Taboola is buying a rival adtech company to gain a bigger foothold with lucrative finance clients
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Taboola’s move to buy a rival to deepen finance vertical reach is another sign that open-web adtech is consolidating around category-specific demand. If you’re a publisher or fintech marketer, expect fewer but more vertically tuned distribution partners—and rising dependence on their data and pricing power.
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