Newsgator Buys FeedDemon

Om Malik, Monday, May 16, 2005 at 3:39 PM PT Comments (18)

Update: It is a done deal. More details here on Business 2.0 weblog, posted by me of course. Its a cash-and-stock deal, and Nick will joing Newsgator. The big question in my mind: will Newsgator finally buy a Mac desktop application and fill out the obvious hole in its product portfolio.

Nick gives his side of the story, but promises he is staying home, though will be making frequent visits to Denver, and will also attempt to improve his skiing skills. (Okay that one I just made up!)

More rumors from the RSS land. Looks like Newsgator is in talks to merge with Bradbury Software/FeedDemon. I don’t have many details except for a couple of my sources called and said… its happening soon. Does this mean Nick Bradbury is going to join Newsgator? I have dropped both Greg and Nick an email and trying to get the scoop. More later.

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May 16th, 2005
6:39 PM PT

Newsgator to buy FeedDemon?

May 16th, 2005
7:08 PM PT

NewsGator buys FeedDemon

May 16th, 2005
8:13 PM PT

NewsGator buys FeedDemon - year of making money off of blogs and RSS continues

2005, the year of making money off blogs and RSS continues. Congrats to Nick! Please re-brand NewsGator Online to something else as I’ve suggested before. I am sure Sheila and Brent and NetNewsWire are the next to get acquired and…

May 16th, 2005
8:20 PM PT

[...] Big news in the Windows based RSS reader world as NewsGator has acquired FeedDemon! (via)

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May 16th, 2005
8:35 PM PT
Ben Barren said:

Newsgator’s focus on the enterprise market is key, with so many RSS readers out there at the consumer level, companies who get corporate lock-in for their readers and services will dominate.

Newsgator need to assemble the right combination of products and technologies, while keeping their existing services on the cutting edge (eg feedtagger beta in ajax is very fast and built in a week)

Then organic growth plus targeted M&A such as Feeddemon deal which is more about getting talent and some technology under the Newsgator roof.

Great deal guys !

May 17th, 2005
1:40 AM PT

Social Media Consolidation - Act 4: FeedGator, NewsDemon, or just NewsGator ?

Anybody checking (FeedBurner) RSS referrer logs sees that there is a page long list of aggregators out there. It is therefore not surprising to hear from Nick Bradbury the acquisition (for cash

May 17th, 2005
5:15 AM PT
Neuvo said:

Newsgator buys FeedDemon

Interesting news on the Web. Newsgator, proprietor of fine feed aggregator software, has purchased Bradbury Software, developers of the Windows based feed reader, FeedDemon.

May 17th, 2005
5:28 AM PT

[...] graces Newsgator

As usual, Om Malik breaks the news, followed by Nick’s posting. As a client and user of [...]

May 17th, 2005
6:25 AM PT
DotWind said:

NewsGator Buys FeedDemon

LockerGnome reports that NewsGator Bought FeedDemon. From FeedDemon owner Nick: Well, over the past year I?ve heard countless customers asking to be able to synchronize their feeds between computers ? they want to use FeedDemon at work, at home, while…

May 17th, 2005
12:29 PM PT
 by r0x0rz said:

[...] n RSS reader software for having his company bought by another great company, NewsGator. >Om Malik broke the story and I wonder if CNET will give him credit [...]

May 17th, 2005
1:13 PM PT
Tech Beat said:

Acquisitions R RSS

About FeedDemon being bought by Newsgator.

May 17th, 2005
1:26 PM PT

[...] minute of usage. Edit: It seems that NewsGator is experiencing some slowdowns. Maybe the publicity of Newsgator buying FeedDemon ?could be why

posted b [...]

May 17th, 2005
5:33 PM PT

[...] , some announcements, and baseball musings Tuning into MediaTuner The ink on the Feed Demon, Newsgator deal is not even dry and I am already onto the [...]

May 17th, 2005
5:42 PM PT

[...] ewsGator compró FeedDemon
May 17, 2005 10:42 pm |
Categoría: Web2.0

Newsgator compró en efectivo y acciones [...]

May 19th, 2005
7:12 AM PT
Tech Beat said:

On FeedDemon and Scoops

Jason Calacanis is on a tear over whether CNET should have give Om Malik credit for breaking the story about FeedDemon. Dave Winer has some smart points that I couldn’t agree with more. I understand that things CNET has written…

October 3rd, 2005
10:57 PM PT

[...] Richard asked about who is on the menu for Newsgator? He has many guesses and one of them is right: Ranchero Software, the company behind Mac-a-licious RSS reader NetNewsWire. Sources in Silicon Valley tell me that this deal is pretty much done, and expect the deal to be announced sometime on Wednesday at Web 2.0. Greg Reinacker refused to comment. This is going to be a major coup for Newsgator, because NNW is the default gold standard in MacRSS space. This deal would be very much of the same caliber as Newsgator’s acquisition of Bradbury Software, the maker of Feed Demon, a Windows only RSS reader. Back then, I posted this question: Will Newsgator finally buy a Mac desktop application and fill out the obvious hole in its product portfolio. With NNW, Newsgator fills that hole, and in swoop enhances the value of Newsgator Online. Syncing across the platforms? That would be nice. Stay tuned for further details! In Random Access Posted Monday, October 3, 2005 at 10:56 PM PT [...]

October 4th, 2005
5:45 PM PT

NewsGator play for the Mac?

As you are no doubt aware, I am not a Mac user. I have nothing against the Macintosh, I have just always…

February 4th, 2006
8:15 AM PT

[...] In RSS feed reader news, Om Malik reports on rumors that NewsGator is in talks to buy FeedDemon from Bradbury Software (via Photo Matt). No firm details on this yet. Hopefully, Om will get the scoop and keep us posted. [...]

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