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).
We have included: continue reading...
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...
There’s no doubt about it: Facebook is the 2007 company of the year (vote for your pick). See our previous picks here.
But, when it comes to 2007’s story lines, the top one will be all about M&A in general, and M&A in ad networks in particular: continue reading...
First Round Capital is raising a $75M - $100M fund… the firm’s backed firms like Stumble Upon and Video Egg…
Interesting to see that they’ve also passed up on (and partner Josh Kopelman sheepishly/proudly admits to it, too…) both Right Media ($800M exit to Yahoo!) and, hmm… YouTube ($1.65B exit to Google). continue reading...
Background
On March 27th, I suggested that MSFT should spin MSN.com/Live.com into Yahoo! In fact, afterwards a reader even sent me a link to John Battelle’s like-minded suggestion, time-stamped March 13th. continue reading...
The headline of this post ends with !? because Yahoo!’s name includes a “!” and the sentence is in fact a question.
But, even were it not the case, upon finding out that Yahoo! had shelled out $680M for the 80% of Right Media it did not own (after paying $45M for 20% of the company six months ago), any headline would have been followed by !?$%$(*&#. continue reading...
One of the best things - ie. most reassuring - is that the stock market is not exuberant.
Today, Yahoo! bought the 80% of Right Media it did not own for over $600M, valuing the entire company at over $800M. To put this into context, NBC bought all of iVillage for $600M, News Corp. bought Intermix (MySpace’s parent) for $580M, and all of IGN for $650M. All of these deals took place less than two years ago. continue reading...
