Yahoo Buying Musicmatch for $160 Million
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Yahoo Buying Musicmatch for $160
Million (AP)
Yahoo Buying Musicmatch for $160
Million (AP)
09/14/2004 01:01 PMAP - Yahoo Inc. is buying online jukebox provider Musicmatch Inc. for
$160 million in a deal designed to broaden the Internet giant's
appeal with the growing audience of consumers who buy songs off the
Web.
Yahoo to buy Musicmatch for $160 million
Yahoo to buy Musicmatch for $160 million
09/14/2004 10:43 AMInternet portal jumps into downloads of digital songs and says more
musical maneuvers are yet to come.
Yahoo to buy Musicmatch for US$160
million
Yahoo to buy Musicmatch for US$160
million
09/14/2004 10:04 PMCNET Asia Sep 15 2004 2:50AM GMT
Yahoo buys MusicMatch for US$160 million
Yahoo buys MusicMatch for US$160 million
09/14/2004 12:49 PMYahoo today announced that they would spend US$160 million in cash to
acquire MusicMatch, maker of the once quite popular MusicMatch
Jukebox.
Yahoo! Acquires Musicmatch for $160
Million
Yahoo! Acquires Musicmatch for $160
Million
09/14/2004 12:54 PMWebProNews Sep 14 2004 4:53PM GMT
Yahoo to Buy Musicmatch for $160
Million (Reuters)
Yahoo to Buy Musicmatch for $160
Million (Reuters)
09/14/2004 04:35 PMReuters - Yahoo Inc. said on Tuesday it will buy
music software company Musicmatch Inc. for about $160 million
in cash, bolstering Yahoo's offering as online music providers
prepare to go head-to-head in the download market.
Yahoo to Buy Musicmatch for $160 Million
in Cash
Yahoo to Buy Musicmatch for $160 Million
in Cash
09/14/2004 11:15 AMYahoo said today that it agreed to buy Web-based digital music and
software provider Musicmatch, in a deal which will supplement the
offerings of Yahoo's digital music site.
Yahoo buys Musicmatch for $160 million
Yahoo buys Musicmatch for $160 million
09/15/2004 12:25 AMUSA Today Sep 15 2004 4:01AM GMT
Yahoo Shells Out $160 Million for
MusicMatch (20-Sep-2004; 3K)
Yahoo Shells Out $160 Million for
MusicMatch (20-Sep-2004; 3K)
09/20/2004 09:00 PMYahoo Shells Out $160 Million In Cash
For MusicMatch
Yahoo Shells Out $160 Million In Cash
For MusicMatch
09/14/2004 06:46 PMApple's iTunes Music Store may be the current 800-pound gorilla of the
online music industry, but now Yahoo -- possibly
the most
visited site on the Internet -- is getting into the fray. By Geoff
Duncan, TidBITS (via MyAppleMenu)
Yahoo to buy Musicmatch
Yahoo to buy Musicmatch
09/14/2004 11:08 AMYahoo: Please fix MusicMatch!
Yahoo: Please fix MusicMatch!
09/15/2004 01:24 PMNow that
Yahoo has
acquired MusicMatch, maybe they can fix the software.
I am a long-term user, I've paid several times for the product over
the years, its basic interface works for me better than iTunes, and
I'm used to it, I don't want to change. But: In trying to turn
a good music client into a boffo music store, MusicMatch has
repeatedly broken its software. Most recently, the thing crashes
whenever I try to copy a CD to my hard drive. This same bug existed
for months last winter, then MusicMatch finally fixed it -- now it has
reappeared in the latest update. (The "volume leveling" feature, which
would be highly useful if it worked, has also always crashed.)
Frankly, MusicMatch, I don't care about your store. I just want
your software, once the best of its kind, to work.
Yahoo Finds Its Musicmatch
Yahoo Finds Its Musicmatch
09/15/2004 06:57 PMCorante Sep 15 2004 11:36PM GMT
Yahoo! Tunes In to Musicmatch
Yahoo! Tunes In to Musicmatch
09/15/2004 11:29 AMThe portal giant rounds out its online music offerings and gets a
backdoor to the desktop.
Yahoo buys Musicmatch
Yahoo buys Musicmatch
09/14/2004 12:54 PMYahoo's could not do it on their own so they had to buy one of my
most favored music vendors. I have always been a big fan of Musicmatch
and now that Yahoo has just bought them out I am sure they will ruin
it. I stopped using Yahoo and brands they own when they went to a pay
model on listing your site with them. I wonder if my Lifetime upgrade
of Musicmatch will be honored. [News.co
m]
Yahoo! Buys Musicmatch
Yahoo! Buys Musicmatch
09/14/2004 02:28 PMYahoo! Acquires Musicmatch
Yahoo! Acquires Musicmatch
09/14/2004 04:28 PMSlyck Sep 14 2004 8:06PM GMT
Yahoo Matches With MusicMatch
Yahoo Matches With MusicMatch
09/14/2004 12:29 PMYahoo continues its buying streak, with the latest deal showing that
Terry Semel hasn't forgotten his entertainment roots. The company is
shelling out $160 million for MusicMatch, a popular player in the
digital music space that hasn't done quite as well lately. For a
while, MusicMatch was one of the most popular client applications on
Windows machines for managing MP3 collections. More recently they
offered a subscription service that won strong reviews. A few years
ago, MusicMatch provided the only client side app on Windows machines
that would work with the iPod, but once iTunes for Windows was
written, Apple
shoved
MusicMatch aside, making them something of a has-been in the
space. The deal with Yahoo is less about their client software than
the number of subscribers they bring -- which basically doubles the
number of subscribers to Yahoo's Launch music subscription service.
Of course, given some of Yahoo's track record with acquisitions
lately, they'll simply swallow this one up, rather than using it as a
way to really jump ahead of the competition with a more advanced
service.
Yahoo Acquires MusicMatch
Yahoo Acquires MusicMatch
09/15/2004 06:05 AM"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..."
Yahoo! to Acquire MusicMatch
Yahoo! to Acquire MusicMatch
09/19/2004 04:01 AMCybergrass Sep 19 2004 8:16AM GMT
Yahoo Acquires Musicmatch Inc.
Yahoo Acquires Musicmatch Inc.
09/14/2004 10:04 PMInternet heavyweight Yahoo has just announced that it will be
acquiring Musicmatch Inc. for $160 million in cash. Set to close in Q4
of this year, the deal will see Musicmatch Inc. become a direct
subsidiary of the expanding California based company.
Plans include integrating Musicmatch' existing on-line radio network
and music store into the popular "Yahoo Launch" service.
Yahoo CEO Dennis Mudd commented that "...combining assets with
Launch, we believe that Musicmatch will have an even stronger position
to take advantage of the rapidly growing digital music segment."
Musicmatch currently sells around 1.5 million digital songs per month
through its online music portal. Yahoo will undoubtedly make a push to
bring that number up, trying to lure users away from competing portals
like iTunes and Rhapsody.
News source:
Bloomberg NewsRead full story...Yahoo! snaps up Musicmatch
Yahoo! snaps up Musicmatch
09/14/2004 11:06 AM$160m cash purchase to propel digital music market entry
Yahoo! Acquires Musicmatch for $160m
Yahoo! Acquires Musicmatch for $160m
09/14/2004 11:21 AMYahoo! has announced that it will acquire digital music company
Musicmatch for $160 million in cash. With the addition of Musicmatch's
Jukebox service to its portfolio, the move will help Yahoo! establish
itself in the online music market currently dominated by Apple's
iTunes.
Other News: Yahoo Snags MusicMatch
Other News: Yahoo Snags MusicMatch
09/15/2004 09:58 AMYahoo is buying iTunes competitor MusicMatch.
Yahoo to acquire Musicmatch for $160m
Yahoo to acquire Musicmatch for $160m
09/14/2004 10:40 AMYahoo! Inc. on Tuesday announced plans to acquire online music service
Musicmatch Inc. in a cash deal
valued at US$160 million. It's Yahoo's maneuver to become a player in
the online digital music download world, currently dominated by Apple
Computer Inc.'s iTunes Music Store, and populated by a variety of
other competitors including Napster, Microsoft's MSN Music, Wal-Mart
and others.
Yahoo buys Musicmatch for GBP90m
Yahoo buys Musicmatch for GBP90m
09/15/2004 09:54 AMComputer Weekly Sep 15 2004 2:07PM GMT
Yahoo to acquire Musicmatch for
$160m (MacCentral)
Yahoo to acquire Musicmatch for
$160m (MacCentral)
09/14/2004 10:44 AMMacCentral - Yahoo! Inc. on Tuesday announced plans to acquire online
music service Musicmatch Inc. in a cash deal valued at US$160
million. It's Yahoo's maneuver to become a player in the online
digital music download world, currently dominated by Apple Computer
Inc.'s iTunes Music Store, and populated by a variety of other
competitors including Napster, Microsoft's MSN Music, Wal-Mart and
others.
Yahoo Buys Online Jukebox Musicmatch
Yahoo Buys Online Jukebox Musicmatch
09/14/2004 10:04 PMMiami Herald Sep 15 2004 2:21AM GMT
Yahoo Buys Online Jukebox Musicmatch
(AP)
Yahoo Buys Online Jukebox Musicmatch
(AP)
09/14/2004 10:42 PMAP - Yahoo Inc. is buying online jukebox provider Musicmatch Inc. for
$160 million in a deal designed to broaden the Internet giant's
appeal with the growing audience of consumers who buy songs off the
Web.
Yahoo! Acquires Musicmatch To Provide
Music Services
Yahoo! Acquires Musicmatch To Provide
Music Services
09/15/2004 10:57 PMHostReview.com Sep 16 2004 3:24AM GMT
Yahoo to Buy Digital Music Company
Musicmatch (Reuters)
Yahoo to Buy Digital Music Company
Musicmatch (Reuters)
09/14/2004 02:40 PMReuters - Yahoo Inc. said on Tuesday it will buy
music software company Musicmatch Inc. for about $160 million
in cash, bolstering Yahoo's offering as online music providers
prepare to go head-to-head in the download market.
Yahoo to Acquire Musicmatch, Will Expand
Music Portfolio
Yahoo to Acquire Musicmatch, Will Expand
Music Portfolio
09/16/2004 01:04 PMAuctionbytes.com Sep 16 2004 5:14PM GMT
Yahoo to buy Musicmatch, seeks to be
'major player' in online music
Yahoo to buy Musicmatch, seeks to be
'major player' in online music
09/14/2004 10:43 AMAFP via Yahoo! Sep 14 2004 2:10PM GMT
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million shares worth $245 million US
Yahoo! co-founder prepares to sell eight
million shares worth $245 million US
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Yahoo buying Inktomi
Yahoo buying Inktomi
12/23/2002 11:55 AMWell, I suspected this would happen sooner or later. The funny thing
is that I used to work with a guy named James. He was in Yahoo Finance
when I was. He got laid off and went to Inktomi. Now...
Why Yahoo buying ODDpost is so important
Why Yahoo buying ODDpost is so important
07/10/2004 06:41 AM
Wow - OK we start off with some different opinions on this historic
deal from (it's 3:30AM and I just gotta blog this NOW!):
Ev
(Evan Eliiams of Blogger/Google)
Congrats to the Oddposters!
I always liked those guys (though we
never got around to having lunch... damn, and
now, between their supermodel dates and rockstar parties, I doubt
they'll return
my emails. I shoulda made friends with them when I had the chance...
Then again, it's useful now that we're sworn enemies that we were
never friends...)
Here's to the web world continuing to heat up with new and
interesting things brought to more people!
Dave
Winer......
A couple of weeks ago I got a heads-up that this deal had been
consumated and would be announced shortly. Little did I imagine then
that they would pick a Friday evening to make the announcement,
but that's the way it goes. It's
a big one.
Oddpost turned the idea of what you could do with a browser
upside down, by producing a clone of Microsoft Outlook in JavaScript
and DHTML running in MSIE. Since then, they have labored in relative
obscurity, growing a customer base, raising VC money, adding people,
and staying out of the way. Then Google launches Gmail, with a
very Oddpostish interface, and someone at Yahoo says "Hmmm, I've seen
that somewhere," calls up Ethan and Iain and their new VCs and asks
"Are you for sale?" and the rest is history. Now Google has
competition on elegance of user interface. Sorry the announcement
comes at such an awkard time, everyone in the tech press must be
getting in their cars and driving to the beach or the mountains.
Congrats to the Oddpost guys, and their users and investors, and
congrats to Google for getting some new worthwhile competition. Now
who is Microsoft going to buy?
Techdirt...
.
So, we actually heard about this a couple weeks ago, when someone
(who knew) passed
on the fact that Yahoo had bought Oddpost in an attempt to fight back
against the Gmail craze. Now, though, the deal is official, so it's
okay to talk about it (though it had been hinte
d at earlier this week). It's really not that surprising, after
all. Yahoo knew
they needed to upgrade their email, and Oddpost has a great reputation
for their
interface. You can be sure that Yahoo wasn't the only company sniffing
around
and debating whether or not to buy up Oddpost. While it's probably not
going to
be the lead in most stories, it is quite interesting that one of
Oddpost's nicer
features is an integrated RSS reader. Yahoo keeps talking up the power
of RSS,
and perhaps this will allow them to make a bigger commitment. However,
in all
likelihood, it was just the mail interface that fascinated them. It
seems like a
good move by Yahoo who needed to do something.
OK - here's where my opinion starts......
This story is much more than Yahoo buying ODDpost to compete with
GMail. Sure - that's part of it - and I'm sure that's what Terry
Semel et al have in thier heads, but it's this sort of viral infusion
into Yahoo that was needed.
This is much bigger than the search engine battles or even Yahoo
versus Google.
This is about RIAs (rich internet apps), integrated web services
and open standards being fused with productivity software,
micro-content and social networking and offered as hosted
experiences.
Does this sound like anything familiar?
Yahoo has defined what portals have been - since day one - but
their UI just plain sucked! Even the valiant attempts at providing
"customization" features in MyYahoo - were tolerable at best.
Yahoo supports RSS and has over 120M active end-users. Yahoo is
showing how portals and ISPs can work together by providing software
bundled with services - to the masses.
But ODDpost makes it a whole new ball game.
Now Yahoo can step up to teh front on "end-user" experience. That
holey grail that's been eluding them since day one. HTML was never
desigend and will never fulfill the end-user quotient. The human
factor.
The essence of compelling experiences.
HTML will also suck. But once you can truly integrate rich
interactive experienecs in teh browser, and tie it into services and
functionality - you got a winnign formula for digital lifestyle
aggregation!
And once you have email, why stop there? Why not jukeboxes (like
MySpace has) or photo blog
objects (like Flickr) or Tribe Listings, Friends and Tribes appearing in blog
gutters - as well?
Why stop there? Why not support an Open Listings standard and just
completely screw Google completely?
Certainly let's hope that Yahoo will support FOAF.
Google is (or will) or (I sure hope they will.)
America Online buying marketing services
provider Advertising.com for $435
million
America Online buying marketing services
provider Advertising.com for $435
million
06/25/2004 05:47 AMThedailycamera.com - Fri Jun 25, 09:27 am GMT
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