The lucid.com Web domain is for sale but lucidworks.com offers AI-powered search solutions for internal data and ecommerce Web sites. They just raised $100 million, bringing their total to $209 million.
I don’t know whether you care, Dear Reader, but Verizon has sold once-hot multi-media blogging platform Tumblr to WordPress owner Automattic. Tumblr was part of Verizon’s ill-fated Yahoo! acquisition. Let’s consider this a reminder of how quickly online platforms rise and fall.
Finally, printing industry group The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association bought NAPCO Media, which publishes several printing and publishing trade magazines. The goal seems to be a broader reach for SGIA. NAPCO is – or was – family owned.
It’s tough to get brand safety right, but the industry keeps trying. IPG Mediabrands announced a new set of tools to find and block inappropriate ad placements, while IAS expanded its suitability measurements to include standards from the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM). Meanwhile, DoubleVerify admitted a mistake made brand safety on X/Twitter look worse than it really was in October 2023 and March 2024.