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Coinstar Gets Into Social Gaming; Will Sell Prepaid Game Cards For Facebook, Others

Tameka Kee

Jun 4, 2009 12:27 PM

Lending more credence to reports that Facebook has a universal virtual payment platform in the works, is news that coin-counting machine company Coinstar will start selling prepaid online game cards this summer— including cards for games and apps on Facebook. Coinstar, which recently acquired DVD-rental kiosk-maker Redbox, inked deals with…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Social Media, Companies, Facebook, News Corp., Fox, Fox Interactive Media, MySpace, coinstar, wildtangent

DVD Kiosk Firm Redbox Bought Out By Coinstar For Up To $176 Million; McDonald’s Paid Out

Rafat Ali

Feb 13, 2009 10:14 AM

Redbox, the DVD rental kiosk company been bought out completely by its majority owner, publicly-traded coin-counting machine maker Coinstar. The company announced yesterday that it was paying GetAMovie Inc., an affiliate of McDonald’s, $10 million in cash and 1.5 million shares of Coinstar common stock, and will buy the the…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, DVD, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, coinstar, redbox

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