The conclusion of the XM-Sirius (NSDQ: SIRI) saga is playing out like the final 2 minutes of a close basketball game. All signs are that the deal will be approved.…

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Entrepreneur Media, the Irvine, CA-based parent of Entrepreneur magazine, has been hitting last minute snags in its deal to be sold to Austin Ventures, NYP’s Keith Kelly is reporting. Earlier…

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Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO), which has snapped up companies like Linksys, Kiss and others over the last few years, has now bought out Seattle-based Pure Networks, a provider of home networking-management…

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Update 2: Now WSJ is reporting that a tentative deal has been reached to approve the merger. According to the report, Tate will give her blessing to the union upon…

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After reporting that Omnicom Group’s Q2 net income and worldwide revenue both rose 11 percent—release is here (PDF)—the ad holding company’s CEO John Wren told listeners to the company’s earnings…

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Giga Omni Media, the blog media network founded by Om Malik, has done its first acq-hire: it has bought a mobile technology blog called jkOnTheRun, a blog about mobile gadgets,…

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This may be too late to have any real impact, but it does come as something of a surprise… proxy firm Glass Lewis recommends shareholders vote against the reelection of…

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There have been so many false finishes to the interminable XM-Sirius (NSDQ: SIRI) approval process, that it’s probably best to hold off on all reporting until there’s a decisive vote.…

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ZVUE, the maker of MP3 players and the owner of comedy site eBaumsWorld (just those two things should tell you what you need to know), has restructured its purchase agreement…

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French ad holding company Publicis Groupe has bought South Korea’s Portfolio, which describes itself as a full-service digital agency. In keeping with last year’s formation of its network of international…

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Still awaiting regulatory approval for its merger with Sirius (NSDQ: SIRI), XM (NSDQ: XMSR) announced Q2 revenue of $318 million, a 15 percent increase from $277 million in the year-ago…

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Did Jerry Yang knock on wood when he sent out a memo to employees on the settlement with Icahn? One can only hope, since he says it represents an end…

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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has filed a few details with the SEC pertaining to its settlement with Carl Icahn. Foremost: Icahn and his associates must maintain at least 30 million Yahoo…

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Modern Luxury Media (MLM), the publisher of about 34 city magazines across U.S., has bought online and e-mail fashion magazine Julib. The company said Julib has e-mail newsletters for about…

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Meanwhile, this saga continues to drag on: EA says it has extended, yet again, its offer to buy rival gamer Take-Two. The new deadline is August, 18th; the previous offer…

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So much for an exciting battle… Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has announced a settlement with Carl Icahn that will see Icahn himself elected to the company’s board at the upcoming meeting.…

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Is McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP) working on a bid for Reed Business Information? We had been working on a tip to this effect for the last two months, but at that…

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The speculation about Napster’s (NSDQ: NAPS) fate has been going on ever since it relaunched under the new management, and once again, some new fuel to it: Bloomberg did a…

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Icahn’s proposed Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) board slate may be toast. Legg Mason, a holder of 60.7 million shares (4.4 percent), has decided to support the incumbent Yahoo slate. In a…

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In a filing with the SEC, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) notes this morning that it has put up a new proxy page at proxyfacts.yahoo.com with the following banner. It pretty much…

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We have recently written about a flurry of Russian online deals, and this is among the bigger ones that have happened in the last year or so: Google has bought…

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Merrill Lynch sold its 20 percent stake in Bloomberg LP for $4.4 billion to the company, which exercised its right of first refusal. Initial reports had the stake going to…

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The story of Podtech has changed dramatically over the last year or so: first it lost its CEO, laid off staff and failed to raise venture money, and now its…

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Vance Publishing, a B2B publisher home to various niche titles, has acquired two online cattle resources: CattleNetwork.com and CattleStore.com, both of which were bought owned by Integrated Management Information. Deal…

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Glam Media is opening a German site with help from its backer Burda Cross Media. Glam is also getting some extra assistance from its latest acquisition, Munich-based digital marketing firm…

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