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Facebook Paid $50M For New 'Friend'

How much did Facebook pay for FriendFeed, a start-up that lets users share links and status updates online? Just shy of $50 million, according to The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the deal. To be exact, the company paid roughly $15 million in cash, with the rest in Facebook stock that vests over several years and would be worth roughly $32.5 million based on the $6.5 billion common valuation.

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