favicon In ‘Bittersweet’ Deal, Digital Ad Company AppNexus Acqui-Hires Fanquisition

  • TechCrunch Aug 11, 2012, 12:11 pm by: Anthony Ha120 pts
    TechCrunch writes, Just as the tech press was busy talking about the first academic paper on acqui-hires, another acqui-hire deal closed, with online ad company AppNexus acquiring fantasy sports startup Fantuition. Co-founder and CEO Pat McCarty announced the deal in a blog post that also recounts some of Fantuition’s history and discusses McCarty’s feelings about being acqui-hired (or, as he spells it, “acqhired”, because no one can agree on the spelling of this awkward, awkward word) — in other words, getting acquired by another company just so that they can hire your team, while your...

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