Entries Tagged as 'mergers and acquisitions'



Friday, April 4th, 2008

Amazon Buys Audible

Sure, old news. I just updated the Audible Inc. contracts page, presumably for the last time. The latest additions include the Merger Agreement Between Amazon.com and Audible Inc., as well as other agreements between Audible and Apple Computer. I found the Digital Download Sales Agreement between Apple and Audible to be particularly [...]

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Bam! Martha pwns Emeril

Really. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. purchased Emeril Lagasse’s business of licensing, marketing, distributing and selling products and services related to Lagasse and his persona, except for his restaurant business. I’ve just added the Asset Purchase Agreement between Martha and Emeril.

Friday, May 18th, 2007

Microsoft Battles Back

DealBook: Microsoft: Tight-Fisted No More? Microsoft had about $28 billion in cash and short-term investment on March 31, an amount the CIA World Factbook tells us is more than twice the gross domestic product of Iceland. But despite its riches, the software giant has shied away from large acquisitions, especially in the past five years [...]

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

Reader’s Digest Named Best Buy

New York Times: For One Critic, a Magazine Trumps MySpace as a Smart Buy. Despite all the coverage of MySpace as the most astute media buy in recent history, Ad Age’s Simon Dumenco begs to differ. His idea of a wise acquisition: the $2.4 billion buyout two weeks ago of Reader’s Digest Association, publisher of [...]