Archive for the ‘Acquisitions’ Category

According to TechCrunch, Disney is in late stage negotiations to acquire Playdom. The game developer is just coming off its own acquisition of Hive7.
Disney About To Acquire Playdom.

Snapfish has acquired video sharing site Motionbox. Snapfish, which is owned by HP, will integrate Motionbox into its own home video service.
HP’s Snapfish Buys Video Sharing Site Motionbox | paidContent.

Game developer, Playdom, recently acquired Hive7, a social game startup. According to TechCrunch, Playdom paid at least $850,000 for Hive7.
Update: Playdom Paid At Least $850,000 For Hive7.

Google is buying air travel booking service, ITA Software, for about $700 million. This acquisition better enables Google to compete in the lucrative travel vertical, where other search services, such as Bing, have been investing heavily.
Google Makes Its Travel Search Move: Buys ITA Software For $700 Million | paidContent.

AOL is selling Bebo for a reported $10 million. In 2008 AOL purchased the social network for $850 million.
AOL To Sell Bebo For Around $10 Million.

Web analytics company, Coremetrics, has been acquired by IBM. Financial terms were not disclosed.
IBM Acquires Web Analytics And Marketing Software Company Coremetrics.

Online gambling company, 888, has acquired the game assets of Mytopia for $18 million. 888 plans to add micro transactions to the 18 games that were included in the deal.
Online Gambling Company 888 Picks Up Real Dice’s Social Games Studio Mytopia For $18M.

Ziff Davis, once a leading publisher of consumer interest magazines, has been sold to a group backing a former executive from Time Inc. The focus for the new owners is to push Ziff publications to an online only format, including PC Magazine.
Ziff Davis — what’s left of it — sold to former Time executive | [...]

paidContent has a post today on Yahoo & and their recent acquisition of Associated Content suggesting that they, and their competitors, Demand Media and AOL’s Seed, work on improving the quality by 1) investing in a vertical approach, and 2) investing in tools and functionality that compliment their articles (e.g. quotes for business articles, sports [...]

WebMediaBrands, formerly Jupiter Media, has acquired RotorBlog, a blog that focuses on social networking sites.
WebMediaBrands has been on a buying spree over the past year including 3rd Power, a social media trade show company, and Social Times, the company behind AllFacebook.com.
WebMediaBrands also sold industry news site, Internet.com, in December for $18 million.
WEBM is current traded [...]