s brands include PGmag.com, IGN, askmen, OOKLA, PC, Salesify, Toolbox.com, and techbargains. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Warner Bros. The company is based in Cupertino, CA. Discovery, Inc., PointCast, Inc. is a company that provides news and information services via the Web. The company was founded by Christopher Hassett, Gregory Hassett. PointCast was acquired by Launchpad Technologies, Inc. on May 11, 1999.

Engage, Inc. provides advertising, marketing and promotion management software solutions for retailers, newspapers, agencies and other corporations. The firm conducts marketing programs, including public relations, direct marketing campaigns, online advertisements, seminars, trade shows, webinars and ongoing customer communication programs. The company was founded on July 18, 1995 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Millennial Media, Inc. provides mobile advertising solutions. It offers advertisers a suite of solutions that allow them to reach and connect with their target audiences across screens from smart phones, tablets and other mobile devices to PCs with the scale to make significant impact to their business. Its tools and services help developers maximize their advertising revenue, acquire users for their apps and gain insight about their users. Millennial Media was founded by Paul J. Palmieri and Christopher John Brandenburg on May 30, 2006 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Collective, Inc. operates as a data-driven and programmatic advertising company. It connects brand marketers to audiences with personalized ad experiences across screen and formats. The firm offers VISTO and Audience Engine solutions. The company was founded by Joseph Apprendi and Jerome Fitzgibbons in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Nexage, Inc. develops mobile advertising solutions. It offers full power of programmatic markets, enabling publishers and media buyers to trade via programmatic direct, private exchange, and mediation. The company was founded by Devkumar R. Gandhi in 2006 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.