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@EconSM: AOL & Bebo; ‘The Final Leg Of The Stool’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 04:45 PM PST

AOL’s (NYSE: TWX) $850 million purchase of Bebo back in March was one of the big social media deals of the year. In a Q&A with ContentNext co-editor Staci Kramer…

Bebo Founders Will Make About $600 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 15 Mar 2008 08:14 PM PST

Bebo founders and husband-wife team Michael and Xochi Birch will make about $600 million in the sale of the social networking site to AOL (NYSE: TWX) for $850 million. The…

AOL-Bebo: Links To Coverage Across Our Sites - 1 Comment
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Thu 13 Mar 2008 08:01 PM PST

An easy way to find all of today’s coverage of AOL’s (NYSE: TWX) $850 million acquisition of Bebo, including coverage from our sister site mocoNews.net: -- AOL Buying Bebo…

@ Media Summit: AOL-Bebo: Mixing Social Media And Ad Nets - Oil And Vinegar, Or Oil And Water? - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 13 Mar 2008 03:45 PM PST

Attendees at the McGraw Hill Media Summit were still gathering details here and there about AOL’s (NYSE: TWX) $850 million purchase of social net Bebo for $850 million. Some initial…

Interview: Joanna Shields, President, Bebo: AOL Was First Suitor; ‘Attractive Bids’; Staffing Up - 2 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 13 Mar 2008 10:05 AM PST

After a late night finalizing the announcement of today’s $850 million acquisition and a hectic morning, Bebo’s affable president Joanna Shields spent some time with Staci and I on a…

Updated: Bebo’s Revenue Numbers: Not So Big; AOL Paid 160 Times EBITDA: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 13 Mar 2008 09:28 AM PST

So we reported on the return the investors got, but not on Bebo’s actual revenue numbers. Kara digs in and reports on some of the real revenue numbers: Bebo’s…

AOL-Bebo: Reaction From Wall St. - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 13 Mar 2008 06:46 AM PST

—Spencer Wang, Bear Stearns: Cash flow at Bebo is likely to be pretty light, so the buy will cause some dilution at AOL (NYSE: TWX), although it will not…

AOL-Bebo: Falco: ‘Gamechanging For AOL’; Shields: Didn’t Plan To Sell; Birches Out Of Picture - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 13 Mar 2008 06:38 AM PST

AOL (NYSE: TWX) and Bebo bosses hosted reporters and analysts on a conference call to explain the reasons for the $850 million acquisition. -- AOL CEO Randy Falco (left): “This…

AOL-Bebo: Balderton VCs Reap $140 Million From Acquisition - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 13 Mar 2008 06:10 AM PST

VC firm Balderton Capital will reap about $140 million - nine times what it invested in Bebo less than two years ago - by selling its 15.7 percent stake…

Bebo’s History In Links - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 13 Mar 2008 06:02 AM PST

For more information on Bebo, check out our archives: -- AOL Buying Bebo For $850 Million -- Rumourbusting: Bebo/Murdoch, Free Indie, WAYN/AOL -- Bebo Opens Platform To All Comers;…

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AOL Buying Bebo For $850 Million - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 13 Mar 2008 05:02 AM PST

In a major and rather unexpected deal, AOL (NYSE: TWX) is buying social net Bebo for $850 million in cash. Rumors had swirled around Bebo of either an acquisition…

Facebook Counters OpenSocial; Bebo Playing Both Sides - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 12 Dec 2007 03:00 PM PST

Facebook is ready to counterattack Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) OpenSocial. The site revealed today that its Facebook Platform would be made available to other social networking sites, allowing developers to easily…

LinkedIn Opens To Developers; So Does Friendster & Bebo - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 12 Dec 2007 03:50 AM PST

Two “old school” social networks have opened up, and Bebo is announcing later today: -- LinkedIn: Borrowing a cue from Facebook and others, business social net LinkedIn will let developers…

Bebo Launches Open Media Platform For Social Viewing; 22 TV Partners - 2 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 13 Nov 2007 06:59 AM PST

Bebo may have signed up to Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) OpenSocial widget platform, but it’s trying to carve out the media platform space for itself. Today it’s launching Open Media, a…

UK-Heavy Social Network Bebo Gets $15 Million Funding - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 21 May 2006 04:06 PM PST

You’re reading it here first: Bebo, an SF-based social networking site which is in the middle-ground between MySpace and Facebook, and among the biggest in UK, Ireland and New Zealand,…