Update: Clear Channel announced that it is the media company buying the cloud-based music subscription service Thumbplay Music — a deal tha… Read More »
CBS (NYSE: CBS) Radio-backed TargetSpot, which bills itself as the biggest digital audio ad network, has raised $8 million in its latest rou… Read More »
Edgar Online Gets $12 Million Funding From Bain Capital
By Rafat Ali
Jan. 29, 2010, 7:06pm
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Edgar Online (NSDQ: EDGR), the publicly traded financial information service which we first reported was out there raising money since Augus… Read More »
The sale process of Reed Business is in its final stages, as one of the two bidders left in the fray, Texas Pacific Group/DLJ combo, has dro… Read More »
Huawei Cancels Auction For Its Mobile-Devices Unit; Cites Economy
By Tricia Duryee
Oct. 9, 2008, 9:47pm
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China’s Huawei Technologies is canceling the sale of a major stake in its mobile-devices unit after only two bidders submitted offers, the W… Read More »
Huawei Receives Formal Bids For Mobile Device Unit
By Tricia Duryee
Oct. 1, 2008, 10:51pm
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The mobile device unit of China’s Huawei Technologies has received offers from private-equity firms Bain Capital Partners and Silver Lake Pa… Read More »
Video Chatter TokBox Raises $10 Million Second Round
By Joseph Weisenthal
Aug. 7, 2008, 9:30pm
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TokBox, the provider of a simple video chatting service, has raised a $10 million second round led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participat… Read More »
Deal Done: Weather Channel Sold To NBCU and Bain/Blackstone Combo
By Rafat Ali
Jul. 7, 2008, 12:53am
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The Weather Channel deal is finally done, and announced on a lazy, bright and clear July 4th weekend Sunday: Landmark Communications has agr… Read More »
Bain: LinkedIn Will Be Public In Three Years
By Joseph Weisenthal
Jun. 19, 2008, 12:56am
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LinkedIn is getting a lot of media attention following the big raise it announced last night… speaking on CNBC, Jeff Glass, partner at Bai… Read More »
LinkedIn Raised Its Big Round; $53 Million From Bain and Others; $1 Billion Valuation
By Rafat Ali
Jun. 18, 2008, 5:44am
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LinkedIn has closed its big round, which it had been working on for a while now in the midst of fielding some acquisition offers from strate… Read More »
It’s Official: Clear Channel, Banks, Buyers Agree On Deal At $36 Per Share
By Joseph Weisenthal
May. 14, 2008, 3:08pm
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After two days worth of reports, Clear Channel (NYSE: CCU) confirmed late last night that it, its private equity buyers (Bain and Thomas H.… Read More »
Clear Channel Buyout: Banks Offer Binding Arbitration; PE Buyers Reject
By Joseph Weisenthal
Apr. 22, 2008, 10:46pm
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The acquisition of Clear Channel (NYSE: CCU) by two private equity firms, Thomas H. Lee and Bain Capital Partners, continues to play out in… Read More »
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By Joseph Weisenthal
Mar. 27, 2008, 4:23pm
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That was quick: A Judge in Bexar County, TX has granted a temporary restraining order against the banks funding the Clear Channel (NYSE: CCU… Read More »
By Joseph Weisenthal
Mar. 27, 2008, 2:24am
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Looks like the banks financing the Clear Channel (NYSE: CCU) sale definitely want to walk. Last night reports emerged that the deal was on t… Read More »
Whispers that Clear Channel’s (NYSE: CCU) $19 billion sale to two private equity firms is on the rocks have been growing louder in recent we… Read More »
By David Kaplan
Mar. 11, 2008, 10:55pm
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Streaming audio ad company TargetSpot has raised an $8.6 million second round funding led by Bain Capital Ventures. Previous backers CBS Cor… Read More »
By Joseph Weisenthal
Feb. 14, 2008, 4:29am
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Another hurdle cleared, but not the big one: The DOJ announced today that it would approve Clear Channel’s (NYSE: CCU) sale to two private e… Read More »
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