Time Inc. Buys Myspace Parent Company

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Screen Shot 2016-02-11 at 11.22.51 AMThanks to Time Inc., Myspace lives on. The publisher has purchased Viant, which owns Myspace, for an undisclosed amount.

The deal, of course, was not made out of nostalgia for social networks of the past, but for Viant’s data. “The acquisition will enable Time Inc. to combine our premium content, subscriber and visitor data, and advertising inventory with Viant’s first-party data and targeting capabilities to bring substantial value to clients of both platforms,” explained Time Inc., in an announcement.

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