Mergers & Acquisitions
Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 12, 2010 4:24 AM
Twitter client HootSuite, which recently raised $1.9 million in funding, has now made an acquisition, buying up Android app developer Swift App. HootSuite says that Swift App was behind the development of HootSuite’s own Android app, which was released last week. The company says the acquisition “means quicker development for…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 11, 2010 2:10 PM
Paul Allen-backed semantic web startup Evri is buying Twine.com parent Radar Networks—which lets its users create pages (“twines”) on specific topics, like a type of food or art, and then connect with others who share that interest. Allen’s Vulcan Capital is the lead investor in both firms, which have been…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 10, 2010 6:12 PM
Google’s proposed (and now delayed) acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob appears to be drawing even more regulatory scrutiny from the FTC. Bloomberg cites sources who say that regulators now want “sworn declarations” from Google (NSDQ: GOOG) competitors about the $750 million deal. The key sentence in the Bloomberg report…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 10, 2010 4:00 PM
Two small—but noteworthy—acquisitions for Thing Labs, the company behind Facebook and Twitter web client Brizzly: Thing Labs has purchased Wikirank, a tool that let users visualize and compare the most popular topics on Wikipedia, and is also announcing the purchase of Twitter iPhone client Birdfeed. Thing Labs has added some…
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David Kaplan
Mar 8, 2010 12:41 PM
B2b publisher TechTarget has bought business data site ebizQ.net. Terms weren’t disclose. This is Newton, MA-based TechTarget’s second acquisition in little more than a month. A few weeks ago, Mike Laverick sold his virtual server training blog RTFM-ed.co.uk to TechTarget.
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Tricia Duryee
Mar 8, 2010 12:24 PM
Big In Japan, the company responsible for the popular ShopSavvy barcode-scanning app for Android and iPhone, has acquired Snappr. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition revives Snappr after it shut down in late 2009, reports TechCrunch, which broke the news of the acquisition. Big in Japan has…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 5, 2010 6:25 PM
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) celebrated its 15th birthday this week with cupcakes for reporters, a Collective Soul concert for its staff, and several high-profile media and tech conference appearances for its CEO. But the company also hinted about some things it might buy for itself. At least twice this week, CEO…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 5, 2010 2:01 PM
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has made its tenth acquisition in eight months, buying up DocVerse, a startup that lets users collaborate on Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Office documents online. The WSJ puts the purchase price at $25 million. DocVerse’s plug-in adds features standard to Google’s own Docs to Office—like real-time editing and…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 4, 2010 2:20 AM
Atex, which provides software systems to media firms, has purchased a majority stake in classifieds site Kaango. Atex is buying the stake from MediaNews and Hearst Corp., which paid $20 million for 80 percent of Kaango in November 2007. Both companies will retain a minority stake in Kaango, which powers…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 3, 2010 4:23 PM
Former MySpace (NYSE: NWS) CEO Chris DeWolfe—who left MySpace last April—is back in the social media space via the acquisition of social games portal MindJolt. DeWolfe is partnering with fellow MySpace co-founders Colin Digiaro and Aber Whitcomb, along with VC firm Austin Ventures, to buy the company. He’ll also join…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 3, 2010 3:30 PM
Playdom, which said it would use some of its recent $43 million funding round for acquisitions, is following through on that pledge. The social gaming company is buying up Offbeat Creations, the developer of several Facebook titles, including dice game Super Farkle, which has more than one million users. Super…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 3, 2010 12:45 PM
Arkayne, which makes a plug-in designed to automatically add related links to web pages, has raised $1 million in an angel round. The plug-in scans all of the posts on a website in order to automatically suggest related items that a visitor should read. A version for bloggers with “moderate…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 2, 2010 5:50 PM
PE firm Grant Great Hill Partners, which might be best known for buying (and then selling) IGN, wants to take online dating company Spark Networks private. Great Hill, which bought a minority stake in Spark Networks in late 2005 and now owns about a quarter of the company’s stock, is…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 2, 2010 2:00 PM
A notable exchange during Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz’s rather rowdy appearance on CNBC’s Power Lunch today. Moderator: “Is Yahoo better off as a trinket on someone else’s charm bracelet?” Bartz: “A trinket? What are you saying? Yahoo isn’t a trinket. Yahoo is the bracelet.” Moderator: “Would you get…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 2, 2010 1:00 PM
Sony (NYSE: SNE) is buying up the developer of LittleBigPlanet, a top seller on its PlayStation3 and PSP. Sony says in a blog post that the deal to acquire parent Media Molecule will “enhance (its) talent pool, protect past and current investment and ensure a solid base for future investment.”…
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Multichannel
Mar 2, 2010 12:50 PM
Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) has become the sole owner of interactive program guide firm GuideWorks, as Rovi announced Monday that it has exited the joint venture with the operator. Meanwhile, Rovi said it also expanded its relationship with the nation’s largest cable operator to include enhanced entertainment metadata products as well…
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Rafat Ali
Mar 2, 2010 11:05 AM
Indianapolis e-mail marketing firm ExactTarget, sitting rich on a huge $70 million funding it did mid last year, has made its first move beyond e-mail, so to speak: it has acquired enterprise Twitter client CoTweet, for an undisclosed sum, according to separate notes posted on CoTweet’s and ExactTarget’s company blogs.…
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Rafat Ali
Mar 2, 2010 10:12 AM
AOL’s 2009 was eventful, to say the least: a new CEO, its spinoff, and a major restructuring and downsizing exercise were among the few of them. And it reflects in the numbers that have come out in its annual 10K report, filed this morning with SEC. —AOL’s restructuring in 2009:…
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David Kaplan
Mar 2, 2010 9:31 AM
As expected, Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) has bought the remaining 50 percent stake in personal finance mag SmartMoney from Hearst. The financial terms weren’t disclosed. In addition to the magazine, Dow Jones will own 100 percent of the related website along with the SmartMoney Custom Solutions unit. In a statement,…
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Rafat Ali
Mar 1, 2010 11:06 PM
Late last year when Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) finally announced the sale of its UK utility comparison shopping site uSwitch, we knew it was for a lowball price, and we guessed around $50 million, three years after it bought the site for $366 million. Turns out Forward Internet Group,…
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