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• Video Service Joost Sells Assets to Adconion Media Group

  
  Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge — Authority: 584
  Santa Monica,Calif. - Adconion Media Group,the operator of an online ad and content network, announced on Tuesday that ithas acquired Joost, the streaming TV service founded by the creators of Kazaaand Skype. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in2007 by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Is Joost Virtually Dead?

  
  NYConvergence - A digest of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut digital media technology news — Authority: 558
  The Next Web is reporting that the acquisition of "certain assets" from the privately-held, New York City-based online video service Joost by Adconium Media Group is a "sure sign" that Joost has "shut up shop." Through the Joost acquisition, Adconion.TV will add to its library of professionally-produced video ...
  2 weeks ago

• Adconian Media Group buys Joost assets, ending a long saga

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  Content network firm Adconian Media Group said today that it has acquired the assets of Joost, the online video service founded by Skype founders and the subject of a lawsuit drama this fall.The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company was founded by Skype and Kazaa founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Adconian Media Group buys Joost assets

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  Content network firm Adconian Media Group said today that it has acquired the assets of Joost, the online video service founded by Skype founders and the subject of a lawsuit drama this fall.The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company was founded by Skype and Kazaa founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Danish Ambassador: We Will Seal the Deal in Copenhagen

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 728
  In an essay submitted to Green Inc., Denmarks ambassador to the United States argues that specific and binding climate and financial commitments can still come out of the Copenhagen meeting.
  2 weeks ago

• Skype CEO Outlines Platform Ambitions, Hiring Plans

  
  GigaOM — Authority: 773
  With the spin-out from eBay complete , its legal troubles with founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis settled , Skype is looking to the future where it wants to become a ubiquitous real-time communications platform. And that means thinking about the next generation Skype architecture and also hiring a lot of ...
  2 weeks ago

• eBay Completes Sale of Skype Unit to Investor Group

  
  Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge — Authority: 584
  San Jose,Calif. - Nearly three monthsafter first announcing the deal, online auction giant eBay (NASD: EBAY) said that it hascompleted the sale of a majority stake in its Skype Internet telephone businessto an investment group headed by Silver Lake Partners. Under the deal, theinvestor group -- which also included ...
  2 weeks ago

• eBays Skype deal is (finally) undone

  
  Dealscape — Authority: 532
  A consortium of investors that includes Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board takes charge of Skype. Whats next?
  2 weeks ago

• eBay Saves Skype. Sells A Major Share Of The Internet Telephony Company

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 580
  After a long standing legal battle between the online auction giant, eBay and the internet telephony company, Skype has finally led to the salvation of Skype, as eBay has sold out a major share of telephony company, but still retains 30% stake in Skype. It is one of the most biggest and most successful web telephonic ...
  2 weeks ago

• Investors Sew Up Deal for Skype

  
  DealBook — Authority: 766
  EBay said Thursday that it had completed its sale of its Skype to a consortium of investors as it had vowed to do before the end of the year.
  2 weeks ago

• eBay completes sale of Skype at $2.75 billion valuation

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  eBay said it has completed the sale of a 70-percent stake in Skype communications service for an amount that values the company at $2.75 billion.The buyer is an investor consortium led by Silver Lake Partners, the private equity buyout firm. It includes participation from Joltid, the company founded by Skype’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• From the Department of Oh No, She Didnt: Whitman Defends eBays Skype Debacle

  
  BoomTown — Authority: 699
  If spinning is an intense political skill, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is doing her very best at trying to create a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. As Om Malik reports on GigaOm , Whitman–who is trying to nab the Republican gubernatorial nomination for California–told a radio interviewer recently that ...
  4 weeks ago

• Google acquires Gizmo5 to take on Skype. Deal valued at US$ 30 Million.

  
  Wireless Federation — Authority: 139
  Google has been on the prowl acquiring some strategic companies in what could be termed as the next frontier. After acquring Admob, Techcrunch has reported that it is to acquire VOIP Start-up Gizmo5 for about USD 30 Million.The deal comes after Skype successfully negotiated a deal with its former owners Niklas ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Skype Legal Battle Finally Ends .

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 580
  The long standing legal stand off between Skype, a leading online communications network and one of the largest online shopping websites, eBay has finally come to end with the founders of Skype being awarded a 14% stake in the company along with two seats on Skype’s board of directors. eBay retains 30% rights on ...
  4 weeks ago

• Writers Brawl After Nerds Stop Brawling [Hackfights]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 865
  Youd think tech bloggers would learn from the peacemaking founders of Skype, who just dropped lawsuits holding back the $2.8 billion sale of their former company. Instead the writers are calling one...
  4 weeks ago

• Writers Brawl After Nerds Stop Brawling

  
  Gawker: valleywag — Authority: 650
  Youd think tech bloggers would learn from the peacemaking founders of Skype, who just dropped lawsuits holding back the $2.8 billion sale of their former company. Instead the writers are calling one another inaccurate, spineless "toddlers." Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom are dropping suits ...
  4 weeks ago

• eBay settles Skype software suit

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  San Francisco, Nov 7 (DPA) E-commerce giant eBay has settled its long-running legal feud with the founders of Skype, clearing the way for a $2-billion sale of the internet telephony pioneer, the company announced Friday.Under the terms of the settlement, Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis will get a 14 ...
  4 weeks ago

• Skype Lawsuit Gets Resolved, Index Ventures Booted Out Of Sale

  
  Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews — Authority: 518
  As you may remember, two months ago eBay was planning to spin Skype into an independent company. The buyers who would take control of Skype from eBay included Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Index Ventures, and Silver Lake. However the founders of Skype interrupted the sale ...
  4 weeks ago

• Skype Litigation Settled; Sale by eBay to Investors to Proceed

  
  Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge — Authority: 584
  San Jose,Calif. - Skype parent companyeBay (NASD: EBAY) announced on Friday that litigation between an investor group looking toacquire Skype and the creators of the Internet telephone service has beensettled, and that its sale of a majority stake in Skype will now proceed. As aresult of the settlement, the ...
  4 weeks ago

• All Is Forgiven: "Its a Clean Slate," Says Andreessen About Lawsuit-Mad Skype Co-Founders

  
  BoomTown — Authority: 699
  Silicon Valley legend and now VC Marc Andreessen was making the interview rounds after the settlement between the litigation-addled co-founders of Skype and all the various people they were suing was announced this morning . He has been tight-lipped until now, due to the morass of lawsuits. But, as Andreessen told ...
  4 weeks ago

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