Acquisitions: Viacom, Live Nation, Liberty Media + MORE

From: Cliff Kurtzman <moderator_at_o-a.com>
Date: Thu 03 Aug 2006 16:02:36 -0500

July

NameMedia acquires MoreFocus
http://www.namemedia.com/about/releases/07-31-06.html

Live Nation acquires majority stake in Musictoday
http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=251992

Irish Times acquires MyHome.ie for $64M
http://www.enn.ie/frontpage/news-9752813.html

Tarsas Group acquires tsnn.com
http://www.tarsus-group.com/index.asp?section=4&id=2&prid=326

Liberty Media acquires BuySeasons Inc.
http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2006/07/24/daily30.html

BSkyB (News Corp) acquires remaining 51% of Mykindaplace
http://digital-lifestyles.info/display_page.asp?section=business&id=3516

CNET acquires UrbanBaby.com
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3622957

CNET acquires xcar.com.cn for $10M
http://www.pacificepoch.com/newsstories?id=P69802

Jelmoli acquires majority of Preisinsel
http://www.hemscott.com/news/latest-news/item.do?newsId=35199404542035

August

PA Sport acquires iKnowledge
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060803/20060803005049.html?.v=1

Sun-Times Media Group acquires Centerstage Chicago
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4089749.html

Viacom acquires Y2M Youth Media and Marketing Networks for approximately $20M
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117947866?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=2570

Bankrate acquires 3 web sites from East West Mortgage for $4.4M
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060802/flw012.html?.v=60

Bray Web Development acquires eCalton.com for $250K
http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/news.html?d=103070

PartyGaming acquires Gamebookers for $130.6M
http://www.electricnews.net/frontpage/news-9757830.html

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


--Cliff

Clifford R. Kurtzman
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Received on Thu Aug 03 2006 - 16:02:36 CDT