It's Deja Vu all over again

From: Cliff Kurtzman <moderator_at_o-a.com>
Date: Mon 19 Jul 2004 08:54:57 -0500

The pace of M&A activity in the online advertising space
has certainly picked up... it seems like 1999 all over again.
Do you think this is good for the industry? Are these smart
deals? Who else do you think is a likely acquisition target?

Here are some links to relevant news stories on deals over the past
month:

Microsoft buys Lookout
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3382011
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3381991

Digitas Buys Modem Media for $200M
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3381651
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=260095

aQuantive buys SBI.Razorfish
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/179913_aquantive29.html
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3374211

Agency.com acquires Exile on Seventh
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3374981

Yahoo! Acquires Oddpost
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3379671

Digital Impact Acquires Marketleap
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3379541

Google acquires Picasa
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3380451

Traffix Acquires SendTraffic.com
http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/070204/d01a02burbs.html

Return Path acquires NetCreations
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3374961

America Online's acquires Advertising.com for $435 million
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3372911

Digital Thoughts: Consolidation Re-examined
http://www.digitalmoses.com/backissues/2004/07/15/dt.htm


--Cliff

Clifford R. Kurtzman
CEO | Moderator
ADASTRO Incorporated | The Online Advertising Discussion List
http://www.adastro.com | http://www.o-a.com





Received on Mon Jul 19 2004 - 08:54:57 CDT