Archive for December, 2007
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Here's another story of a web property selling at a premium. Penthouse recently announced that they have purchased Adultfriendfinder, an adult dating website for $500 million in cash and securities.
Penthouse bought Various Inc, which operates in total more than 25 online communities with a combined member base of some ...
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Friday, December 7th, 2007
The future looks bright for online publishing companies. A recent study done by B To B Online found that business to business advertisers are planning on upping the amount of money they spend on online advertising and promotion.
The recent survey found that 60.1% of marketers plan to increase ...
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Revolution Health Group has agreed to purchase HealthTalk and will invest in SparkPeople, a website designed to help people set and achieve weight loss goals.
Company co-founder Steven Case had this to say about the decision to acquire these web properties.
"With HealthTalk and SparkPeople, Revolution Health Network is now the second ...
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
The FCC recently approved a bid for AT&T to purchase Ingenio, an advertising company. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
AT&T Inc bought Ingenio to boost its directories business and compete more directly with Google Inc. Ingenio's technology, called "pay per call," allows companies to post online advertisements and pay ...
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