Archive for the 'deals' Category
The last time I posted about Last.fm and Pandora, they were worried about being run out of business by a rising RIAA fee structure. Last.fm and Pandora are certainly still vulnerable to such rate hikes, but it doesn’t seem to be a big worry to CBS, who reportedly is purchasing Last.fm for $280m. [...]
Today’s Wallstrip interview is with Feedburner CEO Dick Costolo. I recently posted about the Feedburner/Google acquisition rumors and how it would be a big event for Chicago if it were to go through. In his interview, Dick said he is long on Chicago but thinks “it needs to do something about its [...]
TechCrunch is confirming a $100M term sheet between Google and Chicago based Feedburner, backed by Chicago based DFJ Portage. If this deal goes through, it will make Feedburner the biggest Chicago tech success in recent years…possibly the biggest since Orbitz? Also, assuming Feedburner stays where they are, it will make Chicago a significant [...]
Interesting post on Sam Zell’s legal background and the recent Tribune deal announcement on the WSJ law blog. They quote some other WSJ article on Zell’s background that struck several chords with me personally and professionally:
When he was a student at the University of Michigan School of Law, Mr. Zell spent part of his [...]
Web traffic aggregator Comscore has filed to go public. They had revenues of $66.3 million in 2006, and about $5.6 million in operating income. It will be interesting to see how they are received. ComScore is a neat company that provides a phenomenal product - definitely the most accurate and well respected [...]