- Microsoft Offers $44.6 Billion In Bid For Yahoo
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Thom Forbes - Friday, February 1, 2008
Microsoft today made an unsolicited cash proposal to buy search engine group Yahoo for $44.6 billion. The proposed offer price--with a cash and shares alternative--is below Yahoo's 52-week high ...
- Can Yacrosoft Compete with Google?
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Ross Fadner - Friday, February 1, 2008
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- Just An Online Minute... Microsoft Thickens The Plot
Just An Online Minute, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 1, 2008
After months -- if not years -- of behind-the-scenes negotiations, Microsoft this morning went public with a proposal to buy Yahoo in hopes of more effectively competing against Google. ...
- European Antitrust Regulators Still Weighing Whether To Object To Google/DoubleClick Deal
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 1, 2008
European antitrust regulators scrutinizing Google's pending $3.1 billion merger with DoubleClick have drafted objections to the deal, but haven't yet decided whether to officially lodge them with Google, according ...
- Publicis Acquires Act Now, Adds it to Saatchi & Saatchi 'Sustainability' Division
Online Media Daily, - Friday, February 1, 2008
Publicis Group announced that it has acquired Act Now, the sustainability consultancy helmed by Greenpeace International board member Adam Werbach. The consultancy assists companies and their employees practice sustainability, witho ...
- Gemstar TV Guide Sale Uncertain
MediaDailyNews, Erik Sass - Wednesday, January 30, 2008
The proposed sale of Gemstar TV Guide to Macrovision Corporation for $2.8 billion, announced in early December, has a rough road ahead. That's due mostly to opposition from Macrovision shareholde ...
- Internet Muscle: NBC Buys LX.tv
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Looking to bulk up its Internet TV station content, NBC Universal has bought new-media content producer LX.tv, which will produce original entertainment content for all NBC-owned stations and other loc ...
- Zelnick: Bad Times, Good Buys
On Media, Diane Mermigas - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
These can be the best of times for Strauss Zelnick, whose diverse media experience and independent funding sources make him an opportunistic buyer in a troubled market. In seven year ...
- Aegis Has Sights Level On Another Digital Acquisition, Wants To Buy i-Level
Online Media Daily, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Aegis Group, whose Isobar network already is the largest digital media services group in the world by a wide margin, is looking to get bigger. And it's looking to ...
- Harte-Hankes Acquires Mason Zimbler
Online Media Daily, - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Direct marketing giant Harte-Hanks Inc. Monday said it acquired U.K.-based digital marketing shop Mason Zimbler. Terms were not disclosed. ...
- "Vulture" Fund Wants Directors On NY Times Board
Around the Net In Media, William Spain - Monday, January 28, 2008
An Alabama-based hedge fund hopes to elect directors to The New York Times Company board. The fund, Harbinger Capital Partners, gave similar notice to another newspaper company, Media General. T ...
- Carlsberg, Heineken Agree On $15.3 billion S&N Deal
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Thom Forbes - Friday, January 25, 2008
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- Under The Radar: Spinning Deals, Money
On Media, Diane Mermigas - Friday, January 25, 2008
The natives are restless. Plenty of buyers and sellers are eager to do deals. There is an abundance of untapped liquidity being held hostage by fear and confusion. As transactio ...
- L'Oreal Will Pay $1.68B For YSL Beaute Brands
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Thom Forbes - Thursday, January 24, 2008
L'Oréal yesterday proposed to pay $1.68 billion for YSL Beauté Holding, which is part of the PPR subsidiary Gucci Group. L'Oréal will obtain an exclusive, long-term worldwide license for t ...
- Firm Puts $200 Million Into Boomerang Media
Around the Net In Media, William Spain - Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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- Delta Battles To Keep Brand Name Alive
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Ross Fadner - Tuesday, January 22, 2008
In its talks with United Airlines and Northwest Airlines about a possible combination, Delta executives have spoken in near absolute terms about their desire and intention of keeping the Del ...
- Report: WPP's Sorrell Makes A New Run, Bids To Acquire Canada's Nurun
Online Media Daily, Joe Mandese - Monday, January 21, 2008
Acquisitive WPP chief Martin Sorrell is on the prowl again, and this time he's making a play for Nurun Inc., one of Canada's leading online ad services companies. Sorrell h ...
- EU Continues To Scrutinize Google-DoubleClick Deal
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 21, 2008
The sole Federal Trade Commission member who voted against approving Google's acquisition of DoubleClick and a leading privacy advocate are among the witnesses slated to testify today at a Europe ...
- Samwer Brothers Buy $15 Million Facebook Stake
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Ross Fadner - Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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- Online Values Seen As Bubblish, Social Nets Most 'Overhyped'
Online Media Daily, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Nearly two-thirds (62%) of senior executives at major U.S. media companies believe a "bubble" is looming for online media properties, but the vast majority don't expect it to pop unt ...
- Delta Aims For Swift Merger With Northwest Or United
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Thom Forbes - Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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- Havas Acquires BLM, Merges With Arena Media Unit
MediaDailyNews, - Monday, January 14, 2008
Havas, the Paris-based parent of MPG and Havas Media, this morning announced a deal to acquire British media shop BLM Holdings. Terms were not disclosed but BLM is estimated ...
- Report: Interpublic Rumored To Be Takeover Candidate
MediaDailyNews, - Monday, January 14, 2008
With shares of its stock dipping to recent price lows, rumors are circulating that the Interpublic Group may be vulnerable to a takeover, speculates Adweek magazine. ...
- FCC Approves Clear Channel Buyout
MediaDailyNews, Erik Sass - Monday, January 14, 2008
The Federal Communications Commission has approved the buyout of Clear Channel Communications by private equity investors led by Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital Partners. The deal was studi ...
- Report: Microsoft Rumored To Be Stepping Into Limelight
Online Media Daily, - Monday, January 14, 2008
Fresh off its acquisition of enterprise search developer Fast Search and Transfer, Microsoft is rumored to be considering a deal to acquire Limelight Networks, reports blogger Henry Blodget of Silic ...
- Airline Deals May Fly Again
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Thom Forbes - Friday, January 11, 2008
Delta's board of directors is expected to act on a proposal today to give CEO Richard Anderson a green light to pursue formal merger discussions with both Northwest and Unite ...
- aQuantive Deal-Maker Leaving Microsoft
Online Media Daily, - Thursday, January 10, 2008
Microsoft Corp. Wednesday said Bruce Jaffe, the M&A chief who oversaw the takeover of aQuantive and other key assets, is leaving to start his own venture. ...
- Digital M&A Market Gets Off To FAST Start, Microsoft Acquires Enterprise Search Firm
Online Media Daily, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Coming off a record year in terms of mergers and acquisitions of digital marketing services, 2008 already looks like it could excel that pace. With Google's $3.1 billion acquisition ...
- Online Media Sees 69% Spike In M&As In 2007
Online Media Daily, - Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Leading all sectors with 306 transactions in 2007, online media saw a 69% increase in the number of mergers and acquisitions and a 33% rise in value over 2006 level ...
- Goldman Sachs Boosts Aegis Stake
MediaDailyNews, - Monday, January 7, 2008
Aegis Group, the parent of Carat, Isobar, Posterscope and Vizeum, this morning reported that Goldman Sachs has increased its stake in the London-based agency holding company to 6.01% of equi ...
