Acquisitions: 21 more deals

From: Cliff Kurtzman <moderator_at_o-a.com>
Date: Tue 18 Apr 2006 19:52:53 -0500

I'm looking forward to giving a session next week at AD:TECH that
makes some sense of everything going on in the dealspace. Here are
some recent deals:

JupiterKagan acquires JupiterResearch from Jupitermedia for $10.1M
http://www.imediaconnection.com/news/8858.asp

Readers Digest acquires AllRecipes.com for $66M
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3595971

Alloy Marketing & Media acquires Sconex for $8.7 million
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3595001

Fast Search & Transfer acquires Kopek AS
http://www.manufacturing.net/ind/article/NEb0403547.2sw.html

Google acquires 5% of AOL for $1B
http://www.newyorkbusiness.com/news.cms?id=13292

MediaWhiz and GRS Merge
http://www.imediaconnection.com/news/9023.asp

Think Partnership acquires Litmus Media for $13M + $20M in incentives
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3597251

Coremetrics acquires IBM's SurfAid Analytics
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3595991

McAfee Acquires SiteAdvisor
http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=72383&cat_id=908

Medio Systems Acquires WebRelevance
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060406/20060406005312.html?.v=1

DesignExchange acquires Lele Interactive Science and Technology Company
http://www.pacificepoch.com/newsstories?id=P59019

Salem (SALM) acquires Townhall.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2006/04/10/daily7.html?from_rss=1

United Online Inc. acquires MyPoints Inc. for about $56 million in cash
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060411/wr_nm/media_unitedonline_dc_1

Skype Acquires Sonorit, Camino Networks unit for $27M
http://news.tmcnet.com/news/2006/04/11/1561291.htm

Think Partnership acquires IceRocket
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=3262

Penton Media acquires HVAC-Talk.com
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060417/20060417005627.html?.v=1

Yahoo acquires Meedio
http://news.com.com/2061-10811_3-6062322.html

Backfence.com acquires Bayosphere
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=3278

WebMD (WBMD) acquires Summex Corporation
http://sev.prnewswire.com/health-care-hospitals/20060417/NYM09017042006-1.html

Ninemsn acquires 35% of iSelect for $14M
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/4/prweb371514.htm

iseemedia acquires 70% of RealBiz360
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2006/11/c3748.html

See our full 2005-2006 M&A deal flow:
    http://www.o-a.com/acquisitions.html


--Cliff

Clifford R. Kurtzman
CEO | Moderator
ADASTRO Incorporated | The Online Advertising Discussion List
http://www.adastro.com | http://www.o-a.com
(281) 480-6300




Received on Tue Apr 18 2006 - 19:52:53 CDT