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Populis Blog Network Buying In To Latin America

Feb 7, 2012 4:52 AM

Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) rival Populis is continuing to build up its non-English blog network and publishing business through acquisition, this time expanding out of Europe in to Latin America.

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Weblogs, Countries, Europe, Italy, Ireland, Latin America

Briefing Media Takes Farmers And Doctors Off UBM’s Hands

Feb 6, 2012 4:08 AM

B2B publisher UBM is off-loading its UK magazines for farmers and doctors, as it looks to further exit the direct content publishing business in favour of data, marketing and events.

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions

French News Revolution: La Tribune Sold, Ends Daily Print Run

Jan 30, 2012 4:41 AM

France’s national La Tribune newspaper said Monday’s edition was its last daily print copy, as its owner’s sale to a regional publisher and an online ad group was announced.

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Countries, Europe, France

33across Buys Tynt In Effort To Marry Data And Targeting For Publishers

Jan 25, 2012 4:12 PM

Today, social analytics company and ad network 33across announced the acquisition of Tynt, a sell-side analytics tools company that aggregates data to tell publishers about their audience, protect their content and even leverage search engine optimization to drive traffic.  Read the release.

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, tynt

WPPs Digital Spending Spree Comes Ashore In Turkey

Jan 24, 2012 7:12 AM

The world’s largest advertising agency has been announcing almost an acquisition a day in the digital and emerging markets fields.

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions

WPP’s Kantar Buying China’s CIC For Social Media Market Research

Jan 17, 2012 4:48 AM

The world’s biggest advertising firm is making yet another acquisition at the intersection of its two targeted growth areas - digital and emerging markets.

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Posted In: Advertising, Marketing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, WPP

Future Sells New York-Based Music Magazines For $3 Million

Jan 13, 2012 5:09 AM

Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR) has sold off its loss-making New York operation – home to magazines including Guitar World, Revolver and Guitar Aficionado – in a deal worth $3m (£1.9m).

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Magazines, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Future Publishing

Deloitte Buys In To Mobile Apps, Pays $40-50M For Apple’s Friend Ubermind

Jan 5, 2012 11:28 AM

Management consultancy Deloitte today became the latest company to buy into the app marketplace with the news that it has bought the Seattle-based agency Ubermind, which develops interactive and mobile products for a number of companies, including perhaps most significantly Apple (NSDQ: AAPL). The price of the deal is believed…

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Posted In: Advertising, Apps, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Apple, iPhone, iTunes, deloitte, ubermind

FT Buys Its Web App Maker; CEO Ridding’s Memo

Jan 5, 2012 7:14 AM

The Financial Times has acquired London-based web and application developer Assanka, which made the web app on which the publisher has based its independence from iTunes.

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Posted In: Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Apple, iPhone, iTunes, Pearson, Financial Times, FT.com

Trinity Mirror Buying Further In To Digital Marketing Services

Jan 4, 2012 12:16 PM

UK news publisher Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) is continuing to build up its digital marketing business by acquiring Sunderland-based email marketing group Communicator Corp for £8 ($12.47) million.

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Posted In: Marketing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Trinity Mirror

Cotendo Finds $268 Million In Its Christmas Stocking, Courtesy of Akamai

Dec 22, 2011 5:12 PM

Akamai (NSDQ: AKAM) has snapped up a content-delivery network focused on improving video distribution to mobile devices. Cotendo received an early Christmas present from Akamai in the form of $268 million in cash, according to a press release.

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Posted In: Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, akamai, cotendo

Apple Buys Israeli Flash Storage Maker In $500 Million Deal

Dec 21, 2011 2:44 AM

Apple has bought Israel’s Anobit, a maker of flash storage technology, for up to $500 million (£319 million), the Calcalist financial daily reported on Tuesday, following almost a week of speculation surrounding the companies.

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Posted In: Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Countries, Middle East / Persian Gulf, anobit, flash storage

Nuance, Vlingo Stop Idle Chitchat And Team Up To Challenge Apple’s Siri

Dec 20, 2011 3:06 PM

Nuance has acquired Vlingo in a combination of two of the most prominent independent speech companies left, as mobile companies continue to eye sophisticated speech-recognition software as an important input method.

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, nuance, vlingo

Updated: AT&T Kills Bid For T-Mobile, Citing Government Opposition

Dec 19, 2011 4:47 PM

AT&T (NYSE: T) formally ended its $39 billion acquisition bid for T-Mobile Monday, bemoaning the strong opposition from the U.S. government to the deal and noting that the scrapping of the deal will “not change the realities of the U.S. wireless industry.”

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Posted In: Gadgets, Legal, Regulatory, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, AT&T, T-Mobile

Perform Buying Soccerway.com And WatchandTrade Sport Sites

Dec 16, 2011 8:35 AM

Digital sports rights company Perform has bought out two online sports firms in deals worth almost £10 ($15.55)m.

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Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions

SAY Media Acquires ReadWriteWeb, Hires Dan Frommer As Editor-At-Large

Dec 14, 2011 9:58 AM

SAY Media, which in recent months has acquired Remodelista and Dogster and launched Jane Pratt’s xoJane.com, is expanding into the tech space with its acquisition of ReadWriteWeb. Dan Frommer, a former editor at Business Insider and author of the SplatF blog, joins as editor-at-large.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Online News, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, business insider, dan frommer, readwriteweb, say media, splatf

Mail Group Selling Teletext In Management Buy-Out

Dec 14, 2011 4:12 AM

DMGT’s A&N Media is selling a majority stake of Teletext, the once-influential UK TV text service which was unable to profitably move in to interactive content, to its management.

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, DMGT, a&n media, teletext

Pearson To Sell FTSE Stake For £450 Million

Dec 12, 2011 8:35 AM

Pearson (NYSE: PSO) is to sell its 50% stake in the FTSE International group to the London Stock Exchange for £450 million ($700 million) in cash.

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Pearson, Financial Times, ftse, london stock exchange

Updated: Report: Facebook Buys Location Sharing App Gowalla?

Dec 2, 2011 7:49 PM

More mobile movements from Facebook today: it has bought the check-in social media service Gowalla, according to a report in CNN.

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Posted In: Apps, E-Commerce, Travel, Marketing, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Companies, Disney, Facebook, gowalla, josh williams

AT&T, Deutsche Telekom Down To Brainstorming: How About A Joint Venture?

Nov 30, 2011 4:55 PM

Could AT&T (NYSE: T) want T-Mobile’s spectrum and network assets so badly as to contemplate arranging a joint venture between it and T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom? (NYSE: DT) A report Wednesday suggests AT&T is at least talking about that option, which might be a quite complicated way to save face…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Legal, Regulatory, FCC, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, AT&T, T-Mobile, deutsche telekom

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