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marketingpilgrim.com - 4/14/2009
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First there were the acquisition rumors , then the acquisition . Then there were the sale rumors . Now, eBay has sold StumbleUpon —to the social discovery app (and its funders) itself.
In May 2007, eBay purchased StumbleUpon at $75 million, to much confusion in the blogosphere. At the ...
stumbleupon.com - 4/13/2009
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After nearly two years as a subsidiary of
eBay, today StumbleUpon returns to being an independent company. ...
StumbleUpon is now backed by myself and co-founder Geoff Smith, along with several great investors who’ve backed companies ...
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StumbleUpon is a start-up again!
investor.ebay.com - 4/14/2009
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eBay Inc. - eBay Inc. Announces Plan for 2010 Initial ...
blogs.wsj.com - 4/13/2009
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A quartet of private-equity firms have joined forces
for a leveraged buyout of a global telecommunications firm...
with hundreds of millions of users. And no, this isn’t a blog post from 2006. A group including KKR, Warburg Pincus, Providence and ...
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Skype Founders Buyback EBay Niklas Zennstrom and Janus ...
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StumbleUpon Becomes Its Own Company Again
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... their then-parent couldn’t figure out what to do with them anyway. Buying themselves out of the eBay stable still probably left StumbleUpon with a net gain.
Meanwhile, eBay continues to struggle with its direction with its VoIP service, Skype, and finding the long-term synergies there. Is the popular telephony service the next to leave eBay’s fold?
What do you think? Is StumbleUpon better off on its own? Why did eBay acquire them in the first place?
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