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Influencer Marketing’s M&A Streak Continues With Mavely Sale

The Wall Street Journal · last updated

Influencer and social-media marketing company Later said Friday that it had bought Mavely, a platform known for paying commissions to social-media creators for the sales they directly generate, for $250 million in cash and stock.

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