Etisalat, Turkcell Amongst Others In Race To Acquire Majority Stake in Datacom
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Lifetime Networks Acquires ParentsClick Network For About $10 Million; First Digital Acquisition
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Update: Hollywood Media Sells Hollywood.com To Its Own Chairman; Up To $10 Million, Mostly Earnout
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An odd deal on multiple fronts… Hollywood Media (NSDQ: HOLL), the entertainment news and ticketing firm, is selling its flagship unit/doma… Read more »
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UBM Buys Telco Research Firm Pyramid
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GfK Ends Bid For TNS — All Clear For WPP Takeover?
By David Kaplan
German audience measurement firm GfK appears to be withdrawing its bid for British research company Taylor Nelson Sofres, according to Reute… Read more »
Zune Community Site Zuneboards Sold For $62K
By Joseph Weisenthal
I’ll resist the temptation to make a crack about how at least somebody is making money on the Zune, but… Zuneboards, a community site devo… Read more »
Dizzywood Gets $1 Million For Kids Virtual Worlds
By Joseph Weisenthal
Kid-oriented virtual worlds continues to be a hot space… Dizzywood, a new virtual worlds startup for kids, has raised $1 million from the… Read more »
Video Services Provider StudioNow Secures $2 Million In Private Equity
By David Kaplan
StudioNow, a social net and platform for professional video services, has secured $2 million in private equity from existing investors and C… Read more »
Technorati Buys Online Blog Network Blogcritics
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Technorati, the still-trying-to-redefine-itself blog search and now blog ad network, has bought out Blogcritics, one of the oldest online bl… Read more »
Greenfield Online Spurns Quadrangle For Higher Offer; Will Pay $5 Million Breakup Fee
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Mobile Search Firm JumpTap Raises $26 Million For Expansion Plans; Bumps Up Total To $72 Million
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Cambridge, MA.-based JumpTap, a white-label mobile search and advertising company, plans to announce today that it has raised $26 million in… Read more »
Mobile Video Streaming Service Qik Gets Funding From Andreessen
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Amazon Buys Another Books-Focused Social Site Shelfari
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Microsoft Invests in Heavily-Backed HD Online & Mobile Video Service Move Networks
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Picateers Gets $6.6 Million For Online Photo Based School Fundraising
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Microsoft Considers Unloading aQuantive’s Avenue A/Razorfish To WPP; Possible Price: $800M — Report
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Kleiner Perkins’ iFund Invests In Five Startups; All To Go Public In Seven To Eight Years
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Stealthy iList Raises $1.5 Million For Social Classifieds
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Indian Online DVD Rental Service Seventymm Raises $12 Million In Third Round
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