Mergers and Acquisitions
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Microsoft’s Good (and Potentially Great) Minecraft Acquisition
It’s difficult to overstate what a big deal Minecraft is. It’s the third best-selling game of all time behind Tetris and Wii Sports, and unlike the latter especially, it is a remarkably sticky experience: the vast majority of customers (over 90 percent on PC, according to Microsoft) sign in every single month. Were Microsoft to change…
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Daily Update: Don’t Call It an iWatch; Apple, Samsung, and the Internet of Things; Alibaba’s Results
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Amazon: Not an E-commerce Company
Let’s start with the premise that Twitch, the video-game watching network, is the next ESPN – you know, the jewel in Disney’s crown that, by itself, is worth $50.8 billion. Like ESPN, Twitch is about live competition, and, like ESPN, Twitch does exceptionally well in the highly desirable young male demographic.1 Obviously this is the best…
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Daily Update: Zillow Acquires Trulia, Samsung Delays Tizen Again, China Investigating Microsoft
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Daily Update: Split Microsoft Follow-up, Yahoo Buys Flurry, Valuing Privacy…Or Not
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Daily Update: Microsoft Phone, Wearables, and Office; Facebook Acquires LiveRail; Google and the Right to Censor
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Daily Update: Twitter Buys Tap Commerce, Launches App Install Ads; Rakuten Launches Venture Fund
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Nest Buys Dropcam, Amazon Coins for Fire Phone Developers, Yahoo’s Digital Magazines
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Daily Update: Amazon’s PR Runup, Box Acquires Streem, Priceline Acquires OpenTable