Angry Birds Is Starting Its Own Ad Business [THE BRIEF]

There are Angry Birds clothes, toys, movies, amusement parks, and now there's an Angry Birds ad business. Rather than continuing to allow a third party network to support its in-game display ads, Rovio gain advertising revenue from its own integrated ad unit. Ad Age reports that it will mostly use native ads that integrate into the game itself. Rovio has poached an enviable roster of talent to staff the effort, including former MTV exec Betsy Flounders Novak and former Millennial Media exec Matt Pfeffer. Former Fox Digital exec Andrew Stalbow is EVP/strategic partnerships, Ad Age notes. We previously told you that Mack McKelvey, the former svp marketing at Millennial, left the company in December to work as a consultant to Rovio. The gamemaker is also hiring account execs for its Chicago, Los Angeles and New York offices.

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