M&A Deal Summary

AOL Acquires Weblogs

On October 6, 2005, AOL acquired digital media company Weblogs

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is AOL’s 1st transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is AOL’s 22nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is AOL’s 2nd transaction in Virginia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-10-06
Target Weblogs
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) AOL
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Weblogs

Dulles, Virginia, United States
Weblogs, Inc. is a blog network of about 90 blogs. Weblogs allows users read about everything from travel to technology and debate on topics like parenting and movies.

Search 201,157 Deals Now

SEARCH BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Try For Free 7-Day Free Trial

Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

AOL

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1985
Sector Internet Software and Services
Revenue 2.3B USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION
AOL office in Palo Alto, California.
AOL office in Palo Alto, California.

AOL is a media technology company that produces, distributes, and monetizes by connecting publishers with advertisers on its global, programmatic content and advertising platforms. AOL was formed in 1985 and is based in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 23 of 64
Sector (Digital Media) 1 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 19 of 58
State (Virginia) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 22 of 58
Year (2005) 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-08-08 WildSeed

Kirkland, Washington, United States

Wildseed, a wireless technology that has developed Smartskins technology used to customize generic handsets.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-11-03 MusicNow

Chicago, Illinois, United States

MusicNow LLC provides me digital audio platform to retailers, artists, and Internet publishers that want to sell digital music through the Internet.

Buy -
Mergr

Product

Company

Legal