Yahoo to Buy Musicmatch for $160 Million (Reuters)

Grok Headline matches for Yahoo to Buy Musicmatch for $160 Million (Reuters)

Yahoo to buy Musicmatch for $160 million

Yahoo to buy Musicmatch for $160 million 09/14/2004 10:43 AM
Internet 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 PM
CNET Asia Sep 15 2004 2:50AM GMT

Yahoo Buying Musicmatch for $160
Million (AP)

Yahoo Buying Musicmatch for $160
Million (AP) 09/14/2004 01:01 PM
AP - 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 for $160
Million

Yahoo! Acquires Musicmatch for $160
Million 09/14/2004 12:54 PM
WebProNews Sep 14 2004 4:53PM GMT

Yahoo buys MusicMatch for US$160 million

Yahoo buys MusicMatch for US$160 million 09/14/2004 12:49 PM
Yahoo today announced that they would spend US$160 million in cash to acquire MusicMatch, maker of the once quite popular MusicMatch Jukebox.

Yahoo to Buy Musicmatch for $160 Million
in Cash

Yahoo to Buy Musicmatch for $160 Million
in Cash 09/14/2004 11:15 AM
Yahoo 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 Buying Musicmatch for $160 Million

Yahoo Buying Musicmatch for $160 Million 09/14/2004 04:28 PM
BizReport.com Sep 14 2004 8:05PM GMT

Yahoo buys Musicmatch for $160 million

Yahoo buys Musicmatch for $160 million 09/15/2004 12:25 AM
USA Today Sep 15 2004 4:01AM GMT

Yahoo Shells Out $160 Million In Cash
For MusicMatch

Yahoo Shells Out $160 Million In Cash
For MusicMatch 09/14/2004 06:46 PM
Apple'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 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 PM

Yahoo to Buy Digital Music Company
Musicmatch (Reuters)

Yahoo to Buy Digital Music Company
Musicmatch (Reuters) 09/14/2004 02:40 PM
Reuters - 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

Yahoo to buy Musicmatch 09/14/2004 11:08 AM

Yahoo: Please fix MusicMatch!

Yahoo: Please fix MusicMatch! 09/15/2004 01:24 PM
Now 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 Matches With MusicMatch

Yahoo Matches With MusicMatch 09/14/2004 12:29 PM
Yahoo 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! 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

Yahoo! Acquires Musicmatch 09/14/2004 04:28 PM
Slyck Sep 14 2004 8:06PM GMT

Yahoo! Tunes In to Musicmatch

Yahoo! Tunes In to Musicmatch 09/15/2004 11:29 AM
The portal giant rounds out its online music offerings and gets a backdoor to the desktop.

Yahoo! Buys Musicmatch

Yahoo! Buys Musicmatch 09/14/2004 02:28 PM

Yahoo! to Acquire MusicMatch

Yahoo! to Acquire MusicMatch 09/19/2004 04:01 AM
Cybergrass Sep 19 2004 8:16AM GMT

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 Acquires Musicmatch Inc.

Yahoo Acquires Musicmatch Inc. 09/14/2004 10:04 PM
Internet 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 News

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Yahoo Finds Its Musicmatch

Yahoo Finds Its Musicmatch 09/15/2004 06:57 PM
Corante Sep 15 2004 11:36PM GMT

Yahoo buys Musicmatch

Yahoo buys Musicmatch 09/14/2004 12:54 PM

Yahoo'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 to acquire Musicmatch for $160m

Yahoo to acquire Musicmatch for $160m 09/14/2004 10:40 AM
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.

Other News: Yahoo Snags MusicMatch

Other News: Yahoo Snags MusicMatch 09/15/2004 09:58 AM
Yahoo is buying iTunes competitor MusicMatch.

Yahoo! Acquires Musicmatch for $160m

Yahoo! Acquires Musicmatch for $160m 09/14/2004 11:21 AM
Yahoo! 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.

Yahoo buys Musicmatch for GBP90m

Yahoo buys Musicmatch for GBP90m 09/15/2004 09:54 AM
Computer Weekly Sep 15 2004 2:07PM GMT

Yahoo Buys Online Jukebox Musicmatch

Yahoo Buys Online Jukebox Musicmatch 09/14/2004 10:04 PM
Miami Herald Sep 15 2004 2:21AM GMT

Yahoo to acquire Musicmatch for
$160m (MacCentral)

Yahoo to acquire Musicmatch for
$160m (MacCentral) 09/14/2004 10:44 AM
MacCentral - 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
(AP)

Yahoo Buys Online Jukebox Musicmatch
(AP) 09/14/2004 10:42 PM
AP - 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 PM
HostReview.com Sep 16 2004 3:24AM GMT

Yahoo to Acquire Musicmatch, Will Expand
Music Portfolio

Yahoo to Acquire Musicmatch, Will Expand
Music Portfolio 09/16/2004 01:04 PM
Auctionbytes.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 AM
AFP via Yahoo! Sep 14 2004 2:10PM GMT

Yahoo! co-founder prepares to sell eight
million shares worth $245 million US

Yahoo! co-founder prepares to sell eight
million shares worth $245 million US 05/28/2004 09:26 PM
Financial Post May 29 2004 1:40AM GMT

Yahoo! Posts Earnings of $46 Million

Yahoo! Posts Earnings of $46 Million 01/15/2003 08:58 PM
Some analysts are worried that Yahoo will become too dependent on Overture, which is locked in a fierce battle with search engine powerhouse Google. ...

Yahoo CEO Semel gives $25 million to
UCLA

Yahoo CEO Semel gives $25 million to
UCLA 06/17/2004 04:33 PM
Source: Yahoo! Finance - Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Terry Semel and his wife have donated $25 million to the University of California at Los Angeles to endow its Neuropsychiatric Institute, the university said on Thursday....

Yahoo to Buy Online Music Seller for
$160 Million

Yahoo to Buy Online Music Seller for
$160 Million 09/14/2004 10:04 PM
New York Times Sep 15 2004 2:54AM GMT

Yahoo CEO Semel Snags $150 Million Mega
Pay Day

Yahoo CEO Semel Snags $150 Million Mega
Pay Day 07/30/2004 12:15 PM
"... Semel has pocketed about $150 million so far this year by exercising some of the stock options Yahoo has awarded him since he took over as CEO in May 2001."

Yahoo Sells Google Shares for $191
Million

Yahoo Sells Google Shares for $191
Million 08/28/2004 06:03 AM
Latimes.com - Sat Aug 28, 07:02 am GMT
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