Price: US$1,650,000,000 - Date: October/November 2006
MySpace bought by News Corp
Price: US$580,000,000 - Date: July 2005
CBS buys last.fm
Price: US$280,000,000 (GB£142,000,000) - Date: May 2007
Price: Unknown - Date: March 2005
eBay stumbles upon StumbleUpon
Price: US$75,000,000 - Date: May 2007
del.icio.us bought by Yahoo!
Price: Unknown: CNN reported it was likely to be between US$15,000,000 and US$20,000,000 - Date: December 2005
Yahoo! acquires MyBlogLog
Price: US$10,000,000 - Date: January 2007
The traditional media and the first wave of Internet start-ups are scared. Unfortunately, instead of hiring innovators they simply decide to buy innovator’s websites!
Price: At least US$2,600,000,000, which is more than 5 times the GDP of the Caribbean island of Grenada! - Date: September 2005