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Online & TV Ad Firm Spot Runner Gets $51M Round From Daily Mail,Televisa, Others; More M&A Coming

Spot Runner, which helps marketers buy TV ad spots on local cable and broadcast using its online service, has raised a big $51 million fourth round from an international group of investors with an eye on expansion beyond the U.S. New investors include UK media group *Daily Mail* and *General Trust*, Spanish-speaking media giant Grupo Televisa, hedge fund Legg Mason Capital Management and French luxury group Groupe Arnault/LVMH. Also participating, some of the existing investors; not sure who specifically but the original group included Allen & Company, Battery Ventures, Capital Research and Management, CBS (NYSE: CBS), Index Ventures, The Interpublic Group, Tudor Investment Corporation and WPP.

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