BrightLine Scores $30 Million

New York-based interactive advertising firm BrightLine received $30 million from private equity firm JMI Equity, according to a press release. The seven-year-old company creates and implements ad campaigns that invite viewer involvement across cable, satellite and other TV platforms. Its clients include Unilever, Kellogg’s, and GlaxoSmithKline.

Author: Arlene Weintraub

Arlene is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences and technology. She was previously a senior health writer based out of the New York City headquarters of BusinessWeek, where she wrote hundreds of articles that explored both the science and business of health. Her freelance pieces have been published in USA Today, US News & World Report, Technology Review, and other media outlets. Arlene has won awards from the New York Press Club, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Foundation for Biomedical Research, and the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Her book about the anti-aging industry, Selling the Fountain of Youth, was published by Basic Books in September 2010.