Whip Media Group is a private American company selling

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for

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, as well as TV- and film-related user data. It operates physical offices in the US, the UK, and the EU.

Background

Whip Media Group is the result of a merger of

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, a tracking platform for user data about TV shows and films, and Mediamorph, a data tracking and content distribution company operating in the

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market. It was founded following the former's acquisition of the latter in October 2019. As of its founding its CEO was

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. Whip Media Group also operates

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, a

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TV show database. As of January 2020 the company employed 155 people. Carol Hanley was named CEO in June 2023, replacing Richard Rosenblatt.

Funding

In January 2020 Whip Media raised $50 million from Eminence Capital and Raine Ventures, making the total amount of money raised by the company to $115 million at time of this deal.

References

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