Mergers And Acquisitions News
Google Takes Picnik Away From Yahoo!
2nd March 2010
Google announced yesterday that they have acquired the photo editing site Picnik right from under Yahoo!’s nose, while Yahoo! seems to have done nothing about it! More »
Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal
21st December 2009
Last week it looked almost certain that Yelp would sign a deal with Google. However, sources now reveal that Yelp has decided to back out of the deal. More »
Microsoft Could Buy Ask.com
4th November 2009
How far will Microsoft go, in their bid to increase the market share of their search engine Bing?
The latest rumour making the rounds is that Microsoft may buy Ask.com, which has been up for sale for a long time now. Barry Diller, the Chairman of InterActive Corp, the parent company of Ask.com, has said that the search market is challenging, and he would be quite willing to part with his search engine (In exchange, for appropriate remuneration, of course.) More »
Can Facebook Justify Acquiring FriendFeed?
19th August 2009
Facebook has been trying hard to offer the latest and most popular new social features to their users. In an attempt to mimic Twitter’s functionality they bought the social media sharing site FriendFeed last week for a tidy sum of $47.5 million. More »
Is Google About To Acquire Twitter?
3rd April 2009
Undisclosed sources have apparently informed TechCrunch that Google is holding negotiations to buy over the popular microblogging site Twitter. More »
Why Facebook Failed To Takeover Twitter
3rd March 2009
During a recent interview with Business Week, Facebook’s Director and one of its largest investors, Peter Thiel, publicly confirmed for the first time that Facebook and Twitter had been in serious talks with each other but the deal failed over disagreements regarding price and structure. More »
Will eBay Sell Skype? Should Google Buy It?
2nd February 2009
As if the blogosphere was not already rife with rumours of mergers and acquisitions, the latest rumors to add to the lot are that eBay may actually sell off Skype if they get a good offer. More »
AOL Rumoured To Sell Bebo
29th January 2009
The latest rumors doing the rounds are that AOL may be planning to sell Bebo for about $200 million, less than a year after it acquired the social network for $850 million. More »
Will The Microsoft-Yahoo! Deal Be Revived?
14th January 2009
It looks as though there is no end in sight for the Microsoft-Yahoo! acquisition deal. More »
Twitter Rejects Facebook Merger
1st December 2008
After several weeks of negotiations, Twitter and Facebook have failed to come to an agreement about a possible acquisition of the micro-blogging service by the social network. More »
Yahoo! Talking Merger With AOL
25th September 2008
Following all the hullabaloo after the Yahoo! board of directors refused Microsoft’s offer to buy them over, and the threats led by investor Carl Icahn, to replace the entire board of Yahoo!, the headless chicken that is Yahoo! is now looking at merging with another collossal sinker, AOL. More »
Impending AOL Split Now Official
8th August 2008
Since the beginning of the year we have heard off and on that AOL’s access and media units are likely to be split. This has now been confirmed by none other than CEO, Jeff Bewkes, while releasing the financial results of the company for the second quarter of the year. The process is expected to start early next year. More »
Google – Digg Deal Called Off
29th July 2008
Only a few days ago, Google was deep in discussions with Digg, regarding a possible acquisition of the site. It is believed that the term sheet stage had already been cleared. However, sometime last week, Google decided not to go ahead with the deal, and Digg was notified accordingly. More »
Yahoo! Actions Not In The Best Interest Of Shareholders
4th June 2008
The executives at Yahoo Inc. obviously believe in the saying ‘there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies.’
It is well known that Yahoo! ran tests with arch rivals Google, to show AdWords advertising on Yahoo! Search. What is not so well known, however, is their opinion on the same subject. More »
Microsoft Reopens Talks With Yahoo!
20th May 2008
On Sunday 18 May 2008, two weeks after withdrawal of its offer to Yahoo!, Microsoft has issued a statement, regarding its continued efforts to improve their online services and advertising business. More »
CBS + CNet, IAC + Lexico and Comcast + Plaxo
19th May 2008
In a coincidence of sorts, 3 different mergers were announced around the same time last week. The popular U.S. based broadcasting company CBS will buy web publisher CNET networks for $1.8 billion. IAC, owners of Ask.com will buy Lexico for $100 million in cash and Comcast will buy Plaxo. More »
Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo! Offer
6th May 2008
In a sudden turn of events Microsoft has decided to withdraw the offer they made to takeover Yahoo! After over 3 months of fruitless discussions, and even threats of a hostile takeover bid, the head honchos at Microsoft have concluded that it does not make economic sense to raise their bid beyond the final offer of $33 per share or nearly $46.5 billion. More »
What Will Happen To The Microsoft-Yahoo! Acquisition?
25th April 2008
Yahoo! released their much awaited financial results for the first quarter of the year. While the result is not spectacular, it is better than predicted by some analysts. Some think it could be good enough to keep Microsoft at arm’s length for a while. The Street seems to disagree. More »
Acts Of Desperation: Potential Google – Yahoo! Deal
18th April 2008
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Yahoo! and Google are in talks to moved a step further, with regards to their search advertising deal. The 2-week test where Yahoo! Search results showed Google AdSense ads is supposedly looking so encouraging that both companies are already talking about extending the deal. More »
Microsoft – Yahoo! Battle Gets Heated And Complicated
14th April 2008
This was never going to be a straightforward acquisition and we all knew that. However, Microsoft’s bid to acquire Yahoo! has just turned more complicated with a whole new set of competing factions coming out of the woodwork. Google, AOL , News Corp. and Time Warner have all re-emerged as significant players. More »
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