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M&A Deal Summary

Yahoo! Acquires BuzzTracker

On September 14, 2007, Yahoo! acquired software company BuzzTracker

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Yahoo!’s 13th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Yahoo!’s 42nd transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-09-14
Target BuzzTracker
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Yahoo!
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

BuzzTracker

United States
BuzzTracker is a news aggregator that uses algorithms and editorial selection to bring deep, and hopefully meaningful, stories related to a topic together so that readers can delve further into the news item.

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Buyer

Yahoo!

Sunnyvale, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees9,400
Revenue 5.0B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Yahoo's corporate campus in Sunnyvale, California.
Entrance to Yahoo's corporate campus in Sunnyvale, California.

Yahoo! is a provider of internet search tools, content, and communication services. Yahoo! was formed in 1994 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 48 of 117
Sector: Software M&A 13 of 43
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 46 of 111
Country: United States M&A 42 of 101
Year: 2007 M&A 4 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-20 JBS Sports

Brentwood, Tennessee, United States

Rivals.com is an online news network focused on collegiate sports. Rivals was formed in 2001 in Brentwood, Tennessee.

Buy $100M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-09-17 Zimbra

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Zimbra, Inc. is a messaging and collaboration solution provider.

Buy $350M
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