Buddy Media Adds Brighter Option to Help Brands Buy Facebook Ads

Buddy Media, a start-up that helps brands manage their presence on Facebook, is now going to help them buy ads, too. The New York-based company has acquired Brighter Option, a “Facebook ads API company” that helps brands purchase media on the social network. WPP, the ad giant that invested in Buddy Media in 2010, says it will use Buddy/Brighter exclusively to manage its clients’ Facebook ad buys.