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    "meta": {
        "title": "DAM ownership, renames and shutdowns: 47 records",
        "description": "Owner or successor, former names and shutdowns for DAM products. record_type is ownership, rename or shutdown. Dates are the year or month the source gives; sources are named in the guide under each table.",
        "license": "CC BY 4.0",
        "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
        "attribution": "Freedam, DAM vendor landscape, 2026-10-19, freedam.io/guide/who-owns-which-dam",
        "version_date": "2026-10-19",
        "row_count": 47,
        "page_url": "/guide/who-owns-which-dam",
        "notes": "Short facts with source links; no third-party text is copied."
    },
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            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Bynder",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Thomas H. Lee Partners (from Insight Partners)",
            "owner_type": "Investment firm",
            "date": "Announced 20 Dec 2022",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Brandfolder",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Smartsheet",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "2020",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Acquia DAM",
            "former_name": "Widen",
            "owner_or_successor": "Acquia",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "2021",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "MediaValet",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "STG",
            "owner_type": "Investment firm",
            "date": "April 2024",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Aprimo",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Marlin Equity Partners (from Teradata)",
            "owner_type": "Investment firm",
            "date": "2016",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "ADAM Software",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Aprimo",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "2017",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Wedia",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Cathay Capital (taken private)",
            "owner_type": "Investment firm",
            "date": "November 2024",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "censhare",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "DuMont Media Group",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "2019",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Fotoware",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Viking Venture",
            "owner_type": "Investment firm",
            "date": "2020",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Picturepark",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Fotoware",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "2022",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "WoodWing Assets",
            "former_name": "Elvis",
            "owner_or_successor": "Main Capital Partners",
            "owner_type": "Investment firm",
            "date": "2020",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Nuxeo",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Hyland",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "April 2021",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Third Light",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "PhotoShelter",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "2022",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Image Relay",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Canto",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "September 2024",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Papirfly",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Verdane",
            "owner_type": "Investment firm",
            "date": "2022",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Keepeek",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Papirfly Group",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "May 2023",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Brandmaster",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Papirfly Group",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "2021",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Contentserv",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Centric Software (Dassault Systèmes), EUR 220 m enterprise value",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "Announced February 2025",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Brandworkz",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Spinakr Solutions",
            "owner_type": "Not stated",
            "date": "April 2023",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Northplains, Xinet",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "IgniteTech",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "Not dated",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "iconik, ftrack",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Backlight",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "2022 for ftrack",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "MediaSilo, Wiredrive",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "EditShare",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "2017 for Wiredrive",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "MediaBeacon",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Esko (Danaher)",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "2015",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Frame.io",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Adobe",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "October 2021",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Percolate",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Seismic",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "2019",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Storyteq",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Inspired Thinking Group",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "June 2021",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Sharedien",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Adiuva Capital (majority)",
            "owner_type": "Investment firm",
            "date": "2024",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "DemoUp Cliplister",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Bregal Unternehmerkapital",
            "owner_type": "Investment firm",
            "date": "2024",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Pimberly",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Jigsaw24",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "December 2025",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Portfolio",
            "former_name": "Extensis",
            "owner_or_successor": "Axle AI",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "2026",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "MarcomCentral",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "Ricoh",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "2014",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Marvia",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "PostNL",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "2012",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "Sitecore Content Hub",
            "former_name": "Stylelabs",
            "owner_or_successor": "Sitecore",
            "owner_type": "Company",
            "date": "November 2018",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "ownership",
            "product": "MediaHaven",
            "former_name": "Zeticon",
            "owner_or_successor": "Harald Quandt",
            "owner_type": "Investment firm",
            "date": "2020",
            "detail": "",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "rename",
            "product": "Acquia DAM",
            "former_name": "Widen Collective",
            "owner_or_successor": "",
            "owner_type": "",
            "date": "",
            "detail": "Renamed after the 2021 acquisition",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "rename",
            "product": "KeyShot Dock",
            "former_name": "Digizuite",
            "owner_or_successor": "",
            "owner_type": "",
            "date": "",
            "detail": "Luxion (KeyShot) announced an offer to buy Digizuite on 5 July 2023 (KeyShot); renamed KeyShot Dock in July 2024 (KeyShot)",
            "source_urls": "https://keyshot.com/blog/luxion-announces-intended-offer-to-purchase-digizuite https://keyshot.com/blog/the-next-steps-keyshot-company-evolution"
        },
        {
            "record_type": "rename",
            "product": "Part of Centric Software",
            "former_name": "Contentserv",
            "owner_or_successor": "",
            "owner_type": "",
            "date": "",
            "detail": "Site title reads \"Now Part of Centric Software\"",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "rename",
            "product": "OpenAsset Source",
            "former_name": "OpenAsset",
            "owner_or_successor": "",
            "owner_type": "",
            "date": "",
            "detail": "Rebranded in 2026 (AEC+Tech)",
            "source_urls": "https://www.aecplustech.com/blog/openasset-s-rebrand-one-platform-built-to-grow"
        },
        {
            "record_type": "rename",
            "product": "VAULO GmbH",
            "former_name": "Snaatch GmbH",
            "owner_or_successor": "",
            "owner_type": "",
            "date": "",
            "detail": "Renamed in December 2025 (German company register)",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "rename",
            "product": "Uptempo",
            "former_name": "BrandMaker",
            "owner_or_successor": "",
            "owner_type": "",
            "date": "",
            "detail": "Renamed",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "rename",
            "product": "MediaGraph",
            "former_name": "Tandem Vault",
            "owner_or_successor": "",
            "owner_type": "",
            "date": "",
            "detail": "Rebranded",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "rename",
            "product": "Canto XI",
            "former_name": "Canto platform",
            "owner_or_successor": "",
            "owner_type": "",
            "date": "",
            "detail": "Launched October 2025 (release notes dated 8 October 2025, Canto)",
            "source_urls": "https://releases.canto.com/hc/en-us/sections/32641924947089-2025"
        },
        {
            "record_type": "shutdown",
            "product": "Oracle Content Management",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "",
            "owner_type": "",
            "date": "Sunset 31 December 2025; end of life 1 January 2026",
            "detail": "Sunset, then end of life",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "shutdown",
            "product": "Mudstack",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "",
            "owner_type": "",
            "date": "Unavailable after 28 September 2026",
            "detail": "Shutdown announced",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "shutdown",
            "product": "Pixelboxx",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "",
            "owner_type": "",
            "date": "Proceedings opened 1 October 2024; liquidation entry 9 October 2024",
            "detail": "Insolvency proceedings opened and company dissolved (in liquidation). Product website still online; no buyer or successor found",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "shutdown",
            "product": "Wipster, Pilcro, Identihub, Infor Marketing Resource Management",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "",
            "owner_type": "",
            "date": "Not dated",
            "detail": "Listed as discontinued or suspended",
            "source_urls": ""
        },
        {
            "record_type": "shutdown",
            "product": "Adgistics",
            "former_name": "",
            "owner_or_successor": "",
            "owner_type": "",
            "date": "Not dated",
            "detail": "Website retired after the Papirfly Group acquisition",
            "source_urls": ""
        }
    ]
}