Loot Scootin’ Boogie

 Media 100 (MDEA) acquires 21st Century Media, J2
Digital Media

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      C+

NEW YORK, June 12–Media 100 , the leading
provider of software and systems for streaming media on the Internet,
announced that it has acquired 21st Century Media — a San
Francisco-based provider of encoding, hosting, webcasting, interactive
production and streaming media consultancy — and J2 Digital Media,
a New York-based encoding, hosting and streaming services provider. With
these acquisitions, Media 100 has
entered into the streaming media services market and has launched a
streaming media services division — StreamRiver Networks — to provide
encoding (audio and video compression) and hosting (delivery) services for
Internet broadcasters, Web designers and digital media content creators.




 

 Homestore.com (HOMS) acquires Top Producer
Systems

  
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Amount:         $24.2
million

  
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Terms:           
cash and stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      B-

THOUSAND OAKS, June 12–Homestore.com ,
the Internet’s leading home and real estate network, has acquired Top
Producer Systems, North America’s #1-selling provider of leads
management and marketing software for real estate professionals. The
purchase price consisted of approximately $24.2 million in Homestore.com common stock and cash. In
addition, the founding shareholders of Top Producer are entitled to receive
up to $16.2 million over the next four years if certain performance targets
are met.




 

 Engage (ENGA) to acquire MediaBridge
Technologies

  
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Amount:         $268
million

  
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Terms:           
14.5 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Advertising/Marketing

  
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Scorecard:      B-

ANDOVER, Mass., June 12–Online marketing firm Engage said it would buy the private marketing systems provider
MediaBridge Technologies in a stock swap worth $268.25 million. Engage said it will issue about 14.5
million shares of its stock to shareholders of Acton, Mass.-based MediaBridge. The deal is expected to
advance Engage’s marketer-focused strategy by connecting Web site software
applications for merchants with Engage’s large online adve

rtising network.




 

 OrderZone.com and Works.com to merge

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-commerce
enablers

  
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Scorecard:      C+

AUSTIN, June 12–Grainger and
Works.com announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to
combine Grainger’s OrderZone.com, a
leading B2B multi-supplier Internet marketplace, with Works.com, a leading Internet business
purchasing service. The combination will provide small and midsize
businesses with one of the most advanced online business purchasing
services and e-marketplaces for indirect business products. In addition to
contributing the OrderZone business and assets, Grainger will invest an
additional $21 million in Works.com and deliver the Works.com purchasing
service and e-marketplace to 1.4 million small and midsize business
customers through Grainger.com. For its contributions, Grainger will take a
40 percent equity stake in Works.com.




 

 Scoot.com plc to acquire Loot

  
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Amount:         $287
million

  
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Terms:           
5 million shares/$269 million cash

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      C+

LONDON, June 12–Scoot.com plc is pleased
to announce the acquisition of Loot, the UK’s leading free ads and
online classified business in a combination cash and stock deal valued at
189.9 million pounds, or $287 million USD. Cash consideration paid to Loot is approximately $269 million USD,
while stock compensation consists of 5.0 million Scoot shares. By leveraging their
complementary and interfacing customer base, and delivering services
through a multiplicity of distribution media, including emerging new media
distribution channels such as interactive TV, wireless and Internet, the
combination of Scoot and Loot will position the enlarged group as a
leading, multi-access, local transaction, service provider.




 

 AppOnline.com (AOP) acquires Professional
Mortgage, Bay Mortgage

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

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Industry:        Financial
services

  
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Scorecard:      D+

MELVILLE, N.Y., June 12–AppOnline.com , a
fast-growing Internet mortgage company, announced the acquisition of
Professional Mortgage Services and Bay Mortgage Services.
Terms were not disclosed. Professional Mortgage Services is a
Michigan-based full service mortgage broker, offering a wide range of
products including conforming and non-conforming residential loans,
government loans, commercial loans and agricultural loans, while Bay
Mortgage Services is a mortgage bank conducting business in both
Massachusetts and New Hampshire. With these transactions, AppOnline.com will expand its operations into
three key states and help develop profitable mortgage businesses through a
broadened product line and expanded geographical reach.