Washington Post group buys Slate
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It was supposed to be the future of journalism, but yesterday Slate, the online magazine owned by Microsoft, was sold to a rather more traditional publisher, the Washington Post.
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The sale completes Slate's transformation from an experiment in the new media in 1996 to a respected brand name in journalism.
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After three months of speculation, the Washington Post announced Tuesday it had purchased the online magazine Slate.com, founded by Microsoft Corp.
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British advertising agency company WPP Group PLC has clinched a deal to buy Grey Global Group of New York in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $1.
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British advertising group WPP said over the weekend it would acquire rival Grey Global of the United States in a cash and stock deal worth 1.520 billion euros (1.246 billion dollars).
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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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It's not just newspapers anymore for the parent company of The Washington Post.
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WASHINGTON -- Microsoft Corp. sold its popular Slate online magazine Tuesday to The Washington Post Co., a move that makes Slate&#39;s political commentary and quirky feature articles more broadly available across the Internet.
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A BERKSHIRE-based email archiving company, KVault Software, has been bought for $225m (Â£125m) by Veritas Software, a leading US security specialist.
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The Washington Post Co.&#39;s purchase of Slate, announced yesterday, ends a local presence for the Microsoft online magazine known for putting a colorful twist on daily news.
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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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The Washington Post Company said yesterday that it had purchased Slate, an online magazine owned by Microsoft. The sale completes Slate&#39;s transformation from an experiment in the new media in 1996 to a respected brand name in journalism.
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Construction services company URS Corp.  said on Monday it would acquire Washington Group International Inc.  for about $2.3 billion to expand into the engineering and management of nuclear, infrastructure and environmental projects.
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Washington Post Co., the publisher of Newsweek and the owner of educational services firm Kaplan, said Tuesday it has agreed to purchase online magazine Slate from Microsoft Corp.
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Dow Jones &amp; Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, agreed to purchase MarketWatch Inc. for about $519 million to triple its readership on the Internet and boost advertising sales.
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Buys DesktopStandard, whose group management tools plug into the access and identity management features in Windows Server.
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Cox Enterprises Inc. on Tuesday said it will purchase Cox Communications Inc.&#39;s (COX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) minority public stake for $8.