Archive for the 'Bebo' Category
Paid Content refers to a NYT article on CBS which calls for the company that Bill Paley built to make digital acquisitions, which begs the question: should they go for a big purchase or make small moves?
Of course, answering that question alone without addressing the backdrop to that question yields an incomplete picture.
CBS has hit […]
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In the wake of Bebo’s sale to Time Warner AOL for $850M, musician Billy Bragg asks: where’s the money, Birches?, referring to would-be, accrued royalties that he and other artists should have been paid from the site off its 40M users (basically, like radio).
Nick Carr says Bragg is right. The hippie love crowd says Bragg […]
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Kara Swisher - who is pretty much at the epicenter of any and all rumors (not a knock) - publishes some interesting financials on the Bebo sale to AOL:
According to the several sources who were privy to Bebo’s financials, for example, Bebo’s revenues for 2006 were only $7 million with $3 million in EBITDA (earnings […]
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Most media companies will look for micro deals in 2008 to complete their product lines, but today, Time Warner went against the grain by taking out its checkbook and acquiring European-centric social networking powerhouse Bebo for $850M.
Make no mistake about it, this is a sizable deal; after all, MySpace sold for $580M just three short […]
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Bebo today joined the many large distribution destinations who lack any original compelling content and called out on content owners - mainly video content owners - to share the goods in exchange for branding and revenue.
Indeed, it’s all about perspective. The intro sentence is my version of the facts, a content owner.
If you read […]
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When Facebook got MSFT to pony up and pay millions of dollars in guaranteed revenue in exchange for their search business, the immediate reaction was: “MSFT got market share”. Over time, as Facebook continued on its solo route, the reaction turned to “Facebook has revenues over $100M, so it can IPO”. When the IPO drumbeat […]
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A couple of weeks ago, eBay was said to buy Stumble Upon, sort of.
Last week, CBS bought Wallstrip, sort of.
Today, Yahoo!’s buying Bebo, according to the Telegraph, sort of.
I met Michael and Xochi Birch at EconSM. Nice folks. Happy for them if the deal goes through. Well, that’s if you think of Friendster’s fate, who […]
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