Update: Google Buying Video Game Maker Valve? Valve PR Says ‘Complete Fabrication’
Nothing close to a confirmation on this one, but it’s out there… Tech news site The Inquirer says Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is set to announce t… Read more »
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By Joseph Weisenthal
Some rhetoric from IAC CEO Barry Diller, now in charge of a slimmed down New IAC (NSDQ: IACI). The result of the arduous spin is “not an out… Read more »
Spain’s Prisa Receives Offers For Satellite TV Unit Digital Plus
By Dianne See Morrison
Spainish media conglomerate Prisa has received a number of preliminary offers for its satellite TV business Digital Plus. According to the F… Read more »
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Sneaky Ad Net? Or Just Bad At Picking Names? Jellycloud Hopes You Don’t Recall ‘Claria’ And ‘Gator’
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Layoffs Possibility Notwithstanding, eBay Wants To Buy Classified Startups
By Rafat Ali
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Samsung Officially Makes $26 Per Share Offer To Sandisk; ‘Deeply Disappointed’ Not To Have Agreement
By Joseph Weisenthal
This was first reported a couple weeks ago, and now it’s official… Korean electronics giant Samsung has made a $26 per share bid for memor… Read more »
Samsung Makes Buyout Offer To SanDisk; ‘Deeply Disappointed’ Not To Have Agreement; SanDisk Rejects
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Media Moguls: Now’s Not Looking Good For Big Deals — And That Includes NBC
By Joseph Weisenthal
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MyPunchbowl Raises $2.1 Million First Round For Online Event Planning
By Joseph Weisenthal
MyPunchbowl, a startup hoping to be a successor to Evite, has raised a $2.1 million first round from Contour Venture Partners, along with pa… Read more »
Bestofmedia Acquires IT Site Computing.net
By Joseph Weisenthal
French tech publisher Bestofmedia raised $35 million earlier this summer, and now it’s spending some of it… The parent of Tom’s Guide has… Read more »
Press Gazette Publisher Wilmington No Longer In Sale Talks
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Media Rollup Firm Tsavo Buys Online Marketing Firm Better
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SGN Acquires Facebook App (fluff)Friends
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Giga Omni Media Makes Second Blog Buy: The Apple Blog
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Adobe Buys European Image Software Firm YaWah
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Google Acquires Korean Blogging Software Company TNC
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