The M&A in the online sector: Traditional media companies have stepped up purchases of internet rivals, with the value of public transactions so far this year standing at nearly $1 billion, more than double the total value of public acquisitions made in 2004.
Most of the acquisitions are smaller: bankers said most media groups are seeking small internet companies in order to capture some of the internet’s growth potential, “about fine-tuning strategies rather than acquiring to change radically their business”…
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