Update  Dec 6, 2011 - Our acquisition by Google has now closed.

Today the U.S. Department of Justice cleared Admeld's acquisition by Google. We're extremely happy about this decision, and our plan is to close the deal within the next few days.  Thanks to the many friends, clients and partners who've helped us reach this point.

As I said when we announced the deal in June, Google is buying Admeld because they believe in our mission to serve premium publishers with the highest level of technology and expertise. Though our mailing address may change―our mission won't. In fact, over time everything you like about working with us will get even better. 

In the coming weeks and months, our products and Google's will largely remain separate, but we'll begin to talk about opportunities for integration and simplification. As Google said today in a blog post, publishers are the lifeblood of the Internet, and it's highly problematic that they have to grapple with such complexity in managing their ad inventory.

Helping publishers overcome this challenge is what gets us up in the morning, and we're excited to be working with Google to do it.