Yahoo to Buy Musicmatch for $160M in Cash
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Internet portal Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday that it agreed to buy Web-based digital music and software provider Musicmatch Inc. for $160 million in cash, in a deal which will supplement the offerings of Launch, Yahoo&#39;s digital music site.
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Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for around $44.6 billion in cash and shares, to better compete with Google in the market for online services.
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In a bid to compete with Apple and Microsoft in the online music services market, online giant Yahoo announced yesterday that it would purchase MusicMatch for $160 million.
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The internet's most heavily trafficked site is muscling in on the online music sector through its acquisition of Musicmatch in a $160 million deal announced Tuesday.
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Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire Musicmatch Inc. for about $160 million in cash, marking the portal&#39;s first major push into the crowded online music market.
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Internet portal Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday that it agreed to buy Web-based digital music and software provider Musicmatch Inc. for &#36;160 million in cash, in a deal which will supplement the offerings of Launch, Yahoo's digital music site.
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Yahoo said Tuesday that it is acquiring digital music specialist Musicmatch for $160 million in cash. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company said the buyout would help it expand its presence in the simmering
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Yahoo, world&#39;s number one website, announced its decision to purchase MusicMatch today for $160 million in cash. With this step, Yahoo hopes to attract more music listerners to its website.
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Internet portal Yahoo, Inc., of Sunnyvale, says it&#39;s buying Musicmatch, Inc., of San Diego, which sells personalized music software and services, for about $160 million in cash.
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$160m cash purchase to propel digital music market entry
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The World&#39;s leading portal website Yahoo.com will blaze its trial in the digital music market launching an online music service by the end of this year.
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Yahoo may team up with News Corp. to fend off&#160;Microsoft&#39;s bid to buy the struggling Web portal, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday.The two companies are in talks about a deal in which News Corp. would take a stake of as much as 20 percent in Yahoo. MySpace and other Web properties of News Corp. would be combined with Yahoo, according to the report, which was attributed to &quot;people familiar with the matter.&quot;The deal would also involve a cash infusion by News Corp. and a private equity firm. Yahoo would remain independent.On Monday,&#160;Yahoo rejected Microsoft&#39;s $44.6 billion unsolicited buyout bid, saying it undervalued the company. Microsoft has vowed to take all necessary steps to close the deal.A Yahoo spokeswoman declined to comment on the report. News Corp. and Microsoft could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Microsoft Corp. is offering $44.6 billion in cash and stock for search engine operator Yahoo Inc. in a move to boost its competitive edge in the online services market
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Microsoft Corp  said on Friday  it has offered to buy Yahoo Inc , the popular Web  portal, for $44.6 billion in cash and stock, seeking to join  forces against Google Inc  in what would be the biggest  Internet deal since the Time Warner-AOL merger.
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Yahoo Inc has struck a deal to buy BlueLithium, the fifth-largest U.S. online ad network, for $300 million in cash, in the latest move to consolidate the fast-growing behavioral ad targeting market.
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MusicNet, the company that powers the song libraries of Yahoo! Music Unlimited and URGE, said Tuesday that it will make available over 1 million tracks in MP3 format without digital rights management. The move follows Apple offering DRM-free songs in its own AAC format through iTunes.
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Undeterred by the threat of hostile takeover, slumping Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc. completed an acquisition of its own Tuesday by buying online video service Maven Networks Inc. for $160 million.