The web was buzzing earlier today as the earlier rumour of Twitter acquiring Twitter search engine Summize was confirmed. The acquisition was rumoured to be close to $15m. Summize now redirects to search.twitter.com. Official announcement here.
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Today MSNBC announced that is has acquired Newsvine - a social publishing network that rewarded it’s contributors by sharing its ad revenue. I’ve never fully understood the attraction of Newsvine, although i have used it a few times for wastefully submitting news stories and the odd opinion. First of all the main news stories [...]
It was almost inevitable, Google outbid Microsoft and acquired DoubleClick - you know, that huge online advertising network? Read more at The Register.
Update: The DoubleClick deal is coming under scrutiny from the companies who lost out in the bidding war to Google. Rafat Ali from PaidContent.org opens the debate.
It was reported about a month ago by CNET News.com that Getty had acquired Scoopt, a user generated news-centric photolicensing service. This was around the same time that Getty’s purchase of Jupiter Media fell through. What’s interesting about this acquisition is that a corporate giant such as Getty seriously believes that user generated citizen photojournalism [...]
Techcrunch.com’s Michael Arrington today announced his merger with FuckedCompany.com - a leading technology blog that documents failing web and software companies. I’m sure the two blogs will compliment each other, as they operate in two different ends of the publishing spectrum. Techcrunch.com tends to focus on new companies before and after launch - often using [...]
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