ZD - Mergers and acquisitions

Transaction Caps Successful Partnership between Michael Eisner's Tornante Company and Madison Dearborn Partners Marked by Growth and Innovation in Collectibles, Candy and Gift Cards Michael D. Eisner's Tornante Company and Madison Dearborn Partners ("MDP") today announced that they have sold TDS Gift Cards to Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) in an all-cash transaction. The sale marks the last piece of the former Topps companies portfolio, which was owned by Tornante Company and funds affiliated with MDP, to be sold, and ends a partnership that began in 2007. The portfolio also included the iconic Topps trading cards and collectibles business, which was sold to Fanatics in December 2021, and Bazoo

Together, Ookla and CellRebel will bring enhanced consumer network experience insights to the global telecommunications marketplace. Ookla®, a leader in global connectivity intelligence, has acquired CellRebel, an independent company focused on helping operators and other telecommunications companies improve mobile networks worldwide. Together, Ookla and CellRebel will bring enhanced consumer network experience insights to the global telecommunications marketplace. "The complexity of modern networks demands diversified streams of data to fuel holistic insights on performance, quality, and accessibility," said Doug Suttles, founder and CEO of Ookla. "It is vital that we understand more abo

Bringing together two industry leaders that deliver outstanding network connectivity insights to the world. Ookla®, the renowned network intelligence company behind Speedtest® and Downdetector®, has acquired RootMetrics®, an industry pioneer in network drive testing and analytics. Together they will combine the industry-standard first-party crowdsourced data from Speedtest with RootMetrics' scientifically controlled drive and walk testing data collection for the benefit of the mobile operators who build the networks and the consumers who rely on them. Ookla GM and co-founder Doug Suttles says, "Ookla plus RootMetrics fully enables the network assessment trifecta of crowd measurement, cont