Networks typically trot out corporate executives, stars and programmers for pitching to advertisers during the TV industry’s annual upfront season. CBS showcased Quincy Smith, a deal maker and the president of CBS Interactive, who hogged the limelight at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday (May 14).
“We possess the most content online of any network,” he declared. It […]

Acquisition of DoubleClick, a significant player in the £18 billion online advertising business, by Google, got the approval of the European regulators on Tuesday. They had earlier raised complaints that the combination would allow Google to extend its Internet dominance. This approval comes only weeks after imposing a fine of 899 million euros on another […]

AOL has announced this morning that they have acquired social networking service Bebo for approx £420 million ($850 million). It is a major move considering Yahoo! and other companies had been rumoured to be after the social community. Bebo, the third-largest social networking service in the U.S. behind MySpace and Facebook has also become the […]

If the word doing the round is to be believed, there may be a new acquisition to be happening sometime soon which again, a-la Yahoo, may involve the big guns. It is being said that Digg is working with influential investment bank Allen & Co. (the ones that recently got Slide a half billion dollar […]

AOL has been partners with widget making company Goowy since last year. Now they have bought the company. The financial details of the deal has not been disclosed. Goowy is specially known as the parent company of yourminis, which is a widget maker and widget search engine.

Buddy Media has all the reason to steal the limelight. The Facebook application development company has acquired five Facebook applications and thus is creating buzz all over the Internet.

Multimap, one of UK’s oldest online mapping company has been bought over by software giant Microsoft for an undisclosed sum. Focused on UK and Europe, Multimap has a sizeable audience and finds it listed amongst the top ten sites visited in UK. Founded in 1996, Multimap had already attracted £1.9 million in funding within […]

Getupdated Internet marketing Ltd are about to become one of the world largest full range internet marketing companies.
A letter of intent has been signed to acquire one of England´s leading Search Engine Optimisation companies, Just Search Ltd. The price will be £8.8 million and a earn out based on the profit for 2008 […]

In order to offer customers higher conversion rates, Getupdated bought the Swedish interactive consultancy and traffic analysis company SolarPlexus Management Europe.
One of Getupdated’s most popular products, SEO Pay Per Acquisition, will now be even better. Specialists from SolarPlexus will help us to get higher conversion rates online.
Their approach involves a clear cut […]

Eastpoint have signed an intention regarding acquisition of the swedish Internet consulting company Cross.
The company are focused on Internet based services and solutions, helping customers to reach their business goals on Internet and increase the number och visitors that take action on the website. Cross primary business model consist of four parts:
- Presence
- […]

Britain’s leading social networking website, Bebo, want to remain independent and grow organically, despite a £500m bid from Yahoo. The company has about 9 million users in UK and around 31 million worldwide. It seems like they want to grow a lot more organically, before any further discussions can take place. “We do see value […]

There been quite a few acquisitions in the Internet marketing field lately, and here comes another one.
WPP, a London based communications & services group, today announced that they acquires the publicly traded 24/7 Real Media for $US649 million.
WPP will be one of the world’s largest communications services groups, employing almost 100 000 people, […]

GetUpdated just agreed to buy eTrafficJams, a prominent American based Search Engine Optimisation company that helps websites with Internet marketing.
The first American company that joins GetUpdated
With eTrafficJams the company finally enters the American market. Previously, GetUpdated have purchases several Scandinavian companies, and are now the biggest and most popular Internet Marketing Company in the […]