The following is a perpetual-work-in-progress. Once you start to compile a list of mergers and acquisitions, you realize why it’s nearly impossible to have a complete list. We are quite confident that the following is a very good, comprehensive list of the largest, more notable deals… but it is not - and no list will be - fully complete because there are too many countries around the world and too many industries to report (it is highly possible that the Wall Street Journal or Financial Post, for example, has such a list… but it would be thick and unwieldy).
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Editor’s note: I knew we were speaking too soon. One more deal to add to the list: Time Warner to buy Quigo. Added to the bottom of the list, under ad networks.
According to The Jordan Edmiston Group Inc.’s October 2007 Client Briefing report, the number of deals through the first three quarters of 2007 exceeded full year 2006 figures: 637 transactions with $95B in value thus far. Do the math and that is $150M per deal, quite rich. continue reading...
Paid Content reports that RH Donnelly bid the highest for Business.com, going all the way up to $345M for the company that started off with a $7.5M purchase of a URL and a subsequent $10M funding round.
RHD, a publicly traded firm, did $1.895B in 2006 revenues, but only 2% of that (according to PaidContent) - or $38M - came from the Web. So, to remain relevant in the 21st century, it is spending over 10x that in order to reposition itself and strengthen its online presence. In a way, it makes sense, I can’t for the life of me imagine upcoming and existing generations turning to books and print in general for directories and what not… continue reading...
