10 Best Internet Acquisitions Ever; Newspapers Got the Top 2
Over
the thanksgiving weekend, Ashkan
Karbasfrooshan came up with the ten “best” Internet acquisitions
of all time. (full
article at SeekingAlpha). All the Internet biggies -- Google, Yahoo, Ebay,
AOL, and even Microsoft -- have figured as the beneficiries of
these top deals. However, the No.1 & No.2 deals went to newspaper groups as they
prepare for a second life in the Internet era. Here are the top 5:
#5 - Yahoo! acquisition of Inktomi for $235M in December, 2002
#4 - Yahoo! acquisition of Overture for $1.63B in July, 2003
#3 - Google acquisition of Sprinks for $? in October, 2003
#2 - New York Times acquisition of About.com for $410M in February, 2005
#1 - News Corporation acquisition of MySpace for $580M in May, 2005
