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Value of Yahoo Users

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Microsoft’s bid of $45 Billion USD for Yahoo places a value on each of Yahoo’s 37.5 Million users at $1,200 each.
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AdultFriendFinder offered $500m

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Penthouse Media Group allegedly offers to aqcuire AdultFriendFinder for $500m.
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WordPress acquires Gravatar

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and Akismet, has acquired blog avatar provider Gravatar.
Gravatar offers a “globally recognized avatar,” a 80×80 pixel avatar image that follows users from weblog to weblog, appearing beside their name when they comment on gravatar enabled sites.
Automattic’s Matt Mullenweg wrote on the Gravatar blog that Gravatar was facing “classic problems of […]

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Interwoven Aquires Optimost for $52m

Friday, October 19th, 2007

CMS provider Interwowen has acquired New York City based Optimost for $52 million in an all cash deal.Optimost provides web optimization services for clients including Ask.com, Auto Trader, Delta Air Lines, FAO Schwarz, Lenovo, and MGM Mirage.
Interwoven said that Optimost’s software-as-a-service model will strengthen Interwoven’s offerings by adding real-time multivariable testing and Website optimization to […]

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Google Acquires Zingku

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Google made further inroads into the mobile space today with the acquisition of Zingku, a mobile social networking and communication platform, according to the Google Operating System blog.
Zingku’s mission is to enable individuals and businesses to “mobilize their passion” by leveraging their personal network.
We started in 2005 when we noticed that teenage/twenty something’s and their […]

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Disney acquires Club Penguin for $350m

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Disney said Wednesday that it would pay $350 million for Club Penguin, a virtual community that has soared in popularity since its founding in late 2005. More than 700,000 users now pay $5.95 a month to customize penguin characters and then chat and play games with other penguins.
Disney also has agreed to pay the founders, […]

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Yahoo Bought Broadcast.com

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

In 1999, Yahoo bought Mark Cuban’s Broadcast.com for 5.8b in Yahoo stock.
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Google Buys Feedburner for $100m

Monday, May 28th, 2007

May 2007, Google buys RSS management company Feedburner for $100m. Feedburner was founded in 2003 and raised $10m in 2 rounds of funding.
 
Portage Ventures funded their $1 million Series A round in 2004. The $9 million Series B round was closed in mid 2005from Mobius Venture Capital and Union Square Ventures
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