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Twitter Music Service Song.ly Seeks Buyer; Asking $50,000

Palo Alto, Calif. - Song.ly, a service that lets users share music links on Twitter, has put itself up for sale on auction site Flippa with a...

Chinese Online Games Firm Perfect World Buys C&C Media

Beijing - Perfect World (NASD: PWRD), a Chinese developer and operator of online games, announced on Friday that it will acquire Japanese online game operator C&C Media...

Nokia Acquires Mobile Browser Developer Novarra

Espoo, Finland - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced on Friday that it will acquire Novarra, the developer of a mobile Web browser and service platform. Financial terms of...

PagesJaunes Groupe Acquires Search Engine 123people

Vienna, Austria - PagesJaunes Groupe has acquired 123people, a search engine that aggregates publicly available information on people into online profiles, from Austrian venture capital firm Gamma...

Secret Builders Gets $2.3 Million for Educational Virtual World

San Mateo, Calif. - Secret Builders, the developer of an online virtual world with educational games, has raised $2.3 million in new funding, VentureBeat reported. Backers include The...

Picklive Nabs Funding for Online Fantasy Soccer Game

Palo Alto, Calif. - Picklive, the operator of an online fantasy soccer game, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding led by Last.fm backer Stefan Glaenzer,...

Interpublic Group Acquires Brazilian Digital Marketer Cubocc

New York - Interpublic Group (IPG) (NYSE: IPG), one of the top three global ad agencies, announced on Thursday that it has acquired Brazil-based digital marketing firm...

Avatar Reality Gets $4.2M for Blue Mars Virtual World Platform

Honolulu - Avatar Reality, the developer of the massively multiplayer online virtual world platform Blue Mars, announced on Thursday that it has raised $4.2 million in new...

Swaptree Raises $4.7 Million for Media Trading Service

Boston - Swaptree, an online, service that allows users to trade books, CDs, DVDs, and video games, has raised $4.7 million in a round of venture...

Icahn Charges Lionsgate Board Has "Failed Shareholders"

New York - Activist investor Carl Icahn on Wednesday called out the head of Lionsgate (NYSE:  LGF), the film studio for which he has made an...