Freestar In The News
AP News | Freestar Founders Named Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2020 Mountain Desert Region Award Winner
PHOENIX, Oct. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freestar, the leading monetization partner for content publishers, e-commerce sites, and app developers, announced today that it’s founders are an Entrepreneur Of The Year® Mountain Desert Region Award winner. Hosted by Ernst & Young LLP (EY US), the program is one of the preeminent competitive awards for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies.
Phoenix Business Journal | EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2020 winner: Freestar changed the monetization game, saw revenue skyrocket
Careers in publishing have started in less colorful ways. David Freedman’s began in 2004 with a wall calendar of coeds in bikinis when he attended Arizona State University.
The model was simple — Freedman sold ad space on the calendar to local businesses — but it worked. By 2007, the calendar was a hit and duplicated at more than 20 other colleges. His company’s website had a good number of visitors but no way to make good money efficiently...
Phoenix Business Journal | Two Valley companies named winners of 2020 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards
Now in its 33rd year, the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year (EOY) program overseen by Ernst & Young LLP recognizes business leaders around the world. Awards are given to entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, vision, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities...
eMarketer | US Digital Display Advertising 2020
Our SVP, Publisher Operations, Jeff Kudishevich was quoted in eMarketer on US Digital Display Advertising 2020. "Digital ad growth is taking a serious hit this year from the coronavirus and related recession. But display ad spending will still post 5.5% in annual growth, thanks to increased investments in video ads, mobile, connected TV (CTV) and programmatic transactions..."
Phoenix Business Journal | Freestar acquires new tech to expand in-app monetization platform and team
A fast-growing Phoenix technology company has made a move to further expand its ad-optimizing offerings to the digital marketplace.
Freestar, an advertising tech company, said July 28 that it had acquired mediation technology from Vdopia’s Chocolate app. This new technology has since been integrated into the existing Freestar in-app monetization offering. Vdopia is based in Silicon Valley.
AdExchanger | Freestar Acquires Chocolate’s App Mediation Tech And Expands Into The App World
Ad management firm Freestar said Tuesday it has acquired Chocolate’s app mediation platform so it can serve more mobile app publishers. Terms were not disclosed. Freestar is largely a services company that performs tasks such as setting up header bidding and optimizing yield for about 400 desktop and mobile web publishers.
Phoenix Business Journal | Nine Arizona companies, led by Freestar, make prestigious Inc. 500 list
Nine Arizona companies, all of them based in the Valley, made the cut for Inc. magazine’s list of the top 500 fastest-growing firms in the nation for 2020.
Topping the state list was last year’s national leader and Inc.’s 2019 cover story, Freestar LLC, a company that helps publishers boost revenue by optimizing their online advertising. This year, Freestar dropped to No. 36 overall on a still-staggering growth rate of 7,239%.
