Aug 9, 2010 6:04 PM
Ten years ago, three brothers in Germany founded Jamba, jumping head-first into the global fad of selling ringtones, which ultimately grew to be a billion-dollar industry. Since then, the well-known mobile content company has taken a number of twists and turns. Long story short, Jamba was acquired by News Corp…
Posted In: Apps, Entertainment, Music, Media & Publishing, TV, Mobile, Companies, News Corp., Fox, jamba, thumbplay
Oct 20, 2008 10:22 AM
News Corp (NYSE: NWS) is overhauling its mobile operations after paying VeriSign (NSDQ: VRSN) $200 million for its remaining 49 percent state in Jamba, the mobile content company. This marks the end to the company’s whirlwind history, which succeeded with the rise of ringtones, only to struggle as it faced…
Posted In: Mobile, Companies, News Corp., jamba
Aug 7, 2008 12:31 PM
Not necessarily a secret, but Verisign is divesting of its “non-core” businesses, and has done some of them, but is now hitting road bumps in selling off some of the bigger units, as it admitted in its Q208 results call Wednesday. “As market conditions have worsened, buyers are taking more…
Posted In: Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, News Corp., jamba, verisign
Mar 3, 2008 7:32 PM
The world’s going crazy with 10-K’s…and we’re making it easy for you. Our motto, just in case you didn’t know: We kill ourselves, so you don’t have to. Some of the main ones below with some relevant points culled out: —Getty (NYSE: GYI) Images: The images company is in the…
Posted In: Companies, IAC, akamai, getty images, jamba, media general, navteq, valueclick, verisign, wpp
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