Mergers & Acquisitions

10-Q Watch: Yahoo: Lawsuits; Severance; Growth Ex-Acqs.; Maven - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 09 May 2008 11:09 AM PST

No blockbusters, but a few worthwhile nuggets from Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) latest 10-Q -- Lawsuits: Now that Microsoft’s (NSDQ: MSFT) bid is done for, Yahoo will keep getting fresh lawsuits,…

Blinkx Rises And Falls On Mystical Google-News Corp Acquisition Chatter - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 09 May 2008 06:41 AM PST

Market speculation from an Investec analyst (via Bloomberg) that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) or News Corp (NYSE: NWS) may buy voice recognition-based video search index Blinkx did wonders for the company…

Circuit City Opens Door To Blockbuster; Icahn May Buy Chain Himself - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 09 May 2008 06:20 AM PST

The awkward pairing of Circuit City and Blockbuster is past the spitball phase and into the handholding phase. The struggling electronics giant says it will allow Blockbuster and its investor…

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Ad Services Supplier DG Fastchannel Buys Digital Marketer Enliven For $98 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 08 May 2008 08:34 PM PST

Ad services provider DG FastChannel has purchased Enliven Marketing Technologies for about $98 million in a stock-for-stock transaction. Under the terms of the deal, DG Fastchannel’s payout covered Enliven’s $4.5…

10-Q Watch: The Knot: $1.4 Million For The Bump; Higher Costs - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 May 2008 03:14 PM PST

The Knot’s acquisition of pregnancy media company The Bump was just a baby step: the total purchase price, according to the company’s 10-Q filing, was $1.4 million in cash—$1.7 million…

Microsoft Releases Would-Be Directors From Unfought Proxy Fight - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 May 2008 02:35 PM PST

Just to drive home the point that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is done with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), the company has relieved its ten would-be directors from their duties, according to WSJ.…

Virgin Mobile USA In Merger Talks With Helio; Other Options Still Being Considered - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 08 May 2008 11:35 AM PST

From our sister site MocoNews: Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM), the MVNO which just reported its Q1 earnings earlier this week, is in talks with the much smaller and troubled…

10-Q Watch: NYTCo: $1.9 Million Invested In QuadrantOne; Newspaper Buy; Epsilen; Debt Rating - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 May 2008 04:27 PM PST

Some highlights from NYTCo’s (NYSE: NYT) 10-Q filed this evening: -- QuadrantOne: “In February 2008, the Company invested $1.9 million for a 25% ownership interest in quadrantONE LLC, a consortium…

Earnings: Macrovision Call: TVGuide Mag To Be Sold Without Site - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 May 2008 02:32 PM PST

As we first reported, Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN) is indeed looking to sell TVGuide the magazine sans its online home, TVGuide.com. Said CFO James Budge: “We expect the online properties to…

Earnings: Macrovision Solutions Q1 Revs Down 12 Percent; Sees $50 Million Merger Savings In ‘08 - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 May 2008 01:08 PM PST

For its last full quarter without Gemstar, Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN) Solutions (new name) had revenue of $32.2 million, a 12 percent decline from $36.6 million in the year-ago quarter. Net…

Sprint-Clearwire: Google’s Role Too Big? Pay-For-Access Deal Raises Net Neutrality-Like Concerns - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 07 May 2008 08:45 AM PST

Over the last year, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has made its presence known in the wireless industry, not for its applications, but instead, for its position on open access. The internet…

Cablevision’s Rainbow To Buy Sundance Channel For $496 Million Cash And Stock Transfer - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 07 May 2008 06:30 AM PST

Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) is trying really hard to spend more than $1 billion on acquisitions—we’ve been reporting on the $600-plus million bid for Newsday and now the company’s Rainbow Media…

Verisign’s Sale Of Kontiki: $1 Million Plus Stake In New Business - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 06 May 2008 05:19 PM PST

So however Verisign wants to spin it, it really really wanted to get rid of the Kontiki CDN part of its business. So much so that it sold it off…

Understatement Patrol: Yahoo May Face Hostile Shareholders At Annual Meeting - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 06 May 2008 05:17 PM PST

Eric Jackson is on the case—Jerry Yang’s case, that is. The activist shareholder told AP he hopes to turn Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) July 3 annual meeting into “into ‘Independence Day’…

Cars.com Buys PickupTrucks.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 06 May 2008 09:31 AM PST

Cars.com is more than just cars: The division of Classified Ventures has announced the acquisition of PickupTrucks.com, a review and community site for pickup trucks. (CV is owned by Belo…

MSFT-YHOO: Yahoo Shares Up Again; Market Doubts Story Is Over - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 06 May 2008 08:43 AM PST

Yesterday, the market was already voicing its skepticism that the Microsoft-Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) saga was totally over—and that was before Jerry Yang’s no-doors closed media tour. And today, shares of…

Buzznet Acquires Music Community Absolute Punk - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 06 May 2008 06:00 AM PST

UMG-backed Buzznet continues to roll up independent music sites. The latest acquisition is Absolute Punk an “alternative music” (haven’t heard that phrase in a while) community site. The acquisition, for…

MovieBeam Back From Dead, Again; To Be Sold To Dar Capital For $2.25 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 05 May 2008 12:23 PM PST

This box has nine lives, literally: Just when you thought the doomed digital movie service MovieBeam would finally be buried with Movie Gallery bankruptcy, it will be sold again. According…

Microsoft: Ok, So Now What?—And Is MSFT-YHOO Really Over? - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 05 May 2008 11:20 AM PST

So much for a sigh-of-relief rally. Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) shares are up an anemic $.20 today, less than one percent actually trading down a penny now. And check out Yahoo…

Social Bookmarker Mister Wong Acquires Lifestream.fm - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 05 May 2008 11:00 AM PST

Mister Wong, a social bookmarking start-up based in Germany, has acquired Lifestream.fm, a service that lets users aggregate their web activity from various social networking services. The news was confirmed…

Yahoo: ‘Ok, So Now What?’; Analysts, Market React To Dead Deal; YHOO Trades Down Over 18 Percent - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 05 May 2008 07:10 AM PST

That’s the headline of Jerry Yang’s post at Yodel Anecdotal discussing Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) future now that Microsoft has withdrawn its offer. If you’re looking for anything meaty, like indication…

Audience Measurement Firm TNS Rejects WPP’s $1.9 Billion Offer - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 05 May 2008 06:07 AM PST

Audience measurement firm Taylor Nelson Sofres has rejected WPP Group’s $1.9 billion (£1 billion) offer as “opportunistic” and undervaluing the company, telegraph.co.uk reported. TNS has been trying to merge with…

CraveOnline Buys Two Hockey Fan Sites; Keeps Craving For More - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 05 May 2008 12:01 AM PST

Male-focused online entertainment network CraveOnline and its parent AtomicOnline have been on an acquisition tear lately. The company tells paidContent that it has completed its fifth and sixth site purchases…

Cablevision Bids $650 Million For Newsday; Murdoch Won’t Match: Reports - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 04 May 2008 12:57 PM PST

Offering to outspend Rupert Murdoch and Mort Zuckerman by $70 million to acquire Newsday from Tribune Co., Cablevision Systems Corp (NYSE: CVC). has formally bid $650 million, according to the…

Microsoft-Yahoo: Links To All Of Our Coverage - 1 Comment
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Sat 03 May 2008 10:42 PM PST

For quick access to our coverage on Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) withdrawing its offer to purchase Yahoo… -- BREAKING: Microsoft Withdraws Offer For Yahoo -- MSFT-YHOO: From The Nebraska Furniture Mart…