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Online Publisher Demand Media Files for $125 Million IPO

Santa Monica, Calif. - Online publisher Demand media has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering that hopes to raise...

Skype Files to Raise Up to $100 Million in IPO

Luxembourg - Internet telephone service Skype on Monday filed to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq. Goldman Sachs,...

China's Sohu Sells Stake in Sogou Search Unit to Alibaba, Investors

Beijing - Chinese Web portal Sohu.com announced on Monday that it will sell a 16% minority stake in its Sogou online search unit to a fund...

My Damn Channel Raises $4.4 Million for Original Web Videos

New York - Digital entertainment studio My Damn Channel announced on Monday that it has closed a $4.4 million second round of funding, led by Intuitive...

News Aggregator, Producer BringMeTheNews Lands $1 Million

Minneapolis, Minn. - BringMeTheNews, a provider of news aggregation and also a producer of radio newscasts, has raised $1 million in funding from The Dolan Company...

Reports: Apple in Talks to Buy Chinese Game Developer

Cupertino, Calif. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) is in talks to acquire Chinese online game developer Handseeing, an executive with the company told Reuters. "We should have a...

Social Games Firm Zynga Acquires Japanese Developer Unoh

San Francisco - Social games publisher Zynga announced on Friday that it has acquired Tokyo-based Unoh, also a developer of social games. Financial terms of the...

StatSheet Gets $1.3 Million for Sports Data Visualization Platform

Durham, N.C. - StatSheet, a provider of online sports data visualization technology, has raised $1.3 million in its first round of venture capital financing, led by...

Report: News Corp. Looking to Sell Off Fox Mobile, Jamba

Los Angeles - News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) is looking to sell its Fox Mobile unit, which includes ringtone and mobile content publisher Jamba, PaidContent reports. "We are pursuing...

TechCrunch: Google to Acquire Slide for $182 Million

San Francisco - Google (NASD: GOOG) will acquire social applications developer Slide for $182 million, in a deal set to be announced on Friday, TechCrunch reports. Founded...