Twitter to Sell Mobile Ads Company for $1.05 Billion
Twitter to Sell Mobile Ads Company for $1.05 Billion
Twitter Inc. has agreed to sell mobile ads company MoPub to AppLovin Corp APP for $1.05 billion in cash, the microblogging network said in a statement on Wednesday.
MoPub, which generated about $188 million in annual revenue for Twitter last year, allows companies to keep track of ad inventory in real-time, similar to what Alphabet Inc’s Google can do with DoubleClick.
“The sale of MoPub positions us to concentrate more of our efforts on the massive potential for ads on our website and in our apps, Twitter Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal said.
The sale to AppLovin was unanimously approved by Twitter’s board, according to the microblogging platform.
AppLovin, which recently went public in April, is a mobile gaming company with a portfolio that includes more than 200 free-to-play mobile games, such as “Word Connect,” “Slap Kings” and “Bingo Story”.
The sale will allow Twitter to invest in “the core products that position it for long-term growth”, Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said.
Twitter has made a series of deals for privately held tech firms this year, including podcast app Breaker, and email newsletter startup Revue. The social media company bought MoPub for nearly $350 million in 2013.
Twitter to Sell Mobile Ads Company for $1.05 Billion
