By now you have probably heard the news that Microsoft has made a bid for Yahoo!. Since so many people are covering it I thought it would be best to do a end of day wrapup about the proposed Microsoft Yahoo! news. By the time I got to the office today, ...

R.H. Donnelley has agreed to acquire Business.com, Inc. for $345 million in cash and deferred purchase consideration. This deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2007. It's also subject to customary terms and closing conditions, including compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. As part ...

Incisive Media, the company most known in the search engine marketing industry for having recently purchased the "Search Engine Strategies" conferences, has signed an agreement under which Incisive Media will acquire ALM, a company that owns and publishes 33 national and regional magazines and newspapers focused on the legal and ...

The vertical search engine Healia, a health search engine that specializes in finding high-quality and personalized health information, has been acquired by Meredith Corporation. Meredith is one of the USA’s leading media and marketing companies whose businesses center around magazine and book publishing, television broadcasting, integrated marketing, and interactive media. ...

About a month ago, I talked about Google Acquiring Doubleclick. Now, we have Microsoft acquiring aQuantive. Microsoft is planning on building an internet-wide advertising platform for advertisers, ad agencies, and publishers. acquire aQuantive, Inc., for $66.50 per share in an all-cash deal worth about $6 billion. This acquisition by Microsoft ...

Google has announced an agreement to acquire DoubleClick for $3.1 billion in cash from San Francisco-based private equity firm Hellman & Friedman along with JMI Equity and management. The acquisition will combine DoubleClick's expertise in ad management technology for media buyers and sellers with Google's leading advertising platform and ...