Monthly Column: Digital Deal Notes: May 2006

(by Tolman Geffs, The Jordan, Edmiston Group) Interactive M&A in April totaled 22 deals, continuing the pace from the first quarter when 54 transactions were announced. Again there was a vibrant mix of buyers, from pure interactive to major diversified media and marketing groups making a vigorous push into online. These deal totals include online media as well as related services and technology, as tracked by JEGI from public and confidential sources.
Largest deal last month was Viacom’s acquisition of Xfire for $102 million, reportedly over 10x revenue. Xfire owns a sticky gaming community, driven off a downloadable communications tool, and the press release pointed out that the 1 million รข

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