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Alarm Clock: Answers Gives Up The Ghost On $100M Buyout of Dictionary.com

Published on 2008-02-15 05:52:41 0 Comment Edit
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Answers.com wanted Dictionary.com and its parent group Lexico in a bad way. Enough to agree to pay $100M to buy the ad-supported reference network. The problem is that Answers didn't have the cash and needed to go to Wall Street to do a secondary offering. Now Answers has had to admit that Wall Street gave them the Heisman. Answers has until March 1 to conclude the deal so unless a white knight turns up with that kind of cash Lexico will either be turned lose or it may look for other suitors.

Source: Alarm Clock

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29: This Is The Best Day Of Your Life (.Com) (1)
29: The Other Side Of Geo (24)
27: Business Is Not a Popularity Contest (23)
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24: How Do You Quantify Traffic East? (3)
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23: Flowchart.Com Gaining Ground In The Education World (0)
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15: CBS Acquiring CNET for $1.8 Billion, Deal Includes Web Properties Such As Search.com, TV.com, MP3.com, News.com, Downloads.com, Others (2)
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28: Finding The Good In The Bad: How LH.Com Arbitration Loss May Be Good For Domainers (9)
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26: Conceptual Marketing Advantageous To Generic Domain Name Owners (11)
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25: The Cost Of A Confusing URL (1)
24: NameBrief: Greedy Domainer Slime (2)
24: Domain Roundtable Pictures (3)
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23: Matt Cutts: Trip report: Domain Roundtable Conference (0)
23: TechCrunch: Want goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.com? Too Late (3)
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22: Dinner Pics In San Fran. And More (1)
20: Wired: ISPs’ Error Page Ads Let Hackers Hijack Entire Web, Researcher Discloses (0)
20: Descriptive Domains As Article Titles Mislead, Help (6)
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17: The Most Meaningful Public Deal In The Domain Industry Ever: Live Current Signs $50 Million Cricket Deal (7)
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09: DomainTools: Attending Domain Roundtable (0)
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04: ICANN: Registrar Advisory Concerning the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (0)
03: Baltimore Sun: Marylander gets big slice of Web pie (3)
03: CircleID: Domain Name Price Jump: Moore’s Law or Parkinson’s Laws? (0)
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March 2008 (91)
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31: Elliot’s blog: 5 With” Jeff Reynolds, AmericanFlags.com (1)
31: Domain Name Wire: Dark Blue Sea: Domain Portfolio Worth $600 Million Retail (4)
30: Ze Frank: What’s so funny about the Web? (0)
30: The Age: How to be the king of your domain (and others) and make a killing (7)
28: John Berryhill Gets Reverse domain Name Hijacking Ruling From NAF (enki.com case) (4)
28: The Latest On Dot Me Domains (5)
28: Autograph.com Goes For USD 55K. Is It A Good Buy? (14)
28: TheDomains: Our ICA Match Program Ends as “the most successful fundraising effort ever for ICA”? (0)
28: Boston Business Journal: What’s in a name? Big money for local entrepreneur (2)
27: The Next Big Thing For Domainers Is.. (4)
27: Cnet: Why are we clicking less on Google search ads? (0)
27: Verisign To Increase Prices For .Com, .Net Domain Names (5)
27: Cnet: Google: No kids allowed (0)
27: Traverse Legal: Transfer Order For Traverse Legal’s Clients under the UDRP (5)
27: Chitika: A CPC store for your parked domains (0)
27: Filling the Void with DNZoom: Security, Portfolio Management, and New Beginnings (2)
27: Domain News: Trademarknews.com goes live! (0)
26: DNN: U.S. Domain Name Registrar Conduct A Ticking Time Bomb (0)
26: Skenzo Announces Private Equity Investment from Ashmore Group (1)
26: TechCrunch: Communicate Acquires Y Combinator Startup Auctomatic, Unveils New Business Strategy (0)
26: Advertising Lab: Hacked Digital Billboards (1)
26: The World: Japan: URL’s Are Totally Out (7)
25: Systematic.com Goes For USD400K (2)
25: Blog Gems (1)
25: eBay To Change Listing Policy, May Affect Domain Name Listings (10)
25: David Carter: On Freedom (1)
24: Ari Goldberger Wins GoldMedal.com WIPO Dispute (2)
24: Paid Content: Demand Media Raises Another $35 Million; Total Comes To $355 Million (0)
24: eCommerce Times: Domain Name Registrars: The Weakest Link in Online Free Speech (0)
24: Elliot’s Blog: Re-Contacting Domain Owners (0)
24: SES 2008: The Escalator Pitch, Sendori.com (1)
24: Domaining: How To Ruin Your Health (11)
22: SimplyGEO: Leadership And Investing In People (2)
22: Awareness Test (3)
22: LD: Interview with Justin Allen - NameBio.com (2)
21: Mike Berkens: Click on a Link, Go to Jail (0)
20: Rick Schwartz: My last Blog post (0)
20: Register.com Claim For Register.CC Denied (0)
19: Bido Release Delayed (0)
19: eBay: End User Pays US $25,211.00 For Ramp.com (6)
19: ClickZ: The Google Conflict: Search Engine or Destination? (1)
18: Michael Gilmour On Transparency (2)
18: DNZoom Adds TrafficZ, RevenueDirect, and 19Parking. Moniker Integration Coming Soon (0)
18: DN Investor: PPC-Based Domain Name Valuations (1)
18: SCI: Communicate.com: What’s in a name? (0)
18: SEW: Marchex Shows How to Cash In on Local Search (0)
18: Simplicity Rules! (21)
17: Away, And Back! (0)
14: ADN: Ramp.com is Up for Auction on Ebay.com (0)
14: Masterful Marketing: Domain Names = Business Asset (3)
14: We All Have Choices (5)
13: KSL: Democrats don’t find Web redirect funny (1)
13: Thomson Financial: Hecta Media buys domain names portfolio, Tutorialblog for total 1.9 mln usd (0)
13: Guest Post: From Voodoo To Real Science, By Allen Gabriel (Recall Media Group) (1)
12: ASSISTA Gets New User Interface, And More. (1)
12: EFF: A Free Speech Double Whammy: Flawed Anti-Phishing Bill Would Dilute Trademark Fair Use and Anonymity Protections (0)
12: Jason Calacanis: How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips) (1)
11: Fund.Com Goes For 10M (6)
11: IEBlog: Address Bar Improvements in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 (1)
11: Rick Latona: It’s Hard To Sell Something Nobody Wants to Buy (1)
11: Michael Berkens: “Why would any domainer sell his valuable name at a large auction”? (0)
10: A Founding Partner Resigns From Bido (10)
10: DNJournal cover Story: Born to Run: How Oversee.net Co-Founder and CEO Lawrence Ng Built a $200 Million Company Before His 30th Birthday (0)
10: Becoming A Bido.Com Expert (1)
10: URL Navigation Better Than Paid Listings, Organic Results (2)
10: The Inquirer: Wikileaks calls for a global boycott of Enom and Demand Media (3)
07: DomainTools To Integrate With Google (3)
07: Contest: What Can DNZoom Do For You? (13)
06: Winter Time In South Florida (5)
05: SitePoint: Making Domains Your Business (1)
05: RWW: Internet Explorer 8 Has Arrived (3)
05: Centre Daily Times: Targeted Advertising Company Reels in Fishing.net in Latest Domain Name Acquisition (2)
05: Rick Schwartz: Mediocre Traffic For A Mediocre System (2)
05: DomainNews.com: Sign The Petition, Stop The Snowe Bill (3)
05: Page Howe Of DNTV On The Internet Commerce Association (And More..) (0)
05: Reinvent’s Don Ham Talks Domain Monetization (6)
05: Dinner With Friends (7)
04: It’s The Pageviews, Stupid! (0)
04: TechCrunch: Demand Media Buys Pluck for $75 million (0)
04: Financial Post: Blown Away (The Geosign Story) (1)
04: Traverse Legal: Frank Schilling Talks Cybersquatting & Domain Monetization (4)
03: Dan Warner On Making Money With Domains (3)
03: South Florida Business Journal: Building brands with the perfect domain names (0)
03: Domain Name Wire: Register.com Goes After Register.cc (0)
03: DomainBits: WHAT EVERYONE OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT GEO DOMAINS (0)
03: URL Related Traffic Leakage And Mining Opportunities Explored (3)
03: Limov.com: Don’t believe your web stats (1)
03: DNJournal: T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West 2008 Takes Care of Business at Domain Industry Summit in Las Vegas (0)
01: “Leap Day” Saved The Day! (4)
01: Local Resident, Microsoft Settle Web Name Suit (0)
01: PaidContent: Success Magazine Wins Six Month Battle To Own “�Success.com’ Domain (0)

February 2008 (130)
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29: Bido Preview Site Goes Live (13)
29: Why Am I Missing Out On Great Deals? (13)
29: Search Engine Land: Is IAC Ready To Drop Ask.com Search Technology & Partner With Google? (0)
29: Rick Latona: To the Top! The Mt. Kilimanjaro Story (0)
28: TheDomains: ICA Responds to the Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008 (0)
28: Elysium Internet Completes Acquisition of Auditors.com (1)
28: DomainNews.Com: Skenzo goes Yahoo (3)
28: Today: ICA’s Phil Corwin And Several Domain Investors Visit The U.S. Department of Commerce (0)
28: DomainNews.com: The DomainerMeeting before ICANN Paris this June” (0)
28: DNZoom: Bido.com Launch Party Pics (0)
28: Underground Value: Notes From Buffett Meeting 2/15/2008 (1)
28: Video: Skenzo’s Divyank Shares TRAFFIC Road Rally Moment (3)
28: Meet Kevin The Domainer (0)
27: Search Engine Watch: “Googlewash” Is Googlewashed by Online Reputation Defenders (0)
27: DomainerCon: A Free Domainer Conference (1)
27: Direct Navigation: CNET Explains Antiphishing Bill and Why It’s Bad (0)
27: Guest Post: Observations From A First Time T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Attendee”, By Bob DeCecco (33)
27: Baby 2.0 - Naming A Newborn (1)
27: ParkQuick.com Video: Sean Stafford On DNZoom By Bido, Bido (0)
27: Yahoo: Minimum Bid May Be Lower Than 10 Cents (5)
26: WSJ: Network Solutions Is Sued Over Sale Of Domain Names (2)
26: Dr. Kevin Ham: What Is Value?
26: Michael Berkens: BILL PROPOSED TO TAKE AWAY YOUR DOMAINS (1)
26: More Videos From DomainerTV.com (0)
26: VideoMania: Page Howe’s DNTV Goes Live (1)
26: The Day The Internet Died (0)
26: Watch Out Google (!) : Yahoo’s Open Approach to Search (1)
26: The Age: The coming dot AU property boom (1)
26: Videos: Sedo’s Matt Bentley On Sedo’s Domain Parking System (2)
25: Warren and Marcia Lynn Walker Release DomainerTV.com (1)
25: Bido.com Launch Party Videos (4)
24: Hidden Value: “What Is Value?”
24: Michael Gilmour: TRAFFIC - There and back again (1)
23: AltSearchEngines: How’s discovery different from search? (0)
23: Bid On Bido, And Do So Much More! (8)
23: Frank Schilling: What Happens in Vegas .. Happens Everywhere (0)
23: Law.Com: The Wild World of Domain Names (0)
22: Optimus Maximus: at long last, we bring one home to test (0)
22: DNN: Bodog.com Dispute Case Turns into War of Words (2)
22: Monte And The Moniker Team Go To Affiliate Summit (3)
22: Direct Navigation: Through The Eye’s of a 15 Year Old Domainer (3)
22: What Is Value? (24)
19: BIDO.COM Party And More.. (4)
15: AWAY.. (3)
15: Alarm Clock: Answers Gives Up The Ghost On $100M Buyout of Dictionary.com (0)
14: Marchex Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Financial Results, Increases Stock Repurchase Program (0)
14: Business In Dallas: Why mobi domains are a waste of time (4)
14: Seesmic: How I started Seesmic and raised $6 million (0)
14: Frank Schilling: My Kingdom for An Eyeball (0)
14: The Economic Times: Vanity portals set cash registers ringing (0)
14: Fortune: Help, a competitor bought my Web domain! (1)
14: MSNBC: Oversight agency ponders new domain names (0)
14: Domain Name News: Marketplace Radio Interviews Adam Strong (0)
14: Follow The Money: Why Yahoo Is Killing Domain Arbitrage? (3)
13: Ning’s Blog Covers Ryan Ogaard’s Magicians.com (2)
13: A Possible TrafficZ eMail Error Causes Spam, Abuse (3)
13: FuneralHomes.com Releases New Memorial Site, LifeMemory.com (5)
13: DNJournal’s Ron Jackson Releases NameNewbie.com (5)
13: Financial Post: Online obits next move for Internet entrepreneur (0)
13: EONS Tributes: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who taught beatles meditation, dies at 91 (0)
13: Business First: New ownership for Appraisal.com (1)
13: