Daily Crunch: Taboola acquires Outbrain

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1. Publisher adtech startups Taboola and Outbrain merge in $850M deal to take on Google and Facebook
The content recommendation rivals — who are, shall we say, not exactly known for the high quality of their recommendations — are merging to form a single company.
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