Facing U.S. government roadblocks, AT&T is considering selling up to 40 percent of T-Mobile’s assets in order to preserve its massive bid for the Bellevue carrier, reports Bloomberg News. That’s… Read More
Kobo, the 2-year-old Canadian maker of electronic reading devices, has been sold for $315 million in cash to Japan’s Rakuten. Toronto-based Kobo — a spin-out of Indigo — raised $50… Read More
Spring Creek Group, a five-year-old social media agency, has been acquired by Interpublic Group’s Mediabrands unit for an undisclosed price. Co-founded by Clay McDaniel, Spring Creek’s clients include Microsoft, HTC,… Read More
Kantar, a unit of advertising giant WPP, has purchased Bellevue-based Global Market Insite for an undisclosed price and merged it with online market research firm Lightspeed Research. Together, the companies… Read More
There’s been quite a bit of M&A activity in recent weeks in the casual gaming industry, highlighted by Electronic Arts’ blockbuster buy of PopCap Games. But now a smaller Seattle… Read More
California is taking a close look at AT&T’s $39 billion bid for T-Mobile, with Bloomberg News reporting that the state’s Public Utilities Commission has held seven public discussions about the… Read More
Market Leader today announced the purchase of SharperAgent, a Denver company that helps real estate agents roll out print and email marketing campaigns. SharperAgent, and its staff of 25, plans… Read More
It probably doesn’t come with a price tag in the billions. But another Seattle area gaming studio has been sold. This time, it is Sucker Punch Productions and the buyer… Read More
Smilebox, the six-year-old Redmond company that lets users create electronic greetings with their photos and videos, has agreed to be sold to Tel Aviv, Israel-based IncrediMail Ltd. for up to… Read More
RootMetrics has landed an additional $1 million in financing, money that the company said it will use to continue developing an unbiased tracking of the performance of wireless networks in… Read More
Seattle-based Ground Truth has merged with Boston-based Umber Systems to create a new company called Mobile Intelligence Solutions that will be based in New York and serve clients with detailed… Read More
Calico Energy has developed technologies to help residential and business customers reduce energy costs, a proposition that’s winning the Bellevue company fans with venture capitalists. The company has landed a $2.5… Read More
The Wall Street Journal just added some major fuel to the rumors about Microsoft and Skype, reporting that the Redmond company could announce a deal to buy the iconic Internet… Read More
Smashing Ideas, a 15-year-old Seattle digital media agency, has been acquired by Bertelsmann AG’s Random House unit for an undisclosed price. Profitable since inception, the company never took on outside… Read More