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eBay to Acquire Skype — London, September 12, 2005 - eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY; www.ebay.com) has agreed to acquire Luxembourg-based Skype Technologies SA, the global Internet communications company, for approximately $2.6 billion in up-front cash and eBay stock, plus potential performance-based consideration.
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MarketWatch:
Ebay set to seal Skype deal for over $2.6bn — By Richard Waters in San Francisco and James Politi in New York — Ebay was in the final stages late on Sunday night of sealing an agreement to buy Skype, the fast-growing provider of voice calls over the internet, for more than $2.6bn, according to a person close to the situation.
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Rob Hof / TechBeat:
Here Comes the eBay Announcement... Just got a notice from eBay of an "investor conference call" at 5 a.m. Pacific time, on an announcement to be made two hours earlier. Very unusual practice for eBay. I don't know for sure, but who wouldn't guess that eBay's buying Skype after all?
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The Doc Searls Weblog, Ross Mayfield's Weblog, PaidContent.org, MocoNews.net, Threadwatch.org and OpsanBlog
Luis F. Escalante / news.designtechnica.com:
eBay Buys Skype for $4.1 Billion — eBay's creates one-click trust between buyers and sellers. — According to a BusinessWeek article, eBay will be holding an "investors conference call" at 5am PST for an announcement to be made 2 hours before. Since the eBay, Skype talks began early last week …
Jeff Clavier / Software Only:
Skype + eBay = Deal! $1.3B cash + $1.3 stock + $1.5 earn-out = $4.1B! — Reuters' Eric Auchard has just reported that eBay has made a run after Skype after all, and has put a consideration that would total $4.1B if earn-out conditions are met. — This is a massive deal …
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Om Malik / Om Malik's Broadband Blog:Skype-eBay done for $4.1 Billion.
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sandvine.com:
Skype Leads the VoIP Pack — Waterloo, Ontario; August 9, 2005 - New research from intelligent broadband network equipment maker, Sandvine reveals that Skype is leading the VoIP provider pack in North America. — 2004 was termed the 'year of VoIP rollouts' and the first half of 2005 has seen explosive consumer adoption.
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USA Today:
Rebuilt New Orleans could be cutting edge — Ugly as she was, Katrina may have given BellSouth a rare opportunity: the chance to turn one of the oldest cities in the USA into a showcase for 21st-century communications. — Talk of how New Orleans could look some day may seem fanciful considering …
Chris Gaither / Los Angeles Times:
Chat From the War Zone — With the hiring of blogger-journalist Kevin Sites, Yahoo is set to compete with TV news. — Yahoo Inc. has been talking like a major media company. Today it will start acting like one. — Ten months after Lloyd Braun, former chairman of the ABC television network …