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Found in context: { ... Second Life Acquires Winward Mark for More Realistic Game Play Linden Lab, parent company of Second Life, announced today its acquisition of graphics technology from Windward Mark Interactive, for an undisclosed amount. From the deal, Linden Lab will acquire WindLight, an atmospheric-rendering technology, Nimble, a 3D cloud simulator, and associated intellectual property and interests. ... }

Added: May 22, 2007, 10:45 pm - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/May/WinwardMark.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... , web 2.0, Financial, DealsTheStreet.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSCM - News), a leading provider of financial commentary, analysis, research, news and financial ratings, today announced the acquisition of the remaining 50.1% stake in Stockpickr.com that it did not own already.Stockpickr.com boasts a unique Web 2.0 offering in a forum where people who want to learn how the rich get richer meet to compare and exchange investment strategies and techniques.With insight into over 800 professional portfolios (including the portfolios of Warren Buffett and George Soros) and thousands of individual investor portfolios, visitors to the site can learn how to invest following professionals’ strategies. Visitors to the site are also able to model their own investment practices after trends they observe professionals following, while mimicking professionals’ successful investment choices.“Whether looking for short-term trading ideas or longer-term investments geared... }

Added: April 27, 2007, 4:13 am - Found in page: http://blog.express-press-release.com/2007/04/26/stockpickrcom-acquired-by-thestreetcom/ - Main site: blog.express-press-release.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Web 2.0 News CEO Of Rivals Committed Securities Fraud; May Kill Yahoo acquisitionRumors about a possible $100 million acquisition by Yahoo of sports content site Rivals surfaced today. But two previous deals to acquire the company died once it was discovered that the CEO, Shannon Terry, was found to have been involved in a classic 'pump and dump' scheme, and violated the anti-touting and antifraud provisions of U.S. securities laws in 1998. Source: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/12/ceo-of-rivals-committed-securities-fraud-may-kill-yahoo-acquisition/ ... }

Added: April 13, 2007, 11:58 pm - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/April/Rivals.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

5.00

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Found in context: { ... Interesting Internet Acquisitions Since 1997 In the light of the current Web 2.0 acquisition wave, it might be interesting to look back in the time and what has been acquired on the web since 1997:Acquisition / Bought by / Price / DateHotmail Microsoft $400mil December 1997Internet Movie Database Amazon.com 1998Viaweb Yahoo! $49mil June 8, 1998Netscape Communications AOL $4.2bn 24 November 1998GeoCities Yahoo! $3.57bn January 28, 1999Broadcast.com Yahoo! $5.7bl April 1, 1999Thawte VeriSign $575mil December 1999Network Solutions VeriSign $15bn 2000eGroups Yahoo! $432mil June 28, 2000HotJobs Yahoo! December 27, 2001PayPal eBay October 2002Inktomi Yahoo! December 2002Pyra Labs Google 2003Overture Services, Inc. Yahoo! $1.7bl July 2003Keyhole Inc. Google 2004Kelkoo Yahoo! March 25, 2004Picasa Google July 2004Oddpost.com Yahoo! July 9, 2004Upcoming.org Yahoo! October 5, 2005Skype eBay $2.6bn October 14, 2005Ask.com IAC/InterActiveCorp $1.85b... }

Added: November 5, 2006, 6:22 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/2006/11/interesting-internet-acquisitions.html - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

4.50

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Found in context: { ... Benchmark Capital put $8 million to work with Swedish game site Power Challenge , the company will announce today. Power Challenge is a rich Internet application - a game that runs in java and plays very much like a video game . Users build and customize their teams and play against others for points and status. The quality of game play is high and is designed to push the boundaries between traditional PC gaming and online gaming .Amazon Acquires dpreview.comAmazon have announced the acquisition of the digital camera information and review site dpreview.com . UK based dpreview.com was founded in 1998 by Phil Askey as a site that publishes ‘unbiased reviews and original content regarding the latest in digital cameras , and offers a host of features and forums designed to make it easy for consumers to find the camera that’s right for them’.... }

Added: May 16, 2007, 2:17 am - Found in page: http://blog.express-press-release.com/2007/05/15/deal-roundup-for-may-15-kyte-feedcrier-corkd-powerchallenge-dpreview/ - Main site: blog.express-press-release.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... MySpace To Acquire Flektor MySpace will acquire Flektor , a just-launched service that allows users to create widgets from photos, video and text, according to two sources with knowledge of the deal. This comes right after the news of MySpace’s pending acquisition of Photobucket last week for $250-$300 million. This will be a much smaller deal, in the $10-$20 million range, possibly with an earnout. Stockalicious raises $50k in funding 5 months old Singapore based startup Stockalicious is claiming that it has raised $50K in funding from angel investors . The startup enables users to keep track stocks, create portfolio, compare their portfolio performance against the market, and provides a embed code for portfolio to bring it up blogs and websites. Stockalicious currently supports Nasdaq , NYSE , AMEX and OTCBB .... }

Added: May 17, 2007, 4:34 am - Found in page: http://blog.express-press-release.com/2007/05/16/deal-roundup-for-may-16-flektor-stockalicious/ - Main site: blog.express-press-release.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Blockbuster Desperate To Do Something, Buys A Loser Blockbuster announced the acquisition of movie download site Movielink this evening. The price is not being disclosed (meaning it isn't 'material' to Blockbuster's shareholders), although the Wall Street Journal says it was less than $20 million. ... }

Added: August 10, 2007, 4:36 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/August/Movielink.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... HP Acquires Opsware For $1.6 billion HP has acquired IT Automation company Opsware for $1.6 billion. Whilst any acquisition of this size is interesting in itself, the back story to Opsware is even more so; Opsware was originally LoudCloud, a Web 1.0 company that took $350 million in funding during the Web 1.0 boom. ... }

Added: July 25, 2007, 2:30 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/July/Opsware.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Sun Microsystems to buy SavaJe assets SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Server and software maker Sun Microsystems, Inc. said Thursday it will buy the intellectual property assets of privately-held SavaJe Technologies, which makes an operating platform for wireless networks. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sun Microsystems said it expects the acquisition to close during the fourth quarter of its 2007 fiscal year, which began on April 2. Sun Microsystems shares closed unchanged at $5.90 on the Nasdaq Stock Market. ... }

Added: April 14, 2007, 7:32 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/April/SavaJe.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Stung by the loss of Internet advertising firm DoubleClick to Google last month, Microsoft has intensified its pursuit of a deal with Yahoo!, asking the company to re-enter formal negotiations, The Post has learned. While Microsoft and Yahoo! have held informal deal talks over the years, sources say the latest approach signals an urgency on Microsoft’s part that has up until now been lacking.Ahead of the Bell: Microsoft, YahooSoftware maker Microsoft Corp. asked search engine operator Yahoo Inc. to re-enter formal negotiations for an acquisition that could be worth $50 billion, the New York Post reported on Friday.... }

Added: May 5, 2007, 6:41 am - Found in page: http://blog.express-press-release.com/2007/05/04/huge-microsoft-could-acquire-yahoo-for-50-billion/ - Main site: blog.express-press-release.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... MySpace To Acquire FlektorMySpace will acquire Flektor , a just-launched service that allows users to create widgets from photos, video and text, according to two sources with knowledge of the deal. This comes right after the news of MySpaces pending acquisition of Photobucket last week for $250-$300 million. This will be a much smaller deal, in the $10-$20 million range, possibly with an earnout.Stockalicious raises $50k in funding5 months old Singapore based startup Stockalicious is claiming that it has raised $50K in funding from angel investors . The startup enables users to keep track stocks, create portfolio, compare their portfolio performance against the market, and provides a embed code for portfolio to bring it up blogs and websites. Stockalicious currently supports Nasdaq , NYSE , AMEX and OTCBB .... }

Added: May 17, 2007, 4:56 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/2007/05/deals-within-web-20-sector-for-may-16.html - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... PayPerPost Acquires Zookoda Controversial startup PayPerPost will announce the acquisition of Zookoda , an Australian blog-to-email service, tomorrow. We wrote about Zookoda last year, and the company put the product up for sale last September. There were reportedly a number of offers for the service when it was originally put up for sale, but the asking price of US$500,000 was too rich to close a deal. Now, nearly seven months later, PayPerPost has stepped in to acquire the company. PayPerPost is not disclosing what they paid for Zookoda, although CEO Ted Murphy did tell me it was a cash deal. ... }

Added: April 24, 2007, 10:41 pm - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/April/Zookoda.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... will be able to offer people an easy way to share multimedia content through their desktop and mobile devices.HP Acquires Opsware For $1.6 billionHP has acquired IT Automation company Opsware for $1.6 billion. Whilst any acquisition of this size is interesting in itself, the back story to Opsware is even more so; Opsware was originally LoudCloud, a Web 1.0 company that took $350 million in funding during the Web 1.0 boom.Cfares Raises $4.5M & Offers New Comparison ToolsCfares , the airfare search tool, has announced a round $4.5 million of venture capital and has appointed a few new members to its team. The round was led by Claremont Creek Ventures, with previous investor Garage Technology Ventures partnering as well.Google Acquires Image America for Aerial Imaging TechGoogles acquisition spree continued today with the announcement that theyve purchased Image America , a company that builds high resolution cameras for the collection of aerial imagery . The Clayton, MO-based company provided high resolution black and white imagery of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and supplied imagery to Google Maps and Google Earth.hi5 Takes $20 Million FundingSan Francisco-based social network hi5 has taken $20 million in funding in a round led by Mohr Davidow Ventures. The site reports 30 million members and 200 million pageviews/day, making it one of the largest players. So why the lack of hype?FaceBooks First acquisition: ParakeyTheir first acquisition : Facebook has bought Parakey , the yet-to-launch web operating system created by Firefox... }

Added: August 10, 2007, 11:59 pm - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/2007/08/hot-end-of-july-on-web-20-scene.html - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Garage Technology Ventures partnering as well.Google Acquires Image America for Aerial Imaging TechGoogles acquisition spree continued today with the announcement that theyve purchased Image America , a company that builds high resolution cameras for the collection of aerial imagery . The Clayton, MO-based company provided high resolution black and white imagery of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and supplied imagery to Google Maps and Google Earth.hi5 Takes $20 Million FundingSan Francisco-based social network hi5 has taken $20 million in funding in a round led by Mohr Davidow Ventures. The site reports 30 million members and 200 million pageviews/day, making it one of the largest players. So why the lack of hype?FaceBooks First acquisition: ParakeyTheir first acquisition : Facebook has bought Parakey , the yet-to-launch web operating system created by Firefox co-founders Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt. The price isnt being disclosed, but Facebook should be issuing a press release this afternoon.Loopt Calls Down $2.25M of a $12M Series B Round of FundingLoopt , the service that lets you geo-locate friends with mobile phones, has called down $2.25 million of a $12 million Series B round of financing . This means that while Loopt has raised $12 million, its requested access to $2.25 of this larger amount, possibly to increase its working capital costs.Labels: 3Jam, ActionEngine, AdECN, Alibaba, Boo-box, BuddyTV, Business.com, Care.com, CircleBuilder, CoolIris, Going.com, Grockit, Grub, IPO, NowPublic, Respectance, Twitter, Zazzle ... }

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Found in context: { ... from May 15 Next Net News Next Net News, Trends, web 2.0, web 3.0 and beyond Tuesday, May 15, 2007 Deals within the Web 2.0 sector from May 15 Kyte Gets More Funding from Swiss Telecom ProviderKyte , the online video-sharing and broadcasting website, has just announced new investors, telecommunications provider Swisscom and Holtzbrinck Ventures, which have invested in Kyte for an undisclosed amount. Swisscom and Holtzbrink Ventures is the venture capital arm of one of Germanys most influential media companies.IMified Acquires Real-Time Feed Alerts Leader Feedcrier.comWere very happy to finally announce the acquisition of Feedcrier.com , the leading provider of IM based feed alerts . This one has been in the making for some time now, and we officially welcome Adam Kalsey and the Feedcrier community to IMified.Corkd Acquired by Wine Library VloggerCorkd , the social networking site for wine lovers, is being acquired by a team led by Gary Vaynerchuck of Wine Library , and includes Erik Kastner of Rails, for an undisclosed amount. Corkd has a reported 20,000 members, and provides a space for you to rate and review wines youve tasted. You can make a wine wish list of sorts, and track those youd like to try as well as purchase.Swedish Game Site Power Challenge Raises $8 Million From Benchmark CapitalBenchmark Capital put $8 million to work with Swedish game site Power Challenge ,... }

Added: May 16, 2007, 7:32 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/2007/05/deals-within-web-20-sector-from-may-15.html - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Amazon Acquires dpreview.com Amazon have announced the acquisition of the digital camera information and review site dpreview.com. UK based dpreview.com was founded in 1998 by Phil Askey as a site that publishes 'unbiased reviews and original content regarding the latest in digital cameras, and offers a host of features and forums designed to make it easy for consumers to find the camera that's right for them'. ... }

Added: May 15, 2007, 7:19 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/May/dpreview.com.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Nokia and Twango today announced that Nokia has acquired substantially all assets of Twango ( www.twango.com ). Twango provides a comprehensive media sharing solution for organizing and sharing photos, videos and other personal media. By acquiring Twango, Nokia will be able to offer people an easy way to share multimedia content through their desktop and mobile devices.HP Acquires Opsware For $1.6 billionHP has acquired IT Automation company Opsware for $1.6 billion. Whilst any acquisition of this size is interesting in itself, the back story to Opsware is even more so; Opsware was originally LoudCloud, a Web 1.0 company that took $350 million in funding during the Web 1.0 boom.... }

Added: August 3, 2007, 10:57 pm - Found in page: http://blog.express-press-release.com/2007/08/01/the-end-of-july-appears-super-busy-loopt-parakey-hi5-cfares-opsware-twango-ugo-twitter-adecn-grub-3jam-buddytv-nowpublic-and-more/ - Main site: blog.express-press-release.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... San Francisco-based Keibi Technologies has raised around $6 million in Series B funding from Catamount Ventures and Hunt Ventures.It’s Official: Google Buys Feedburner Last week’s rumored acquisition of Feedburner by Google has been confirmed . Feedburner CEO Dick Costolo announced the acquisition with his usual flare and humor proclaiming, ‘FeedBurner has been acquired by Google. The local weather forecast calls for general euphoria with intermittent periods of off-the-rails delight.’... }

Added: June 3, 2007, 3:28 am - Found in page: http://blog.express-press-release.com/2007/06/02/deal-roundup-for-june-2-slacker-keibi-feedburner-biyani-respectance/ - Main site: blog.express-press-release.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... and will announce the deal tomorrow. It sounds like Forbes got a tip as well, and a better one: theyre saying the price should be around $100 million . UGO is a popular new media site that was founded in 1997 and, according to Forbes, is generating around $30 million/year in revenue.Nokia acquires TwangoNokia and Twango today announced that Nokia has acquired substantially all assets of Twango ( http://www.twango.com/). Twango provides a comprehensive media sharing solution for organizing and sharing photos, videos and other personal media. By acquiring Twango, Nokia will be able to offer people an easy way to share multimedia content through their desktop and mobile devices.HP Acquires Opsware For $1.6 billionHP has acquired IT Automation company Opsware for $1.6 billion. Whilst any acquisition of this size is interesting in itself, the back story to Opsware is even more so; Opsware was originally LoudCloud, a Web 1.0 company that took $350 million in funding during the Web 1.0 boom.Cfares Raises $4.5M & Offers New Comparison ToolsCfares , the airfare search tool, has announced a round $4.5 million of venture capital and has appointed a few new members to its team. The round was led by Claremont Creek Ventures, with previous investor Garage Technology Ventures partnering as well.Google Acquires Image America for Aerial Imaging TechGoogles acquisition spree continued today with the announcement that theyve purchased Image America , a company that builds high resolution cameras for the collection of aerial imagery . The Clayton, MO-based company... }

2.00

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Found in context: { ... GuildCafe has raised an undisclosed amount of venture capital funding from IDG Ventures Boston. The service that enables groups to build websites for gamers to find friends and new game content launched late last year, and has done well to create a hub for people that are heavily involved with MMORPGs like World of Warecraft, Guild Wars and Lord of the Rings Online. Users can connect with each other through their gaming avatars and form groups (guilds) that can move between virtual worlds together.AOL Gets Its Ad NetworkWe hear that AOL will announce the acquisition of New York-based Tacoda this morning, a behavior targeting advertising company that was founded in 2001. The deal size, which we haven’t had confirmed, is likely far smaller than Microsoft’s $6 billion for aQuantive , Yahoo’s $680 million for RightMedia , or Google’s $3.1 billion for DoubleClick . The price might be low enough that it isn’t being disclosed at all.... }

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Found in context: { ... Technology, Inc. See our initial review of ThisNext here . This round of funding will go directly towards an extension prior to the companys Series B funding in the fall, giving ThisNext a better position to boost valuation in preparation of raising additional funds.MeetMoi Gets $1.5M in FundingMeetMoi , the mobile dating site , has raised $1.5 million in funding in its first round of financing .The funding was provided by Acadia Woods Partners. MeetMoi is a service that operates in a similar manner to Dodgeball or Rabble , where you can find someone in your local proximity to meet up with you right now. But with MeetMoi, you can find a date, not just an existing friend.Amazon May Be Looking To Acquire NetflixNetflix stock jumped up 5.66% today on rumors that the company may be in acquisition talks with by Amazon. The funny thing about public company rumors: when they affect stock prices, it becomes AP-reported news FameCast Raises $4.5M in FundingFameCast , the online talent show , has raised $4.5 million in funding from Austin Ventures. FameCast hands out $10,000 in cash prizes to the winner of each of its twelve stage contests, spanning art genres such as spoken word, animation, and stand-up comedy, along with the expected music categories for Pop, Country , R&B, etc. Contestants submit videos of their work to their respected stage. Users vote for who they like best, and the contests last for an entire season. FameCasts recent funding will go towards expanding its marketing efforts in the U.S. and around the world.PeakStream Trail Leads... }

Added: June 16, 2007, 2:51 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/search/label/Netflix - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Added: May 17, 2007, 3:33 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/May/Flektor.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... for an undisclosed amount. Corkd has a reported 20,000 members, and provides a space for you to rate and review wines youve tasted. You can make a wine wish list of sorts, and track those youd like to try as well as purchase.Swedish Game Site Power Challenge Raises $8 Million From Benchmark CapitalBenchmark Capital put $8 million to work with Swedish game site Power Challenge , the company will announce today. Power Challenge is a rich Internet application - a game that runs in java and plays very much like a video game . Users build and customize their teams and play against others for points and status. The quality of game play is high and is designed to push the boundaries between traditional PC gaming and online gaming.Amazon Acquires dpreview.comAmazon have announced the acquisition of the digital camera information and review site dpreview.com . UK based dpreview.com was founded in 1998 by Phil Askey as a site that publishes unbiased reviews and original content regarding the latest in digital cameras , and offers a host of features and forums designed to make it easy for consumers to find the camera thats right for them.Labels: Corkd, dpreview.com, Feedcrier.com, Kyte, PowerChallenge posted by NextNetBlogger at 12:15 PM 0 Comments: Post a Comment Links to this post: See links to this post ... }

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Found in context: { ... Web 2.0 News Commentful Acquired by BlogfluxRemember Commentful, the service that tracks your comments across multiple sites? They've been acquired by the blog tools provider Blogflux, the company told us today. The app has been rewritten and much improved, they say. The new version is at commentful.blogflux.com. The acquisition took place quietly in January. Source: http://mashable.com/2007/04/13/blogflux/ ... }

Added: April 14, 2007, 12:09 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/April/Commentful.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Discovery Acquires TreeHugger.com For $10million Discovery Communications has announced the acquisition of TreeHugger.com for what is believed to be $10 million. TreeHugger.com started as an environmentally focused blog in 2004 and grew to include forums, green guides and other related features. The site sits in the Top 20 blogs worldwide according to Technorati and is said to have 1.4 million unique visitors a month. Alexa ranks the site at 5,395. ... }

Added: August 3, 2007, 11:44 pm - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/August/TreeHugger.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... AOL Gets Its Ad Network We hear that AOL will announce the acquisition of New York-based Tacoda this morning, a behavior targeting advertising company that was founded in 2001. The deal size, which we haven't had confirmed, is likely far smaller than Microsoft's $6 billion for aQuantive , Yahoo's $680 million for RightMedia , or Google's $3.1 billion for DoubleClick . The price might be low enough that it isn't being disclosed at all. ... }

Added: July 25, 2007, 3:49 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/July/Tacoda.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Rumour: Google to buy Feedburner I have just heard from a VERY trusted source that Google is buying Feedburner in order to get into the rapidly evolving RSS Ad market. The delay in announcing the acquisition deal, I am told is solely due to the delay in closing out the DoubleClick deal. If true this deal makes a lot of sense for both parties. Today many of us predominately read blogs via our RSS readers and thus never actually visit the original blog source and/or see the sites supporting adverts. ... }

Added: May 19, 2007, 5:28 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/May/Feedburner.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... As some of you already know w2i (web2innovations.com) is keeping an internal archive of almost all funding and acquisition deals that happened over the past years on web. While we have the ambitions to report on all of them the deals are so many so that we end up only writing about some of the most interesting ones. The same is the case with Automattic when they bought Glavatar some months ago. We kept the news in our archive for quite long time trying to figure out ourselves what is the real motive behind the acquisition of Glavatar and since we came up to no particular synergy and reason we have decided today to simply write about.... }

Added: December 3, 2008, 1:24 pm - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2008/03/16/what-is-the-real-reason-automattic-bought-glavatar/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Group Acquired by LV Home About Contact Us Submit Financial NewsSubmit Press ReleaseArchivesPostRSSSearchEPR Financial News Date: Oct 20th 2008 EPR Financial News Categories: Business, Financial, Financial Services, Financial Solutions, Insurance, Investment, Personal Finance, RetirementHighway Insurance Group Acquired by LVLV=, the UK based insurance, investment and pensions group, has announced its acquisition of the Highway Insurance Group, which includes Highway Insurance and Hero Insurance Services, further expanding the fast growing general insurance division of LV=.The initial offer of 73.35p per share, which was recommended by the Highway Board, was made in August. Highway shareholders also received their interim dividend of 1.65p, payable at the start of October 2008. This gives an overall value of the entire issued share capital of Highway of 150m.Fenchurch Advisory Partners acted as exclusive financial adviser to LV while Shore Capital Stockbrokers acted as corporate broker to LV=.Mike Rogers, Group Chief Executive of LV= said: “We are pleased to have completed this deal quickly and we look forward to welcoming Highway into the LV= Group. This acquisition makes... }

Added: October 20, 2008, 9:20 am - Found in page: http://www.eprfinancialnews.com/2008/10/20/highway-insurance-group-acquired-by-lv/ - Main site: www.eprfinancialnews.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... & Business Behind the Web 2.0 Innovations HomeAboutInnovationsPost Two major acquisition deals within the online storage spacePublished in January 3rd, 2008 Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in acquisitions, Business, Draper Associates, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, EMC, IBM, Internet, Money, Public Companies, Software, Technology, Web 2.0IBM today announced it has acquired XIV, a privately-held storage technology company based in Tel Aviv, Israel.XIV, its technologies and employees, will become part of the IBM System Storage business unit of the IBM Systems and Technology Group.Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed but sources tell the price was $350M.XIVs main product Nextra is a storage system based on a grid of standard hardware components. XIV will become part of the IBM System Storage business unit of the IBM Systems and Technology Group. XIV was established in 2002 by five graduates from the 14th class of the Israeli Armys elite Talpiot program where the name XIV coming from. It’s the Roman numeral for 14. The company got only $3 million in backing thus far, making this deal a fairly huge exit for the founders.The acquisition of XIV will further strengthen the IBM infrastructure portfolio long term and put IBM in the best position to address emerging storage opportunities like Web 2.0 applications, digital archives and digital media,... }

Added: October 13, 2008, 11:14 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2008/01/03/two-major-acquisition-deals-within-the-online-storage-space/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... “This acquisition is a leap forward in our effort to redefine and significantly improve the PC experience by embedding simplicity for end users,” said Woody Hobbs, President and CEO of Phoenix Technologies. “PC 3.0 eliminates complexity and provides users with the kind of convenience they expect from their digital devices. We are bringing new benefits to the hundreds of millions of PC users globally who require built-in functionality on PCs by enabling secure and easy online access and collaboration and automated data protection to help them manage their digital lives.... }

Added: October 13, 2008, 11:01 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2008/03/27/an-israeli-sync-start-up-acquired-for-reportedly-25m/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... The acquisition expands Motricitys customer base to include 11 of the top 13 carriers in North America including AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile, Bell Mobility, Tracfone and Alltel. Motricitys managed service infrastructure powers storefronts and communities for 9 of the top 13 carriers in North America and has generated over $1 billion of gross content sales to date. Motricity now powers 5 of the top 6 carrier start screens with its mobile portal product which will support billions of page views this year alone. The transaction enhances Motricitys FuelTM platform, which is a unified suite of solutions that includes content storefront, portal, search, community and messaging services. In addition, it expands Motricitys international presence by adding offices in the U.K., Paris, and the Netherlands and leading customers throughout Europe including Virgin UK, KPN and Vodafone.... }

Added: September 12, 2008, 5:34 pm - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2008/02/14/infospace-has-sold-its-mobile-unit-for-135m-to-motricity-the-second-prepares-to-go-public/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... In October, 2004, the company changed its name to Motricity and announced the acquisition of European mobile content portal Mobile2Day.de. The Mobile2Day.de acquisition complemented Motricity’s content base of more than 60,000 applications by adding an additional 6,000 Symbian applications and localized cross-platform content for the European market while expanding our network of online mobile content storefronts. Throughout 2005, Motricity generated tremendous momentum and excitement, announcing a number of major customer and financial wins while also expanding globally and successfully entering new markets. In October 2004, Motricity closed $27 million in venture funding led by Silicon Valley-based Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV).... }

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Found in context: { ... , 2006, 1:53 pm Press Release Author = We The People Oakland, CA Industry = Law Press Release Summary = Bill and Mary Schaaf announced the launch of their new Website, following the acquisition of the Oakland, California We The People store. This announcement marks the ownership of two WTP offices in the San Francisco Bay area for the Schaafs. Press Release Body = Oakland, CA immediate release Bill and Mary Schaaf announced the launch of their new Website, following the acquisition of the Oakland, California We The People store. This announcement marks the ownership of two WTP offices in the San Francisco Bay area for the Schaafs. JD Davy, Manager for We The People Oakland, said, "We The People Oakland values its customers and is developing itself into a community resource center where business ... }

Added: August 29, 2008, 4:54 am - Found in page: http://massachusetts-press-release.com/24/The%20Oakland%20We%20The%20People%20Store%20Announces%20The%20Acquisition%20%20of%20a%20New%20Store%20and%20Launch%20Of%20Their%20New%20Website.php - Main site: massachusetts-press-release.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Added: August 22, 2008, 12:32 pm - Found in page: http://eprnetworkblog.com/2007/05/15/deal-roundup-for-may-15-kyte-feedcrier-corkd-powerchallenge-dpreview/ - Main site: eprnetworkblog.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Kyte , the online video-sharing and broadcasting website, has just announced new investors, telecommunications provider Swisscom and Holtzbrinck Ventures, which have invested in Kyte for an undisclosed amount. Swisscom and Holtzbrink Ventures is the venture capital arm of one of Germany’s most influential media companies.IMified Acquires Real-Time Feed Alerts Leader Feedcrier.comWe’re very happy to finally announce the acquisition of Feedcrier.com , the leading provider of IM based feed alerts . This one has been in the making for some time now, and we officially welcome Adam Kalsey and the Feedcrier community to IMified.... }

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Found in context: { ... A couple of weeks ago we realized the shopping patter of Live Universe is to buy failed, but over funded, start ups on the cheap and the deal we read about a few days ago makes no exception. Just over a few week ago the founders of and five engineers from VoIP services provider Jangl left for Jajah after the company failed to find a proper buyer. Following their departure, it was unclear what would happen to Jangls assets and remaining staff. Wonder no longer " Live Universe is here to help. As you may guess they bought the failed company, perhaps on the cheap too. We tried to find out what the acquisition price is, but since we found nothing neither reliable enough nor even rumors around the blogosphere about the exact price, we do assume the price tag is not much different from what the other failed start-up enjoyed in their deals with Live Universe. Call it $1M and you might be closer to the truth than you may expect.... }

Added: May 21, 2008, 12:08 pm - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2008/05/21/live-universe-acquires-yet-another-deadpooled-start-up-on-the-cheap/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... In February 2007, I received a letter from your Chairman indicating the view of the Yahoo! Board that now is not the right time from the perspective of our shareholders to enter into discussions regarding an acquisition transaction. According to that letter, the principal reason for this view was the Yahoo! Boards confidence in the potential upside if management successfully executed on a reformulated strategy based on certain operational initiatives, such as Project Panama, and a significant organizational realignment. A year has gone by, and the competitive situation has not improved.... }

Added: February 2, 2008, 9:58 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2008/02/01/yes-we-were-right-yahoo-was-seriously-undervalued-microsoft-offers-446b-for-the-company-a-62-premium-over-their-value-from-yesterday/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... CourseAdvisor.com Web 2.0 Money: The Money & Business Behind the Web 2.0 Innovations HomeAbout Web 2.0 MoneyInnovationsPost The Washington Post Company acquired CourseAdvisor.comPublished in January 31st, 2008 Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in ABS Capital Partners, acquisitions, Business, Education, Funding, Internet, Investments, Media, Money, Public Companies, Search Engines, Society, Software, TechnologyThe Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) has acquired the education site CourseAdvisor.com, which is an online lead generator serving the education industry. However, the financial details and terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.The Wakefield, MA.-based company matches up students with suitable degree or certificate-granting programs across 800 institutions. CourseAdvisor founder and CEO Greg Titus was formerly the head of online education firm Acadient. The Washington Post Company is also the owner of education services firm Kaplan, which is an educational prep service and hence the synergy to justify the acquisition. Kaplan is already among those institutions listed as a potential for match using CourseAdvisors search wizard.The company is known to have raised $12 million investment, which was the companys first institutional round of financing. The investment was led by ABS Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm focused on investing in established and profitable... }

Added: February 1, 2008, 6:02 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2008/01/31/the-washington-post-company-acquired-courseadvisorcom/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Reporters went public today on the venture capital market released from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. Total venture funding for the year were up 10.8 percent to $29.4 billion, and up 11.5 percent for the fourth quarter of 2007 to $7 billion. That makes it the fourth straight quarter where VC deals were above the $7 billion mark, and the highest yearly total since 2001.2007 was a year of steady gains for VC investing, the highest since the $40.6 billion invested in 2001 (and still well-below the $105 billion in 2000).What about the new entrants from the web 2.0 age?Facebook the most buzzed web 2.0 company seems to be rethinking the perfect time for their IPO and rumors are they are going to postpone it to at least 2009 or even 2010 if markets recover. Digg, yet another popular web site from the web 2.0 age, is trying to shop itself for months now at the $300M range but we hear no any news for potential acquisition of the social news site.... }

Added: January 23, 2008, 9:54 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2008/01/22/wall-street-plunged-but-does-it-affect-the-web-20/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Fabrik intends to not only to maintain, but accelerate the growth of the G-Tech product line, which represents a strategic part of our overall portfolio, said Mike Cordano, Fabrik CEO and co-founder. We are excited about the extension of our market position as G-Tech has done a phenomenal job developing solutions specifically for the Mac and content creation industry. Based on this success, we plan to keep G-Techs brand and identity intact, providing working capital, marketing power and resources needed to help grow the business both domestically and abroad.Roger Mabon, CEO of G-Tech, sees the acquisition as beneficial for his company as well.... }

Added: January 17, 2008, 9:36 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2008/01/16/more-deals-in-the-storage-space-fabrik-acquires-g-technology/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Other co-founders of FAST are Mr. Thomas Joseph Fussell, who was a co-founder of Fast Search & Transfer ASA and has served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors since June 1997 and was Managing Director in 2000 and Mr. Robert Napier Keith, co-founded Fast Search & Transfer ASA and has served as Executive Director since June 1997.Some people think this is a brilliant acquisition for Microsoft. Gartner says that Microsoft is struggling in this (already crowded) market. FAST is recognized as an industry-leader, along with Autonomy, Endeca, ZyLab, among others.... }

Added: January 9, 2008, 9:41 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2008/01/08/microsoft-bets-on-enterprise-search-offers-to-buy-fastno-for-12b/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... RedMonk analyst James Governor, who has blogged extensively about the business value of Jaiku competitor Twitter has some interesting thoughts on the news. Governor says he’d like to see RIM buy Twitter but thinks Yahoo! is much more likely. He says the Jaiku mobile download could be a key addition to the Google Phone kernel but fears that all the leading microblogging services will be quickly overrun with commercial messages. Perhaps that is the commercial future of the microblogging services.At the time of the deal took place Twitter was full with conversation on the acquisition, according the tracking service Twitterverse, the hottest word across Twitter in the last hour is Jaiku.... }

Added: January 7, 2008, 12:50 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2008/01/06/google-bought-jaiku-instead-of-twitter/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... & Business Behind the Web 2.0 Innovations HomeAbout Web 2.0 MoneyInnovationsPost Two major acquisition deals within the online storage spacePublished in January 3rd, 2008 Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in acquisitions, Business, Draper Associates, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, EMC, IBM, Internet, Money, Public Companies, Software, Technology, Web 2.0IBM today announced it has acquired XIV, a privately-held storage technology company based in Tel Aviv, Israel.XIV, its technologies and employees, will become part of the IBM System Storage business unit of the IBM Systems and Technology Group.Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed but sources tell the price was $350M.XIVs main product Nextra is a storage system based on a grid of standard hardware components. XIV will become part of the IBM System Storage business unit of the IBM Systems and Technology Group. XIV was established in 2002 by five graduates from the 14th class of the Israeli Armys elite Talpiot program where the name XIV coming from. It’s the Roman numeral for 14. The company got only $3 million in backing thus far, making this deal a fairly huge exit for the founders.The acquisition of XIV will further strengthen the IBM infrastructure portfolio long term and put IBM in the best position to address emerging storage opportunities like Web 2.0 applications, digital archives and digital media,... }

Added: January 4, 2008, 7:59 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2008/01/03/two-major-acquisition-deals-within-the-online-storage-space/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Nokia (NOK), the Finnish mobile phone giant with nearly a third of the global handset market, has decided to bet big on location based services (LBS), and is buying Chicago-based digital map company NAVTEQ (NVT) for $8.1 billion. That works out to about $78 a share. This is one of Nokia’s largest purchases to date — the Finnish mobile giant has a mixed track record when it comes to acquisitions. This is also the second megabillion dollar buyout in the maps (LBS) space.SAP Germany makes its biggest deal ever - acquires Business Objects for 4.8B EURO (around ~$6.8 billion)SAP, the world’s largest maker of business software, has agreed to acquire Business Objects SA for '4.8 billion euros, which was around ~$6.8 billion at the time the acquisition deal was announced. The deal is amongst the largest for 2007 alongside with Oracle’s Hyperion deal for over $3.3B and the Nokia’s Navteq for over $8B.... }

Added: January 1, 2008, 4:38 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2007/12/31/some-of-the-web%e2%80%99s-biggest-acquisition-deals-during-2007/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Under no doubt the year we will remember with the number of high-profile advertising company acquisitions for large-scale companies like DoubleClick, aQuantive, RightMedia, 24/7 Real Media, among others. Putting all acquisition deals aside, one particular funding deal deserves to be mentioned too Facebook raised $240 million from Microsoft in return of just 1.6% of its equity. The Honk Kong Billionaire Li Ka-shing later joined the club of high-caliber investors in Facebook by putting down $60M for unknown equity position.... }

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Found in context: { ... , 2007 Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in AOL, acquisitions, Advertising, Business, Cisco, Disney, Entertainment, Facebook, Funding, Games, Goldman Sachs, Google, Hewlett Packard, Hutchison Whampoa Limited, IPO, Internet, Investments, MSNBC, Marketing, Media, Microsoft, Mobile, Money, Multimedia, Music, Naspers, Nokia, Oracle, Public Companies, Retail, Ron Conway, SAP, Search Engines, Sequoia Capital, Shopping, Social Networking, Software, Technology, TomTom, Virtual Worlds, WPP Group, Web 2.0, Yahoo, eBay, eCommerce, videoAs the end of the year approaches us we would like to briefly sum up some of the webs biggest acquisition deals for the 2007, as we know them.All deals will logically be ranked by their sizes and less weight will be put on the time the deal happened through out the year. Deals from all IT industry sectors are considered and put in the list, from Web and Internet to the Mobile industry as well. The sizes criterion for a deal to make the list is to be arguably no less than $100M unless the deal is symbolic in one way or another or either of the companies involved was popular enough at the time the deal took place. Otherwise we think all deals are important, at least for its founders and investors.Under no doubt the year we will remember with the number of high-profile advertising company acquisitions for large-scale companies like DoubleClick, aQuantive, RightMedia, 24/7 Real... }

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Found in context: { ... Some analysts compared the Naspers deal with the deal of eBay for Skype in 2005 " in other words overpaying for the purpose of its own expansion. With this deal Naspers said it is going to switch focus from operations on only ad-supported Web businesses to transaction-based e-commerce services.In focusing on Internet expansion, Naspers has established a new company called MIH Internet, which operates under its Myriad International Holdings division. This makes sense for MIH to handle the acquisition of Tradus, as MIH already dabbles in emerging markets on a global scale, including M-Web and Tencent, among others.... }

Added: December 30, 2007, 9:12 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2007/12/29/naspers-acquires-yet-another-european-company-tradus/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... As a side note early this year Naspers announced voluntary delisting from NASDAQ and instead Naspers Limited Received Listing Approval for London Stock Exchange. Naspers is listed on the stock exchange in Johannesburg and up to date stock quote can be found over here: http://stocks.us.reuters.com/stocks/overview.asp?symbol=NPNJn.JWith the current acquisition Naspers is hoping to expand its instant messaging services beyond what it already owns in the sector. Naspers operates local IM/online services in Russia (Mail.ru), China (Tencent) and Thailand (M-Web/Sanook).... }

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Found in context: { ... In a recent deal SendMe Mobile, a mobile media company, has acquired a mobile social network called mbuzzy. Although financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, according to Russell Klein, SendMe’s co-founder and CEO, the two companies had been in talks to work on joint projects for almost 8 or 9 months before the acquisition. “There’s a fair amount of overlap between our tech platforms and typical user demographics,” said Klein. “And over time it became evident that the best way to partner was to join forces.”With mbuzzy.com SendMe adds community and social media capabilities to its portfolio of interconnected brands, which also includes SendMeMobile.com and SoLow.com. The acquisition further solidifies SendMe’s position as a leader in mobile content, entertainment, and now community. It is also possible that SendMes other applications are going to be integrated with mbuzzys network on some level.... }

Added: December 28, 2007, 8:45 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2007/12/27/in-a-small-acquisition-mobile-network-mbuzzy-snapped-up-by-sendme/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... We are proud to have partnered with many exceptional management teams. Our investment professionals have contributed domain expertise and operational experience to help build high-growth, market-leading companies such as Blue Nile (NILE), Brocade (BRCD), Ciena (CIEN), DoubleClick (DCLK), Informatica (INFA), Kiva Software (acquired by AOL), Openwave (OPWV), Quantum Effect Devices (acquired by PMCS), Sirocco (acquired by SCMR), and Waveset (acquired by SUNW). Some of our recent exits include the top-performing tech IPO of 2006, Riverbed Technology (RVBD), and the top enterprise software acquisition of 2006, Virsa Systems (acquired by SAP).... }

Added: December 27, 2007, 4:44 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2007/12/26/behavioral-recommendation-service-for-shoppers-raises-10-million-market-heats-up/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... in less than two years is heartening, msnbc.com operates on another scale entirely. While Newsvine may be well known in early adopter circles, we want every college student, every farmer, every weekend journalist, and every household to have their own branch on the ‘Vine. In order to spread this idea further, we could have gone out and raised a lot of money, quadrupled our staff, and gone it alone, but when one of the finest news organizations in the world is headquartered right across Lake Washington, the potential of partnering with such a great team is dramatic. We feel strongly that we can learn from the successes of their experienced team, in a way that will empower Newsvine to become the worldwide mouthpiece of the citizen journalist.”This is the MSNBC’s first acquisition in its 11-year history and is a good fit for MSNBC.com. Newsvine will report directly to the Publisher/President of MSNBC.com.Neither of the companies would disclose terms of the all-cash transaction, but deals for other social media sites have ranged as high as the $75 million that eBay was reported to have spent for StumbleUpon.com, which claims about 3 times the number of users as Newsvine.It appears as Newsvine will move to the server farms of MSNBC.com to allow for greater reliability and expansion.ReachBack in July 2007 the stat numbers were reported by the founder Mike Davidson, to be in about 1.2 million unique visitors per month and Newsvine has grown at an average rate of 46% per quarter. Newsvine community members view an average of 21 pages per day and spend an... }

Added: December 26, 2007, 8:45 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2007/12/25/msnbc-made-its-first-acquisition-in-its-11-year-history-acquired-newsvine/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... On the other hand Business Objects offers a number of online applications under the BI 2.0 banner on its Business Objects Labs Web site. Tools include BI Annotator, a tool that combines external data feeds with the structured data in a data warehouse, and BI Desktop, for creating programs or widgets that display current BI information on the desktop.Earlier this year SAP announced the acquisition of two other smaller companies an enterprise communications software developer and a buyout of an identity management applications maker.... }

Added: December 25, 2007, 2:06 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2007/12/24/sap-germany-makes-its-biggest-deal-ever-acquires-business-objects-for-48b-euro/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Business Objects is the world’s leading BI (Business Intelligence) software company. Their software helps organizations gain better insight into their business, improving decision-making and enterprise performance. Business Objects has more than 43,000 customers - including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500 - and a network of more than 3,000 partners and resellers.The acquisition, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008, is SAP’s largest acquisition so far. The deal is especially newsworthy for SAP, which has always tended to favor developing its own technology rather than acquiring it.... }

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Found in context: { ... Perhaps the fact that roughly 40 percent of Business Objects’ customers use SAP might be a natural synergy for both companies. Between them, SAP and Business Objects offer three financial consolidation products. The other 60 percent of Business Objects’ business, which deals with business-intelligence tools, is where SAP will find value, said Paul Hamerman, an enterprise applications analyst with Forrester Research.Business Objects acquisition might also be the SAPs respond to the rival Oracle which has, not too long ago, acquired business intelligence tool developer Hyperion Solutions in a $3.3 billion deal.... }

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Added: December 24, 2007, 1:32 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2007/12/23/naspers-acquired-polish-based-im-company-gadu-gadu-chit-chat/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... A couple of months ago Microsoft did an interesting move. They acquired Jellyfish.com " the Internets first buying [search] engine, as they call themselves. Simply put: online discount shopping website that shares their fees earned from the merchants when you buy from them through cash back program.Typical for how the major companies buy the price of the acquisition was not disclosed nor were more business details given. Under the terms of the deal, Jellyfish.com will maintain its standalone identity and its 26 employees will remain in Wisconsin.... }

Added: December 9, 2007, 4:31 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2007/12/08/microsoft-acquires-discount-shopping-search-jellyfish/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Buzzword is a stunning achievement in design. Of all the PC-compatible word processors available — including the desktop dinosaur Microsoft Word — Buzzword is the easiest on the eyes and has the most elegant user interface.The founders of the company will be joining Adobe as part of the deal.So, is this an employment through acquisition? It could also be a well planned, fundedand executed internal deal in the domain of the PR for Adobe in order to promote, proclaim and popularizeits new products as Adobe Flex software, Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR, all trademarks owned by Adobe Systems Incorporated.... }

Added: December 7, 2007, 1:07 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2007/12/06/adobe-systems-acquires-buzzword-a-web-based-word-processing-software/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... AllBusiness is said to generate high-quality traffic (perhaps business heavy) by publishing rich content on the Web and leverages its expertise in search engine optimization to generate higher listings of its content on each search inquiry. The company is reaching more than 2 million unique monthly visitors, and it monetizes its traffic through online display advertising by national advertisers. The AllBusiness acquisition also provides a platform to generate cross-selling opportunities for D&B products aimed at small business professionals, which is the key online market that D&B serves today.2 million uniques per month web site sells for $55M is not a bad deal after all if we offset the fact it was earlier bought for $225M in 2000. The acquisition deal is probably also including the brand name and web site maturity (launched in 1999) as well as the library of content rich articles and business information.... }

Added: December 6, 2007, 5:19 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2007/12/05/interesting-web-buy-for-dun-bradstreet-corp/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... be able to put up websites quickly and easily with Homestead. This transaction will enable Intuit to offer Web site creation and e-commerce. The cash transaction is valued at approximately $170 million, including the assumption of Homestead’s outstanding options and restricted stock units. The transaction is expected to close during the first calendar quarter of 2008 and is subject to regulatory review and other customary closing conditions. Intuit expects the acquisition to be slightly dilutive in fiscal 2008 and 2009. ... }

Added: December 1, 2007, 1:03 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/money/2007/11/29/intuit-acquires-homestead-for-170m/ - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... for around $4.95 million, which is broken down into $2.21 million in cash, and $2.74 million in common stock, to be issued later this year.The NBC and News Corp. joint venture Gets $100M in FundingThe NBC and News Corp. joint venture, which has been dubbed the YouTube Killer, has received $100 million in funding from Rhode Island-based investment firm Providence Equity Partners.Pay Per Call Company VoiceStar Acquired by MarchexPay per call advertising service VoiceStar has been acquired by local advertising company Marchex. Marchex total anticipated investment to acquire VoiceStar will be $28 million, consisting of approximately $20 million in transaction consideration and $8 million in company investment.Blockbuster Desperate To Do Something, Buys A LoserBlockbuster announced the acquisition of movie download site Movielink this evening. The price is not being disclosed (meaning it isnt material to Blockbusters shareholders), although the Wall Street Journal says it was less than $20 million.Pickle Purchased For $4.1 MillionPhoto and video-sharing site Pickle.com has been purchased by Scripps Networks for a reported $4.1 million. Scripps is the company behind many lifestyles brands like DIY, the Food Network, HGTV, and Great American Country. This is their second web purchase after Recipezaar last month.JS-Kit Closes $1.2 Million Seed RoundWeb widget provider JS-Kit has been doing a lot of growing up since starting as a simple commenting widget, founder Lev Walkins pet project in his off hours. Since then, that single widget has grown into a company... }

Added: October 17, 2007, 6:32 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/2007/10/review-of-august-2007-web-20-deals.html - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Compete has raised another round of funding at $10M in Series III funding from return backers Charles River Ventures, idealab, Split Rock Partners and William Blair Capital Partners. Compete has raised $43M since 2000.Disney Acquires Club Penguin For Up To $700 millionClub Penguin, a social network / virtual world that has been on the market for some time, was acquired by The Walt Disney Company and announced today. An earlier deal with Sony fell apart over valuation and Club Penguins policy of donating a substantial portion of profits to charity. The company, which launched in October 2005, has 700,000 current paid subscribers and 12 million activated users, primarily in the U.S. and Canada.Discovery Acquires TreeHugger.com For $10millionDiscovery Communications has announced the acquisition of TreeHugger.com for what is believed to be $10 million. TreeHugger.com started as an environmentally focused blog in 2004 and grew to include forums, green guides and other related features. The site sits in the Top 20 blogs worldwide according to Technorati and is said to have 1.4 million unique visitors a month. Alexa ranks the site at 5,395.PayScale Gets $10.3M in Series C Round of FundingPayScale is an online service that lets you know how you compare to others that do the same job as you. Its just raised another $1.5 million in a Series C round of funding, led by SAP Ventures. This closes the round at $10.3 million. Previous investors include Allen & Co., Corporate Executive Board, Trinity Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, Fluke Venture Partners and Buerk Dale... }

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Found in context: { ... Yahoo Acquires Zimbra For $350 million in Cash Yahoo will announce the acquisition of open source online/offline office suite Zimbra this evening, we just heard through a very solid source. The price: $350 million, in cash, confirmed. Our coverage of Zimbra goes back to 2005. They gained wide exposure at the 2005 Web 2.0 Conference. Recently they launched offline functionality. ... }

Added: September 26, 2007, 5:48 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/September/Zimbra.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Club Penguin, a social network/ virtual worldthat has been on the market for some time, was acquiredby The Walt Disney Company and announced today. An earlier deal with Sony fell apart over valuation and Club Penguin’s policy of donating a substantial portion of profits to charity. The company, which launched in October 2005, has 700,000 current paid subscribers and 12 million activated users, primarily in the U.S. and Canada.Discovery Acquires TreeHugger.com For $10millionDiscovery Communications has announced the acquisitionof TreeHugger.comfor what is believed to be $10 million. TreeHugger.com started as an environmentally focused blog in 2004 and grew to include forums, green guidesand other related features. The site sits in the Top 20 blogs worldwide according to Technorati and is said to have 1.4 million unique visitors a month. Alexa ranks the site at 5,395.... }

Added: September 11, 2007, 5:57 am - Found in page: http://blog.express-press-release.com/2007/09/05/deal-roundup-for-august-2007-curse-vringo-payscale-treehugger-clubpenguin-compete-proxicom-accoona-decisionview-streetline-minekey-ezrez-infact-kaboodle-dailymotion-and-more/ - Main site: blog.express-press-release.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Pay per calladvertising service VoiceStarhas been acquired by local advertising company Marchex. Marchex total anticipated investment to acquireVoiceStar will be $28 million, consisting of approximately $20 million in transaction consideration and $8 million in company investment.Blockbuster Desperate To Do Something, Buys A LoserBlockbuster announced the acquisitionof movie download site Movielinkthis evening. The price is not being disclosed (meaning it isn’t ‘material’ to Blockbuster’s shareholders), although the Wall Street Journal saysit was less than $20 million.... }

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Found in context: { ... taken $1.5 million in a series A funding in a round led by Solid Ventures and Big Bang Ventures. The site also launches officially today, and says it has taken funding at a pre-user stage.GuildCafe Raises Funding for MMORPG NetworkGuildCafe has raised an undisclosed amount of venture capital funding from IDG Ventures Boston. The service that enables groups to build websites for gamers to find friends and new game content launched late last year, and has done well to create a hub for people that are heavily involved with MMORPGs like World of Warecraft, Guild Wars and Lord of the Rings Online. Users can connect with each other through their gaming avatars and form groups (guilds) that can move between virtual worlds together.AOL Gets Its Ad NetworkWe hear that AOL will announce the acquisition of New York-based Tacoda this morning, a behavior targeting advertising company that was founded in 2001. The deal size, which we havent had confirmed, is likely far smaller than Microsofts $6 billion for aQuantive , Yahoos $680 million for RightMedia , or Googles $3.1 billion for DoubleClick . The price might be low enough that it isnt being disclosed at all.UGO Acquired By Hearst, Should Be Announced TodayWe got a tip earlier this evening that Hearst acquired New-York based UGO and will announce the deal tomorrow. It sounds like Forbes got a tip as well, and a better one: theyre saying the price should be around $100 million . UGO is a popular new media site that was founded in 1997 and, according to Forbes, is generating around $30 million/year in... }

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Found in context: { ... Cfares , the airfare search tool, has announced a round $4.5 million of venture capital and has appointed a few new members to its team. The round was led by Claremont Creek Ventures, with previous investor Garage Technology Ventures partnering as well.Google Acquires Image America for Aerial Imaging TechGoogle’s acquisition spree continued today with the announcement that they’ve purchased Image America , a company that builds ‘high resolution cameras for the collection of aerial imagery ‘. The Clayton, MO-based company provided high resolution black and white imagery of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and supplied imagery to Google Maps and Google Earth.... }

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Found in context: { ... San Francisco-based social network hi5 has taken $20 million in funding in a round led by Mohr Davidow Ventures. The site reports 30 million members and 200 million pageviews/day, making it one of the largest players. So why the lack of hype?FaceBook’s First acquisition: ParakeyTheir first acquisition : Facebook has bought Parakey , the yet-to-launch ‘ web operating system ‘ created by Firefox co-founders Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt. The price isn’t being disclosed, but Facebook should be issuing a press release this afternoon.... }

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Found in context: { ... Google Acquires Image America for Aerial Imaging Tech Google's acquisition spree continued today with the announcement that they've purchased Image America, a company that builds 'high resolution cameras for the collection of aerial imagery'. The Clayton, MO-based company provided high resolution black and white imagery of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and supplied imagery to Google Maps and Google Earth. ... }

Added: July 24, 2007, 2:51 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/July/Image-America.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... FaceBook's First acquisition: Parakey Their first acquisition: Facebook has bought Parakey, the yet-to-launch 'web operating system' created by Firefox co-founders Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt. The price isn't being disclosed, but Facebook should be issuing a press release this afternoon. Source: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/ ... }

Added: July 21, 2007, 5:00 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/July/Parakey.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Google To Acquire GrandCentral Google is in acquisition discussions with telephone management startup GrandCentral, we've learned, and we have a high degree of confidence that the deal has actually been closed. We are trying to nail down the acquisition price. Source: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/24/google-to-acquire-grand-central-for-50-million/ ... }

Added: June 26, 2007, 3:49 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/June/GrandCentral.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... MeetMoi , the mobile dating site , has raised $1.5 million in funding in its first round of financing .The funding was provided by Acadia Woods Partners. MeetMoi is a service that operates in a similar manner to Dodgeball or Rabble , where you can find someone in your local proximity to meet up with you right now. But with MeetMoi, you can find a date, not just an existing friend.Amazon May Be Looking To Acquire NetflixNetflix stock jumped up 5.66% today on rumors that the company may be in acquisition talks with by Amazon. The funny thing about public company rumors: when they affect stock prices, it becomes AP-reported news… ... }

Added: June 8, 2007, 5:54 am - Found in page: http://blog.express-press-release.com/2007/06/07/deal-roundup-for-june-7-netflix-meetmoi-thisnext-ticketreserve/ - Main site: blog.express-press-release.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Amazon May Be Looking To Acquire Netflix Netflix stock jumped up 5.66% today on rumors that the company may be in acquisition talks with by Amazon. The funny thing about public company rumors: when they affect stock prices, it becomes AP-reported news... Source: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/06/amazon-may-be-looking-to-acquire-netflix/ ... }

Added: June 8, 2007, 2:50 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/June/Netflix.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... It's Official: Google Buys Feedburner Last week's rumored acquisition of Feedburner by Google has been confirmed. Feedburner CEO Dick Costolo announced the acquisition with his usual flare and humor proclaiming, 'FeedBurner has been acquired by Google. The local weather forecast calls for general euphoria with intermittent periods of off-the-rails delight.' ... }

Added: June 3, 2007, 12:28 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/June/Feedburner.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Facebook Platform: The Road to IPO? This week the Wall Street journal published an excellent piece on the upcoming Facebook Platform, which Josh also covered for Read/WriteWeb. The WSJ article outlined a Facebook platform that will allow companies to offer their products and services to Facebook users, enabling them to tap into Facebook's large network. With widgets (which can plug into networks like Facebook) getting more popular, this is welcome news to many startups - and probably e-commerce giants too. If the rumors are true, this hot startup has decided to fight off the billion dollar acquisition offers and make a run for the holy grail of the (still recovering) tech world - the IPO.... }

Added: May 24, 2007, 3:02 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/May/Facebook.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Confirmed: CBS Acquires WallstripWallstrip founder Howard Lindzon confirmed the deal on his blog on Monday - presenter Lindsay Campbell and producers Adam Elend and Jeff Marks will become full-time employees of CBS, says Gigaom . The show had raised $600,000 from angels and friends, including Fred Wilson and Brad Feld. Its a great exit for Wallstrip, and may give hope to other videoblogs that want to make the leap.Second Life Acquires Winward Mark for More Realistic Game PlayLinden Lab, parent company of Second Life , announced today its acquisition of graphics technology from Windward Mark Interactive, for an undisclosed amount. From the deal, Linden Lab will acquire WindLight, an atmospheric-rendering technology , Nimble, a 3D cloud simulator , and associated intellectual property and interests.... }

Added: May 23, 2007, 7:30 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/2007/05/deals-within-web-20-sector-for-may-17_22.html - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Wallstrip founder Howard Lindzon confirmed the deal on his blog on Monday - presenter Lindsay Campbell and producers Adam Elend and Jeff Marks will become full-time employees of CBS, says Gigaom . The show had raised $600,000 from angels and friends, including Fred Wilson and Brad Feld. It’s a great exit for Wallstrip, and may give hope to other videoblogs that want to make the leap.Second Life Acquires Winward Mark for More Realistic Game Play Linden Lab, parent company of Second Life , announced today its acquisition of graphics technology from Windward Mark Interactive, for an undisclosed amount. From the deal, Linden Lab will acquire WindLight, an atmospheric-rendering technology , Nimble, a 3D cloud simulator , and associated intellectual property and interests.... }

Added: May 23, 2007, 5:07 am - Found in page: http://blog.express-press-release.com/2007/05/22/deal-roundup-for-may-22-clupedia-wallstrip-winward-mark-world-hum/ - Main site: blog.express-press-release.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Rumour: Google to buy FeedburnerI have just heard from a VERY trusted source that Google is buying Feedburner in order to get into the rapidly evolving RSS Ad market. The delay in announcing the acquisition deal, I am told is solely due to the delay in closing out the DoubleClick deal. If true this deal makes a lot of sense for both parties. Today many of us predominately read blogs via our RSS readers and thus never actually visit the original blog source and/or see the sites supporting adverts. ... }

Added: May 19, 2007, 8:25 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/2007/05/deals-within-web-20-sector-for-may-17.html - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Rumour: Google to buy FeedburnerI have just heard from a VERY trusted source that Google is buying Feedburner in order to get into the rapidly evolving RSS Ad market. The delay in announcing the acquisition deal, I am told is solely due to the delay in closing out the DoubleClick deal. If true this deal makes a lot of sense for both parties. Today many of us predominately read blogs via our RSS readers and thus never actually visit the original blog source and/or see the sites supporting adverts. ... }

Added: May 19, 2007, 6:06 am - Found in page: http://blog.express-press-release.com/2007/05/18/deal-roundup-for-may-18-feedburner-aquantive-kokua-fabrik/ - Main site: blog.express-press-release.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... IMified Acquires Real-Time Feed Alerts Leader Feedcrier.com W e're very happy to finally announce the acquisition of Feedcrier.com, the leading provider of IM based feed alerts. This one has been in the making for some time now, and we officially welcome Adam Kalsey and the Feedcrier community to IMified. Source: http://blog.imified.com/index.php/2007/05/14/imified-acquires-real-time-feed-alerts-leader-feedcriercom/ ... }

Added: May 16, 2007, 1:37 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/May/Feedcrier.com.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Photobucket goes to Myspace (Acquired) Like a squabbling couple finally realizing they can't live without eachother -- or a parasite fusing with its host -- Photobucket has concluded terms of a sale to Myspace, News Corporation's social network. The photo sharing service, which had a quarrelsome but symbiotic relationship with Myspace, may announce the deal as early as this morning. After final negotiations at the end of last week, Photobucket has called an all-hands staff meeting for 10am PST this morning. We don't have the financial details of the acquisition, but Photobucket, and its bankers Lehman Brothers, were looking for at least $300m. ... }

Added: May 8, 2007, 7:42 am - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/May/Photobucket.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... The NY Post has the exclusive story this morning: Microsoft has once again approached Yahoo!, asking the Sunnyvale based search portal and content destination to come to the table and negotiate a friendly takeover by Microsoft. The same report values Yahoo! at $50 billion; the interest by Microsoft is said to be serious to the point that world renowned bankers Goldman Sachs are advising Microsoft on the deal.MASSIVE: Microsoft May Acquire Yahoo for $50 BillionThis deal will be huge if it goes ahead: Microsoft has reacted to Googles purchase of DoubleClick by stepping up talks with Yahoo about a possible acquisition/merger. Estimated pricetag for Yahoo? $50 billion.... }

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Found in context: { ... eBay Acquiring StumbleUpon High-flying startup StumbleUpon has been rumored to be in acquisition discussions since at least last November. Recently we've heard that talks have heated up again, with Google, AOL and eBay as potential suitors. A source with knowledge of the deal now says the company has signed a term sheet with eBay to be acquired. The price is somewhere between $40 - $75 million. (update: GigaOm is now reporting the price at a $40 - $45 million). ... }

Added: April 19, 2007, 11:22 pm - Found in page: http://web2innovations.com/news/2007/April/StumbleUpon.php - Main site: web2innovations.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Congrats to the NYTimes for scooping the story that Google is proceeding with its rumored acquisition of ad network DoubleClick. The price was $3.1 billion, making this by far Google’s biggest acquisition to date - the YouTube buy looks small by comparison. Also note that this was in cash, while the YouTube deal was stock. It’s a major, major loss for Microsoft, which is now going to fall even further behind in the ad game at a time when software and “old media” content is moving online in ad-supported form.... }

Added: April 15, 2007, 12:57 am - Found in page: http://blog.express-press-release.com/2007/04/14/doubleclick-acquired-by-google-for-31-billion-in-cash/ - Main site: blog.express-press-release.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... MaxPreps is the leader in serving millions of participants who are passionate about high school sports,” Bedol said. “From the professional sports covered by CBS Sports and CBS Sportsline to the collegiate athletics covered by CSTV, this acquisition expands CBS’s portfolio of sports programming and brings a spirited community of athletes and a highlydesirable demographic into our reach. The company is a terrific complement to CSTV’s local and regional assets. At the same time, its content will help make CBS’s local television stations and web sites the “go-to” place for local sports content in communities across the country.”“Sports fans and participants are among the greatest beneficiaries of the advancements in video delivery technology,” Bedol continued. “Athletes, their families and members of their communities can now experience personalized sports programming, following the teams and games they care most about. What’s more, our affiliate partners will benefit from the avail... }

Added: March 22, 2007, 2:20 am - Found in page: http://blog.express-press-release.com/2007/03/21/cbs-corporation-acquires-maxpreps-the-leading-nationwide-high-school-sports-network-online/ - Main site: blog.express-press-release.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Fox Interactive Media (FIM), a division of News Corp (NYSE: NWS), announced today that it has completed the acquisition of interactive advertising technology company, Strategic Data Corporation (SDC). SDC's advanced, proprietary technology is designed to optimize the delivery of online advertising. SDC’s technology will enable FIM to deliver highly-targeted graphical performance-based advertising on literally billions of Web pages viewed each day across its growing network. Fox Interactive Media, which spans MySpace, IGN, Direct2Drive, AmericanIdol.com, AskMen.com and more, is among the most visited networks on the Internet with more than 135 million ... }

Added: February 24, 2007, 2:16 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/search/label/News%20Corp. - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Hyper-targeted Ad Serving to RealityFox Interactive Media (FIM), a division of News Corp (NYSE: NWS), announced today that it has completed the acquisition of interactive advertising technology company, Strategic Data Corporation (SDC). SDC's advanced, proprietary technology is designed to optimize the delivery of online advertising. SDC’s technology will enable FIM to deliver highly-... }

Added: February 24, 2007, 2:14 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/search/label/Hyper-targeted%20Ad%20Serving - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Added: February 24, 2007, 2:12 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/search/label/Fox%20Interactive%20Media - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Added: February 24, 2007, 2:11 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/search/label/FIM - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... completed the acquisition of interactive advertising technology company, Strategic Data Corporation (SDC). SDC's advanced, proprietary technology is designed to optimize the delivery of online advertising. SDC’s technology will enable FIM to deliver highly-targeted graphical performance-based advertising on literally billions of Web pages viewed each day across its growing network. Fox Interactive Media, which spans MySpace, IGN, Direct2Drive, AmericanIdol.com, AskMen.com and more, is among the most visited networks on the Internet with more than 135 million ... }

Added: February 24, 2007, 2:10 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/search/label/advertising - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... division of News Corp (NYSE: NWS), announced today that it has completed the acquisition of interactive advertising technology company, Strategic Data Corporation (SDC). SDC's advanced, proprietary technology is designed to optimize the delivery of online advertising. SDC’s technology will enable FIM to deliver highly-targeted graphical performance-based advertising on literally billions of Web pages viewed each day across its growing network. Fox Interactive Media, which spans MySpace, IGN, Direct2Drive, AmericanIdol.com, AskMen.com and more, is among the most visited networks on the Internet with more than 135 million worldwide unique visitors each month and is the number one most viewed network in the U.S. with over 40 billion pages viewed each month.... }

Added: February 24, 2007, 2:08 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/search/label/Ad%20Serving - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Enhanced Media Network to Bring Hyper-targeted Ad Serving to RealityFox Interactive Media (FIM), a division of News Corp (NYSE: NWS), announced today that it has completed the acquisition of interactive advertising technology company, Strategic Data Corporation (SDC). SDC's advanced, proprietary technology is designed to optimize the delivery of online advertising. SDC’s technology will enable FIM to deliver highly-targeted graphical performance-based advertising on literally billions of Web pages viewed each day across its growing network. Fox Interactive Media, which spans MySpace, IGN, Direct2Drive, AmericanIdol.com, AskMen.com and more, is among the most visited networks on the Internet with more than 135 million worldwide unique visitors each month and is the number one most viewed network in the U.S. with over 40 billion pages viewed each month.More...Labels: ACQUIRES, Ad Serving, advertising, FIM, Fox Interactive Media, Hyper-targeted Ad Serving, News Corp.... }

Added: February 24, 2007, 2:07 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/search/label/ACQUIRES - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... FOX ACQUIRES STRATEGIC DATA CORPORATIONFOX INTERACTIVE MEDIA ACQUIRES INTERACTIVE ADVERTISING TECHNOLOGY COMPANY STRATEGIC DATA CORPORATIONEnhanced Media Network to Bring Hyper-targeted Ad Serving to RealityFox Interactive Media (FIM), a division of News Corp (NYSE: NWS), announced today that it has completed the acquisition of interactive advertising technology company, Strategic Data Corporation (SDC). SDC's advanced, proprietary technology is designed to optimize the delivery of online advertising. SDC’s technology will enable FIM to deliver highly-targeted graphical performance-based advertising on literally billions of Web pages viewed each day across its growing network. Fox Interactive Media, which spans MySpace, IGN, Direct2Drive, AmericanIdol.com, AskMen.com and more, is among the most visited networks on the Internet with more than 135 million worldwide unique visitors each month and is the number one most viewed network in the U.S. with over 40 billion pages vi... }

Added: February 24, 2007, 2:05 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/2007/02/fox-acquires-strategic-data-corporation.html - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... eBay Bought StubHub For $310 millioneBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) today announced it has agreed to acquire privately held StubHub, a leading online marketplace for the resale of event tickets.The acquisition will enable eBay to expand its presence and offering in the online tickets segment, while allowing StubHub to continue to scale its business with the e-commerce expertise and resources of eBay."StubHub has been extremely successful in the online tickets segment, and it's a perfect complement to eBay's tickets business," said Bill Cobb, president, eBay North America Marketplaces. "Together we can strengthen both businesses and provide fans with more choice and better service."More from their official press release... }

Added: January 15, 2007, 2:32 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/2007/01/ebay-bought-stubhub-for-310-million.html - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Google Acquires EndoxonGoogle announced the acquisition of part of a business called Endoxon, an Internet mapping company located in Switzerland. This deal looks like it’s part technology and part team. Cash daily says something about 35M CHF.Fact: Endoxon had AJAX maps long before Google Maps.Some experts guess that Google wants to get rid of DeCarta’s technology (www.decarta.com) who currently provides mapping, routing & local geo-search for Google Maps & Earth. With Endoxon, they will actually own the technology to do this in-house without having to pay usage fees to DeCarta.Either way, this shows that Google is getting more serious in local search & mapping.... }

Added: December 20, 2006, 6:12 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/2006/12/google-acquires-endoxon.html - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... Wikia Acquired ArmchairGM for $2 millionWikia will announce the acquisition of ArmchairGM sometime this week, according to a source close to the transaction. The company was bought for $2 million in cash and Wikia stock. As expressed by many experts it looks like hire-through-acquisition deal...More plus comments at TC...... }

Added: December 6, 2006, 1:56 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/2006/12/wikia-acquired-armchairgm-for-2.html - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Found in context: { ... BubbleShare bought by News CorpToday Techcrunch reported that the Toronto-based photo sharing site BubbleShare, which they’ve followed since its December 2005 launch, has been involved in aquisition talks with News Corp., the parent company to MySpace, according to a source close to the deal. News Corp. would not comment on the rumor.Techcrunch held off on reporting this as in their understanding the deal is not yet finalized, but rumors of the possible acquisition popped up on blogs earlier today.The deal is rumored to be south of $5 million, which is in line with other recent online acquisitions by News Corp., including NewRoo and Ksolo.Original story...... }

Added: November 15, 2006, 7:01 am - Found in page: http://nextnetnews.blogspot.com/2006/11/bubbleshare-bought-by-news-corp.html - Main site: nextnetnews.blogspot.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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Added: November 5, 2006, 3:48 am - Found in page: http://www.linkedwords.com/business/small-business/merger-and-acquisition/acquisition.php - Main site: www.linkedwords.com - Similar pages: strategic acquisitions, social media acquisition, mergers and acquisitions company

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