IAC Just Isn’t That Into Match.com Europe; Sells To French Rival; New CEO
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IAC Just Isn’t That Into Match.com Europe; Sells To French Rival; New CEO
By Robert Andrews  
IAC Just Isn’t That Into Match.com Europe; Sells To French Rival, New CEO
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IAC Just Isn’t That Into Match.com Europe; Sells To French Rival, New CEO
By Robert Andrews  
Richer Sounds Buying EmpireDirect To Expand Home Entertainment Retail Online
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Richer Sounds Buying EmpireDirect To Expand Home Entertainment Retail Online
By Robert Andrews  
ITV Sells Mobile Radio Company Stake To Arqiva For £1 Million
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ITV Sells Mobile Radio Company Stake To Arqiva For £1 Million
By Robert Andrews  
RTL-Disney Channel Buying German Mums’ Site Mamily
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RTL-Disney Channel Buying German Mums’ Site Mamily
By Robert Andrews  
Lycos Europe Finds A Tripod Rescuer, Three Days Before Shutdown
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Lycos Europe Finds A Tripod Rescuer, Three Days Before Shutdown
By Robert Andrews  
Iceland’s Gogoyoko Funded For Yet Another Social Music Marketplace Attempt
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Iceland’s Gogoyoko Funded For Yet Another Social Music Marketplace Attempt
By Robert Andrews  
Google Buying Finnish Newsprint Mill To Build A Data Centre
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Google Buying Finnish Newsprint Mill To Build A Data Centre
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views

FreeWheel’s Acquisition of StickyADS Marks Move to Global Programmatic TV Offering

LONDON —  The recent acquisition of   SSP StickyADS.tv marks a global expansion of th...

By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
After SpotX And Clypd, RTL Group Seeks More Investments In 2016
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
4C Insights Acquires Teletrax to Drive Addressable TV Ad Decisioning
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Nexage, Acquired By Millennial, Thinks Big On Mobile
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Comcast Acquisition is Powering FreeWheel’s Global Expansion
By Robert Andrews  
Russian Business Net E-xecutive.ru Selling For $1 Million: Report
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Russian Business Net E-xecutive.ru Selling For $1 Million: Report
By Robert Andrews  
Vivendi Writing Down NBCU Value; Sell-Off Option Still Unclear
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Vivendi Writing Down NBCU Value; Sell-Off Option Still Unclear
By Robert Andrews  
eBay Start-Up Auctions Are Here Again; Blogs, Services, Games Hope To Sell Through Auction
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eBay Start-Up Auctions Are Here Again; Blogs, Services, Games Hope To Sell Through Auction
By Robert Andrews  
Dow Jones VentureSource Buying Database Of Failed UK VC Tracker Library House
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Dow Jones VentureSource Buying Database Of Failed UK VC Tracker Library House
By Robert Andrews  
Apple Takes A Stake In UK DAB Radio Maker Imagination
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Apple Takes A Stake In UK DAB Radio Maker Imagination
By Robert Andrews  
Carsonified Selling Amigo Newsletter Ads Service on eBay
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Carsonified Selling Amigo Newsletter Ads Service on eBay
By Robert Andrews  
Morningstar Biz News Site Buying Tenfore For Stock Quotes Feeds
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Morningstar Biz News Site Buying Tenfore For Stock Quotes Feeds
By Robert Andrews  
Arts Alliance Media Funded For Digital Cinema Conversion
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Arts Alliance Media Funded For Digital Cinema Conversion
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Three-way tie-up promises to re-invent local news

The UK’s local news super roll-up is on. Three publishers on Wednesday announced thei...

By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Buying another classified site, Axel Springer sees digital filling print gap
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Paywall provider Piano buys cookie-beater to build a better meter
By Robert Andrews  
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Local news super roll-up: UK publishing rivals may face future together
By Robert Andrews  
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Penguin Random House aims to attack digital, emerging ebooks markets
By Robert Andrews  
DMGT Buys Floorplan Service Metropix To Put Alongside Property Search
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DMGT Buys Floorplan Service Metropix To Put Alongside Property Search
By Robert Andrews  
Blinkx Reboots Bid For Ad Net MIVA, New All-Cash Offer
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Blinkx Reboots Bid For Ad Net MIVA, New All-Cash Offer
By Robert Andrews  
Publicis Acquires Tribal Agency, Buying In To LatAm Digital Marketing
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Publicis Acquires Tribal Agency, Buying In To LatAm Digital Marketing
By Robert Andrews  
India’s IMI Mobile Buying UK Digital Music Distributor DX3
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India’s IMI Mobile Buying UK Digital Music Distributor DX3
By Robert Andrews  
IMI Mobile Buying Digital Music Distributor DX3 For Euro Expansion
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IMI Mobile Buying Digital Music Distributor DX3 For Euro Expansion
By Robert Andrews  
Private Equity Funder Apollo ‘Pulls Out’ Of RBI Bid Consortium: Report
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Private Equity Funder Apollo ‘Pulls Out’ Of RBI Bid Consortium: Report
By Robert Andrews  
CMS Seller Open Text Buying Captaris For $131 Million
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CMS Seller Open Text Buying Captaris For $131 Million
By Robert Andrews  
Independent In The Maelstrom: Selling Aussie Stake, DMGT Deal Looks Unlikely
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Independent In The Maelstrom: Selling Aussie Stake, DMGT Deal Looks Unlikely
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis

Perform’s online sports roll-up continues with Sportal acquisition

After raising money through its stock market floatation, online sports broadcaster Pe...

By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Tesco fills the e-books piece of its digital puzzle by buying Mobcast
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
More social marketing consolidation as Beyond buys Content & Motion
By Robert Andrews  
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Axel Springer buying local portal meinestadt.de to court local classifieds
By Robert Andrews  
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Real-time sportsbet startup Picklive cashes in its chips
By Robert Andrews  
Dennis Buying PC Geeks Site Bit-Tech.net To Increase Traffic
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Dennis Buying PC Geeks Site Bit-Tech.net To Increase Traffic
By Robert Andrews  
UK’s Dennis Buying PC Geeks Site Bit-Tech.net
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UK’s Dennis Buying PC Geeks Site Bit-Tech.net
By Robert Andrews  
DMGT Buys Job Ads Platform Broadbean, Gives Mail Digital To Zitter
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DMGT Buys Job Ads Platform Broadbean, Gives Mail Digital To Zitter
By Robert Andrews  
Morningstar Biz News Site Buying Investors Database For £11 Million
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Morningstar Biz News Site Buying Investors Database For £11 Million
By Robert Andrews  
Morningstar Biz News Site Buying Investors Database For $19 Million
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Morningstar Biz News Site Buying Investors Database For $19 Million
By Robert Andrews  
Ad Downturn Prompts Rethink On UBC’s News Sell-Off
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Ad Downturn Prompts Rethink On UBC’s News Sell-Off
By Robert Andrews  
Mail.ru Owner Wants Czechs’ Google Beater Seznam, $850 Million Price Tag
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Mail.ru Owner Wants Czechs’ Google Beater Seznam, $850 Million Price Tag
By Robert Andrews  
Reed’s RBI Sell-Off In The Balance? A Victim Of Credit Crunch?
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Reed’s RBI Sell-Off In The Balance? A Victim Of Credit Crunch?
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis

Thomson Reuters acquires Apsmart for mobile product development

Thomson Reuters is acquiring London-based mobile development outfit Apsmart. The ...

By Robert Andrews  
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Germany’s Springer buys stake in Poland’s top web portal
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Sold for £87 million, but can MoneySavingExpert.com keep savers sweet?
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Can Yell turn online around with self-serve marketing?
By Robert Andrews  
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Betting big on live sports data, Perform lays €120 million on RunningBall
By Robert Andrews  
All3Media Buys Web Producer Illumina, Backs New Branded Content House
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All3Media Buys Web Producer Illumina, Backs New Branded Content House
By Robert Andrews  
Press Gazette Publisher Wilmington No Longer In Sale Talks
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Press Gazette Publisher Wilmington No Longer In Sale Talks
By Robert Andrews  
EC, US Approve Sony-BMG, Reed-ChoicePoint Takeovers
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EC, US Approve Sony-BMG, Reed-ChoicePoint Takeovers
By Robert Andrews  
Norway’s Schibsted Eyes Online Acquisitions Outside Scandinavia
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Norway’s Schibsted Eyes Online Acquisitions Outside Scandinavia
By Robert Andrews  
Zed Buys Mobitween, Sees Flash Lite Becoming De Facto Mobile Game Platform
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Zed Buys Mobitween, Sees Flash Lite Becoming De Facto Mobile Game Platform
By Robert Andrews  
Informa Rejects Lower Takeover Offer, Wants More Money
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Informa Rejects Lower Takeover Offer, Wants More Money
By Robert Andrews  
Seatwave Buying Dutch Ticket Exchange Skelper
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Seatwave Buying Dutch Ticket Exchange Skelper
By Robert Andrews  
ProSiebenSat.1 Buys Quarter Of German Cars Portal
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ProSiebenSat.1 Buys Quarter Of German Cars Portal
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis

Microstock’s Fotolia Acquires Wilogo Designer’ Site

Microstock photo repository Fotolia is expanding within its crowdsourced-creativity s...

By Robert Andrews  
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Microstock’s Fotolia Acquires Wilogo Designer’ Site
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Cisco Wants To Buy News Corp’s TV Software Maker NDS For $5 Billion
By Robert Andrews  
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Youku And Tudou Merge To Create Chinese Online Video Powerhouse
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Facebook Ads Firm Brighter Option Acquired By Buddy Media
By Robert Andrews  
UBM Buys Telco Research Firm Pyramid
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UBM Buys Telco Research Firm Pyramid
By Robert Andrews  
WPP Secures Majority Of Game Ad Net IGA
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WPP Secures Majority Of Game Ad Net IGA
By Robert Andrews  
Reed Business Sale Expected As Early As October; Gruner & Jahr Now Interested
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Reed Business Sale Expected As Early As October; Gruner & Jahr Now Interested
By Robert Andrews  
Updated: Blinkx Bids $41 Million For Miva; Ad Net Rejects Proposal
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Updated: Blinkx Bids $41 Million For Miva; Ad Net Rejects Proposal
By Robert Andrews  
Telefonica Complains Lycos Europe Sell-Off Too Slow
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Telefonica Complains Lycos Europe Sell-Off Too Slow
By Robert Andrews  
Roo’s New Owner KIT Capital Merges With Investment Pair
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Roo’s New Owner KIT Capital Merges With Investment Pair
By Robert Andrews  
ESPN Buys Motorsport’s Racing-Live.com, Disney Bags RaisingKids.co.uk
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ESPN Buys Motorsport’s Racing-Live.com, Disney Bags RaisingKids.co.uk
By Robert Andrews  
ESPN Buys Motorsport’s Racing-Live.com, Disney Bags RaisingKids.co.uk
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ESPN Buys Motorsport’s Racing-Live.com, Disney Bags RaisingKids.co.uk
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis

WPPs Digital Spending Spree Comes Ashore In Turkey

The world’s largest advertising agency has been announcing almost an acquisition a da...

By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
WPP’s Kantar Buying China’s CIC For Social Media Market Research
By Robert Andrews  
Funding analysis
BSkyB Buys Stake In Social TV Start-Up Zeebox
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
News Corp’s Shine Buying Web Video Producer ChannelFlip
By Robert Andrews  
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FT Buys Its Web App Maker; CEO Ridding’s Memo
By Robert Andrews  
Is Lycos Europe Any Closer To Finding A Buyer?
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Is Lycos Europe Any Closer To Finding A Buyer?
By Robert Andrews  
Informa Gets Second PE Suitor – Blackstone In, H&F ‘Out’
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Informa Gets Second PE Suitor – Blackstone In, H&F ‘Out’
By Robert Andrews  
Russian Investors Take Control Of Mail.ru, IPO May Be Off?
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Russian Investors Take Control Of Mail.ru, IPO May Be Off?
By Robert Andrews  
BT Buying Web 2.0 Call Manager Ribbit For $105 Million In Cash
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BT Buying Web 2.0 Call Manager Ribbit For $105 Million In Cash
By Robert Andrews  
BT Buying Web 2.0 Call Manager Ribbit For $105 Million In Cash
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BT Buying Web 2.0 Call Manager Ribbit For $105 Million In Cash
By Robert Andrews  
B2B Publisher Wilmington Confirms Takeover Approach
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B2B Publisher Wilmington Confirms Takeover Approach
By Robert Andrews  
Danson Buys LabourHome Blog, Merging With New Statesman
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Danson Buys LabourHome Blog, Merging With New Statesman
By Robert Andrews  
Russian AllHockey.ru Portal Sells To Sports Publisher Gameland
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Russian AllHockey.ru Portal Sells To Sports Publisher Gameland
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis

EMI Group Split Between UMG And Sony

Four years after the whole label sold to Terra Firma for £4.2 ($6.69) billion, now on...

By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Video Ads Landgrab: Adconion, Blinkx Buy Smartclip, PVMG
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Sony Buys Ericsson Out Of JV To Make ‘Four-Screen Strategy’ With Mobile
By Robert Andrews  
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Music Service Aspiro Sells A Stake To Norwegian Retailer
By Robert Andrews  
Funding analysis
WPP Buying Further In To Chinese Online Ad Measurement
By Robert Andrews  
Mobispine Mobile News Aggregator Buying RSS Reader NewsAlloy
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Mobispine Mobile News Aggregator Buying RSS Reader NewsAlloy
By Robert Andrews  
Flights Searcher Swoodoo Gets Funds, Tie-Ups From Deutsche Telekom
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Flights Searcher Swoodoo Gets Funds, Tie-Ups From Deutsche Telekom
By Robert Andrews  
Mobispine Mobile News Aggregator Buying RSS Reader NewsAlloy
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Mobispine Mobile News Aggregator Buying RSS Reader NewsAlloy
By Robert Andrews  
Ogilvy Buys Majority Of Czech Web Marketer Advertures
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Ogilvy Buys Majority Of Czech Web Marketer Advertures
By Robert Andrews  
Round-Up: Music Trade News, Joost Japan, Aka-Aki Funding
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Round-Up: Music Trade News, Joost Japan, Aka-Aki Funding
By Robert Andrews  
German MoSo Aka-Aki Raises Investment To Go Full-Time
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German MoSo Aka-Aki Raises Investment To Go Full-Time
By Robert Andrews  
Italian Social Media’s Dada Buying Music Box TV Channel
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Italian Social Media’s Dada Buying Music Box TV Channel
By Robert Andrews  
BT Buying Classified Ads’ Ufindus For £20 Million
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BT Buying Classified Ads’ Ufindus For £20 Million
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis

Penthouse Owner Swaps New Stock For Asian Daily Deals Site

What do you get when you cross Groupon with a porn site? FriendFinder Networks is abo...

By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
LiveJournal Owner Sup Wants To Sell A Stake; Yahoo In The Frame?
By Robert Andrews  
IPO analysis
In Chinese Video War, Sina Buys, Tencent Builds
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Yandex Buying Twitter ‘Newspaper’ Maker The Tweeted Times
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Russian Portal Rambler Wants To Buy A Tech News Site
By Robert Andrews  
Game-Testing Firm Babel Media Sold To India’s Quatrro
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Game-Testing Firm Babel Media Sold To India’s Quatrro
By Robert Andrews  
Expedia Buys Majority Of India’s TravelGuru For $17 Million
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Expedia Buys Majority Of India’s TravelGuru For $17 Million
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