In May 2007 CBS acquired the stock market-focused video blog Wallstrip for a reported $5 million. In January 2007 Wallstrip was receiving around 10,000 views per episode. It had previously raised about half a million dollars from angel investors.

Online retailer Amazon.com announced it acquired www.dpreview.com, a comprehensive site for digital camera information and reviews. Dpreview.com was founded in 1998 and receives seven million unique visitors a month (over 22 million sessions) who read over 120 million pages.