Acquisitions: Loads of deals...

From: Cliff Kurtzman <moderator_at_o-a.com>
Date: Tue 26 Sep 2006 10:10:42 -0500

This list has gotten very QUIET again. I've been drowning in consulting
projects and finally had a chance to update the deal flow this weekend.
Here are the new deals...

September

Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd. acquires remaining shares of
Carsales.com.au and 2.4% of SEEK
http://www.bordermail.com.au/news/bm/business/440625.html

Platinum Studios acquires DrunkDunk
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/
09-25-2006/0004438654&EDATE=>

Apax acquires Incisive Media for $375M
http://www.newratings.com/analyst_news/article_1374466.html

Neuf Cegetel acquires AOL France for $365M
http://www.convergedigest.com/Bandwidth/newnetworksarticle.asp?ID=19458

Rogers Publishing acquires Canadian Parents Online
http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/September2006/19/c7218.html

IODA acquires Uploader
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060920/20060920005314.html?.v=1

Yankee Group acquires Trendsmedia
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060915/20060915005070.html?.v=1

About.com acquires Calorie-Count.com
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003122214

News Corp acquires 51% of Verisign's Jamba for $187.5M
http://www.betanews.com/article/News_Corp_Buys_Jamba_from_VeriSign/1158076333

RealNetworks acquires WiderThan for approximately $350M
http://business.techwhack.com/1136/widerthan-realnetworks/

ADVFN acquires InvestorsHub and SI Holdings for $3M
http://www.finextra.com/fullpr.asp?id=11149

Six Apart acquires Rojo Networks
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2163815/six-apart-snaps-rojo

NBC acquires Allstar Stats
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6369131.html

Destra acquires Brand New Media for $9.4M
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/5489/127/

iTech Media acquires MadPenguin.org
http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/06/08/31/1658219.shtml?tid=148

RH Donnelley acquires LocalLaunch
http://clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3623375

HotChalk acquires EdScope
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060905/phtu016.html?.v=72

Accipiter acquires BidClix
http://clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3623331

Six Apart Acquires Rojo
http://www.feedblog.org/2006/09/six_apart_acqui_1.html

Dominion Enterprises acquires Advanced Access
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=111337&ran=32779

Telecom Italy acquires AOL Germany for $870M
http://news.tmcnet.com/news/2006/09/18/1902611.htm

Sony acquires 27% of Gamepot for $22M
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004877626

ATG acquires eStara for $48.3M
http://www.crm2day.com/news/crm/119847.php

SEEK acquires 25% of Zhaopin for $26.6M
http://www.pacificepoch.com/blog/76012_0_22_0_C/

FSBO Media Holdings acquires FLV Hosting
http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/092206_FSBO_Completes_Acquisition.cfm

Sticky Web acquires EResources and Estrela Marketing Solutions
http://www.bocaratonnews.com/index.php?src=news&prid=17323

Pindar Graphics acquires Screen Pages
<http://www.e-consultancy.com/news-blog/361730/
pindar-graphics-acquires-e--commerce-services-provider-screen-pages.html>

Cash America acquires CashNetUSA for $35M
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14907152/

Pay88 acquires QianBao Technology
http://www.chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=4433

August

J.L. Halsey acquires ClickTracks for $10.6M
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3623224

J.L. Halsey acquires Hot Banana for $1.7M
http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/web-cms-acquisitions-hot-banana-000742.php

Telstra acquires 51% of SouFun Holdings for $254M
http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2006/08/31/afx2984536.html

Disney acquires Mobile2Win
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=18303&hed=Disney+Buys+Mobile2Win+China

Sky Media acquires Aura Sports
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=details&nNewsID=588769

One to One Interactive acquires AdTools
http://www.imediaconnection.com/news/10997.asp

Fun Technologies acquires Teagames
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060815/to282.html?.v=32

Fun Technologies acquires CDM Sports for up to $10M
http://www.cdmsports.com/press_release.php

Sony Pictures acquires Grouper for $65M
http://www.imediaconnection.com/news/10946.asp

Outsell acquires Electronic Publishing Services
http://analystnews.tekrati.com/firmnews/?id=7677

Demand Media acquires Hillclimb Media
http://www.socaltech.com/story/0005005.html

AOL acquires GameDaily for approximately $3M
http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=75303&cat_id=643

Gottaplay Interactive acquires Skyworks
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=153873

TV18 acquires Urban Eye, cricketnext.com, and compareindia.com
http://www.agencyfaqs.com/news/stories/2006/08/23/15812.html

AOL acquires Userplane
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060814/20060814005446.html?.v=1

Google acquires Neven Vision
http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-08-15-n52.html

IAC acquires 51% of CollegeHumor.com for an estimated $10M
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3623164

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
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Received on Tue Sep 26 2006 - 10:10:42 CDT