TheKnot, a wedding planning and content site, announced the acquisition of Breastfeeding.com, a community site that targets new mothers. The addition of Breastfeeding.com further expands TheKnot’s portfolio of baby brands which includes TheBump.com and LilaGuide.com. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Archive for the ‘Acquisitions’ Category
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
1up.com, a gaming and social network site and its cache of sites including GameVideos.com, MyCheats.com and GameTab.com, was acquired by UGO. Ugo (UnderGroundOnline) is considered one of the top 50 largest entertainment portal site. UGO networks consists of more than 250 owned and affiliated sites. The terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Socialmedian, a social news start up, has been bought by Xing, the Germany based business social network. Xing is similar to LinkedIn, and is positioned to utilize Socialmedian to provide its professional services to users. Socialmedian will receive about $4 million in cash and stock, with also be paid an earn-out based on performance for up to 2.5 million euros.
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
IMDB, the Internet Movie Data Site, owned by Amazon , has acquired Box Office Mojo, a popular movie data site. The sale will allow IMDB to provide more comprehensive box office data figures, and integrate some of its film and TV credits data on BOM. The terms of the sale were not disclosed.
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
The humor Site, National Lampoon, expands into the e-commerce market with the acquisition of JerkassClothing.com that sells youth and college oriented t-shirts. The terms of the sale were not disclosed.
Monday, December 8th, 2008
RealEstate.com has bought certain assets of New Homes Realty, an online real estate company. New Homes Realty’s cache of Web sites, that includes NewHomes.com providing interested home shoppers a database of thorough real estate information for new and existing homes, will now be run by RealEstate.com. As an Internet-enabled real estate brokerage that operates in 14 markets with more than 1,100 sales agents, RealEstate.com allows consumers a more efficient way to buy or sell homes by utilizing real estate services, tools, and helpful advice. Financial terms of this deal were not revealed.
