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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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Alice Hill's Real Tech News
Om Malik / Om Malik's Broadband Blog:
SkypeBay done for $4.1 Billion. — Update: So the deed is done - $4.1 billion. EBay will pay $1.3 billion in cash and $1.3 billion in stock for the online communications company. It will make a further payout of up to $1.5 billion if certain financial targets are met, Reuters reports.
Mark Evans:
Wow! eBay is Really Buying Skype — No other way to describe it but as stunning as the rumours about eBay Inc. acquiring Skype turned out to be true. For a cool $2.6-billion in cash and additional payments based on future performance (which could apparently boost the deal to US$4.1-billion) …
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The Post Money Value
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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Ross Mayfield's Weblog, The Doc Searls Weblog, ben barren, PaidContent.org, MocoNews.net, Threadwatch.org and OpsanBlog
Jeff Clavier / Software Only:Skype + eBay = Deal! $1.3B cash + $1.3 stock + $1.5 earn-out = $4.1B!
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ben barren
Jon Arnold / Jon Arnold's Blog:Skype/Ebay - the Dominoes are About to Fall - We Are Stardust...
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Om Malik's Broadband Blog
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 …
Jon's Radio:
Departure checklist — As I was preparing this morning for a couple of conferences, I took a moment to reflect on how my departure checklist has changed. Things that used to matter a lot — plane tickets, cash — seem unimportant. But the things that grant access to those things — ID cards — matter more than ever.
Mvwood / MikeWo's Musings:
LS800 Review — I had previously mentioned that I wanted to purchase a LS800 tablet.....well, my willpower is very week (and my wife is very kind) and so I've had one now for about three weeks. So far I'm pretty happy with it. I thought I'd provide a nice summation of my thoughts on the device.
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The Tablet PCs Weblog
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 …