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• Business

Matt Gillis joins Baltimore startup Clean Creative as CEO

Former Millennial Media executive Matt Gillis named CEO of Baltimore startup Clean Creative, which is focused on preventing malicious advertising online — or malvertising.

• Business

Millennial Media co-founder and wife donate $1 million to Mount St. Mary's University

The Palmieri Center for Entrepreneurship is expected to open later this year.

By Sarah Gantz

Apr 12, 2017

• Business

Former Millennial Media exec takes reins at QL2, establishes headquarters in Baltimore

Travel pricing data company will hire between 60 and 80 people in Baltimore.

By Sarah Gantz

Sep 13, 2016

• Business

AOL navigating advertising upheaval with recent Verizon, Millennial Media deals

After selling itself to Verizon and buying Millennial Media, AOL has new opportunities to connect advertisers with people watching news and entertainment on their computers, smartphones and even cable TV.

By Scott Dance

Nov 16, 2015

• JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Corporate security threats drive a shift for Maryland's government-focused cyber industry

Suddenly, it's looking lucrative for Maryland cyber firms to seek out businesses willing to spend a lot to protect their and their customers' sensitive data.

By Scott Dance

Nov 13, 2015

• Business

AOL closes deal to absorb Millennial Media

Millennial Media disappeared from the New York Stock Exchange on Friday after a majority of its stockholders tendered their shares to AOL, closing AOL's $248 million acquisition of the Baltimore mobile advertising technology company.

By Scott Dance

Oct 23, 2015

• Business

Millennial Media CEO set for $2.2 million golden parachute in AOL sale

Millennial Media CEO Michael Barrett is among 18 workers being let go once AOL's acquisition of the Baltimore mobile advertising company closes, and he will walk away with a $2.2 million "golden parachute."

By Scott Dance

Oct 16, 2015

• OrderUp

Challenges shaped OrderUp, Millennial Media deals, founders tell Baltimore Innovation Week attendees

Chris Jeffery and Chris Brandenburg said despite challenges – or because of them – OrderUp and Millennial Media found themselves the targets of recent acquisitions.

By Scott Dance

Sep 30, 2015

• Business

AOL's $248M acquisition could end skid for Millennial Media

AOL said Thursday morning it plans to buy Baltimore mobile advertising company Millennial Media for about $248 million in a deal that would create a single hub for the industry known as "ad tech" here.

By Scott Dance

Sep 3, 2015

• Millennial Media

Millennial Media CEO confirms buyout talks, but shares fall amid losses

Even though Millennial Media's top executive confirmed Tuesday the company could soon be sold, shares of the mobile advertising company fell 24 percent a day after it reported it continues to lose money at a steady pace.

By Scott Dance

Aug 11, 2015

• Business

Millennial Media stock jumps 28 percent on report of possible sale

Millennial Media's stock price rose 28 percent Thursday after a technology news site reported the Baltimore mobile advertising firm is in talks to be sold to AOL for about $300 million.

By Scott Dance

Jul 9, 2015

• Millennial Media

Verizon/AOL deal means more opportunity, competition for Baltimore 'ad tech hub'

Verizon's acquisition of AOL is a big deal for Baltimore, both for what were once the offices of Advertising.com and companies like Millennial Media and Videology.

By Scott Dance

May 22, 2015

• Millennial Media

Millennial Media sales fall, losses rise in first quarter

Millennial Media's sales fell and its losses grew in the first quarter of the year, but its stock price rose 6 percent in after-hours trading Tuesday.

By Scott Dance

May 5, 2015

• Compensation and Benefits

Millennial Media CEO receives $9.5M compensation package

Millennial Media CEO Michael Barrett earned a $9.5 million compensation package in his first year at the helm of the Baltimore mobile advertising company, more than twice what his predecessor received a year earlier.

By Scott Dance

Apr 27, 2015

• Initial Public Offerings

Videology hires new CFO with eye toward stock offering

Web video advertising firm Videology said Monday it hired a new chief financial officer with experience preparing companies for public stock offerings, a signal the Baltimore-founded company may soon follow through with plans for an IPO.

• Millennial Media

Millennial Media stock rises despite write-down in company value

Millennial Media stock price rose 11 percent in early trading Friday after the company announced an increase in quarterly revenue but widened losses stemming from a one-time charge.

• Mergers

Class action lawsuit accuses Millennial Media of misleading investors

A class action lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses Millennial Media executives of hiding information that reflected poorly on the company, and, once released publicly, sent the company's stock price tumbling.

• Business

Web entrepreneurs hope to hook young people on the news

Coleman Anderson and his partner Andrew Schuster are betting a few hundred thousand dollars of investors' money that whatever you know about current events, you'll want to test yourself, and you're willing to spend time in the pursuit on their new web site: Newsup. The enterpreneurs and their supporters will celebrate the launch and announce site updates and future plans at a gathering in Towson on Thursday.

• Millennial Media

Millennial Media to buy ad tech firm Nexage for $107.5M

Millennial Media has agreed to buy Boston-based mobile advertising technology company Nexage for $107.5 million in cash and stock, the companies said Tuesday.

• Startups

The short history and big impact of the Emerging Technology Center

The Baltimore tech startup incubator continues to grow and shape the city's business landscape

• Millennial Media

Millennial Media shares fall after hours after report of widened losses

Millennial Media's losses widened five-fold in the second quarter of the year, missing Wall Street estimates and sending shares down 9 percent in after-hours trading.

• Television Industry

Five questions with Millennial Media CEO Michael Barrett

Millennial Media CEO Michael Barrett says he sees increased competition from Google and Facebook as a sign that the Baltimore company is doing something right.

• Annual and Special Corporate Meetings

Millennial Media CEO ups stake in company, giving shares a boost

Less than a week after a grim earnings report sent Millennial Media's stock price tumbling, CEO Michael Barrett purchased shares worth $1 million, giving the shares a boost Wednesday.

• Computer Hardware

Millennial Media battling Facebook's emergence in mobile advertising

Facebook took a bite out of the Baltimore company Millennial Media's earnings and sent its stock crashing this week.

• Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements

Millennial Media shares tumble as losses widen; key executive to depart

Millennial Media's revenue surged 47 percent in the first three months of the year, but its losses more than tripled, and shares fell by nearly half in after-hours trading. CFO Michael Avon meanwhile announced his resignation.

• Television Industry

New company names join Baltimore's evolving skyline

Baltimore's skyline slowly but surely evolves as companies aim to boost visibility.

• Business

Millennial Media to put its stamp on Can Company in expansion

Mobile advertising company Millennial Media is plotting a major expansion that includes a deal to dub its headquarters the Millennial Media Center at the Can Company.

• Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements

Millennial Media revenue surges, but shares fall on shaky outlook

Millennial Media lost $3.8 million despite a surge to $96.7 million in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2013, with both results beating analysts' expectations, but shares fell in after-hours trading on shaky expectations going forward.

• Opinion

Building a more entrepreneurial Maryland [Editorial]

A proposal by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael E. Busch to boost entrepreneurship is needed.

• Opinion

Building a more entrepreneurial Maryland [Editorial]

• Millennial Media

Millennial Media reports third quarter loss

Millennial Media Inc., a Baltimore-based mobile advertising firm, reported Wednesday that it lost $4.6 million in the three months ended Sept. 30. That's worse than the $1.8 million it lost in same quarter in 2012.

• Advertising

Millennial Media shares fall sharply on news of deal, losses

Millennial Media has struck a deal to acquire Boston-based competitor Jumptap in a mostly stock deal worth at least $209 million, the company said Tuesday.

• Maryland

Millennial Media looking past market swings to chart growth

Millennial Media isn't letting stock market swings distract it from a mission to compete with Google, Apple and Facebook in the mobile advertising market.

• Millennial Media

Fun facts from Millennial Media's IPO filing

• Millennial Media

Amazon Kindle Fire's impressions growing 19 percent a day on Millennial Media's network

• Asia

Millennial Media snags InMobi exec to launch Southeast Asia operation

• Millennial Media

Tech firms top Inc. list of fastest-growing Maryland companies

• Millennial Media

Millennial Media's Paul Palmieri, others inform, entertain at TedxBaltimore

• Millennial Media

This week in Baltimore tech events

• Millennial Media

Millennial Media, hot on mobile ad trail of Google/Apple, raises $27.5 million

• Millennial Media

Millennial Media, dwarfed by Google, but still robust, report shows

• Millennial Media

Baltimore Hackathon: I'd call it a success

• Millennial Media

Millennial Media and BlackBerry maker reportedly in deal talks

• Millennial Media

Top honor for Millennial Media CEO

• Millennial Media

Startup story: Millennial Media

• Apple iPad

Mobile ad leader "excited" about Apple iPad

• Millennial Media

Three local companies Advertising.com employees may look to for jobs

• Millennial Media

Why are utility apps so juicy for advertisers?

• Google Inc.

Millennial Media scores new round of funding

• Millennial Media

Tiny cell-phone ads are to tout Major League Baseball