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Microsoft Acquires Greenfield Online for $486 Million

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2008-08-29 13:00:17 by Stan Schroeder in Mashable!
...Greenfield Online Inc , a company that owns Ciao GmbH, a leading European shopping and price comparison site. Microsoft will purchase all outstanding shares of Greenfield Online for $17.50 per share, which means that the total value of the transaction is approx. 486 million dollars. As others have noticed , Greenfield already had a deal in...
 
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Microsoft Buying Research/Shopping Engine Outfit Greenfield Online, Carving It Up (MSFT)

2008-08-29 07:30:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...Greenfield Online, which runs an Internet survey businesss and Ciao, a European comparison shopping engine. Redmond plans on immediately selling off the survey business to an unnamed buyer. From one of two releases Microsoft put out to explain the deal Ciao is a comprehensive source for intelligent shopping on the web, combining consumer...
 
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Time Warner Cable Not 'Well-Prepared' For Verizon Threat In NYC, Pali Cuts To 'Sell'

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2008-07-21 10:25:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
...Greenfield, who cut TWC to "sell" today Besides dealing with Verizon's land grab, Time Warner Cable will likely have to compete by cutting prices, Greenfield notes. In NYC, Verizon will offer its typical "triple-play" package of cable TV, high-speed Internet access, and phone service for $99.99 per month, with a $69.99 introductory rate for...
 
Tags: time warner, time warner cable, verizon, nyc, verizon coo strigl, cable tv, cable tv service, verizon ceo, nyc cable license
 
 
 
 
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Cablevision's Dolans Splash $496M On Sundance Channel

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2008-05-07 17:14:00 by Michael Learmonth in Silicon Alley Insider
...Greenfield predicts Cablevision will shutter IFC and merge the two Sundance's programming is 30% original series and 70% independent film. Last year Rainbow Networks had its first programming hit with AMC's "Mad Men Related: Greenfield: I'm Bailing On Cablevision
 
Tags: cablevision, sundance channel, rainbow unit, sundance, rainbow, rainbow media unit, ifc, shutter ifc, bid
 
 
 
 
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Comcast (CMCSA) Paring Off Markets, Time Warner Cable (TWC) Buying?

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2008-05-22 18:50:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
...Greenfield reports today (subscription required Where? One market: Maine. Potential buyer: Time Warner Cable (TWC), which already owns 85% of Maine's cable operations, according to the Times Record Why would they shrink on purpose? Greenfield notes that it could help Comcast's (CMCSA) overall growth profile and let management focus on its...
 
Tags: comcast, time warner cable, comcast invests, cable tv subscribers, subscribers, web video company, management focus, potential buyer, cable company
 
 
 
 
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Which Is Worth More? Product Search or Information Search.

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2008-08-30 03:44:31 by Steven Hodson in Mashable!
...Greenfield Online for a princely sum. Much of the talk within the tech blogosphere about the deal is one of confusion. Many of the people are wondering why Microsoft would be interested in buying the company and then only keeping Ciao!, the European shopping and price comparison site. The other parts of the company apparently already have...
 
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News Corp. Estimates Cut On Ad Meltdown

2008-10-10 13:42:00 by Joe Weisenthal in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...Greenfield, who knows a thing or two about the company, has reduced his full-year 2009 estimates by $.10 to $1.16. Current consensus is $1.24. The issues: A local ad meltdown affecting the newspaper business and TV stations and a decline in filmed entertainment Says Greenfield The greatest cut in our estimate is in News Corp's Television...
 
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Another Auto Industry Loser: TV Stations

2008-10-28 16:00:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...Greenfield estimates (registration required) that auto advertising on local TV stations -- which represented more than 25% of local TV advertising -- is down 50% year-over-year Making matters worse: If Chrysler and GM merge, there will be fewer car companies and less competition -- meaning fewer ads, too That won't necessarily crush TV...
 
Tags: tv, cable tv provider, local tv stations, local tv, auto industry, auto, industry, save cbs, cbs
 
 
 
 
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Google Sites now part of Google Apps

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2008-03-04 14:47:42 by Jerome Locson in Office Tweaks