Google snags Feedburner

Via DMNews: "Search engine Google Inc. has acquired FeedBurner, a provider of media distribution and audience engagement services for blogs and RSS feeds.

Web-based tools help bloggers, podcasters and commercial publishers promote, deliver and profit from their content on the Internet. This acquisition makes sense for Google given that it is constantly looking for ways to identify and offer new tools for content creators and website publishers."

The companies are not disclosing the financial terms of the agreement.

CBS Buys Last.fm

CBS Corporation is buying the popular music social network Last.fm. The BBC says that the $280 million price tag makes CBS’ Last.fm aquisition the largest UK Web 2.0 acquisition ever. The BBC also says Last.fm was founded five years ago and has 15 million users. CBS Leslie Moonves liked Last.fm’s young demographics and its rapid growth rate.

via BloggersBlog

It's official, eBay pays $75 million for StumbleUpon - Download Squad

It's official, eBay pays $75 million for StumbleUpon - Download Squad

One of my favorite web services, StumbleUpon (basically like social Googling) gets scooped up. I just hope eBay doesn't screw with it - as in hope this doesn't happen "if they just start injecting eBay auctions willy nilly into stumble results, they'll pretty much break the community they bought as members begin to evacuate the spam-laden sinking ship".

Fox unit confirms Photobucket, Flektor buys | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

Fox unit confirms Photobucket, Flektor buys | Tech news blog - CNET News.com: "It's official: MySpace.com parent company Fox Interactive Media has formally announced its agreements to acquire image-sharing site Photobucket and slide show mashup creator Flektor. Financial terms of the purchases were not disclosed by Fox Interactive Media, which is a division of media giant News Corp."