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AOL’s Q3 Shopping Spree Totaled $97 Million; Bulk For 5Min

Staci D. Kramer

Nov 3, 2010 7:26 AM

AOL (NYSE: AOL) spent just under $100 million to pick up 5min, Thing Labs and TechCrunch in its last-minute Q3 spending spree—and two-thirds of that went to the video site. The price tag for 5min was $64.7 million; the other two were lumped together in the company’s 10-Q at $32.4…

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Posted In: Money, Earnings, Companies, AOL, 5min, techcrunch, thing labs

Brizzly Parent Thing Labs Makes Two Acquisitions

Joseph Tartakoff

Mar 10, 2010 4:00 PM

Two small—but noteworthy—acquisitions for Thing Labs, the company behind Facebook and Twitter web client Brizzly: Thing Labs has purchased Wikirank, a tool that let users visualize and compare the most popular topics on Wikipedia, and is also announcing the purchase of Twitter iPhone client Birdfeed. Thing Labs has added some…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Companies, Facebook, Twitter, birdfeed, thing labs, wikirank

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