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		<title>Internet &amp; Digital Information (IDI) Quarterly Insights Report</title>
		<link>http://intangibleinsights.com/2009/07/internet-digital-information-quarterly-insights-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>2i Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet & Digital Media Report]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOCUS and Intangible Insights (2i) are pleased to present to you our Internet &#38; Digital Information (&#8220;IDI&#8221;) Quarterly Insights Report, a newsletter providing strategic insight into key market dynamics, capital markets developments, and mergers and acquisitions trends impacting participants in the IDI industry. Topics covered in this issue include:


Some Perspective on the Current Economic Debate
A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo! acquires Xoopit – Email goes Social</title>
		<link>http://intangibleinsights.com/2009/07/yahoo-acquires-xoopit-%e2%80%93-email-goes-social/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashant Koirala</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo Acquires Xoopit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc (NasdaqGS:YHOO), provides internet services to users, advertisers, publishers and developers.  The Company has been struggling to hold its market share among its top competitors (Google, Microsoft), especially in the search business and losing share to Microsoft&#8217;s BING while competing with young innovative companies in their core business areas (See more details in FOCUS&#8217; Internet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 3 of 4:How are Internet-Reliant Companies Fairing So Far in 2009?</title>
		<link>http://intangibleinsights.com/2009/06/part-3-of-4how-are-internet-reliant-companies-fairing-so-far-in-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>2i Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Valuation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Internet-Reliant Sector M&#38;A Activity and Insights
Intangible Insights analyzes the Internet industry by functional area and by vertical. The functional areas, which we believe represent the vast majority, if not all, Internet-Reliant companies, are categorized using standard industry definitions for Content &#38; Media, Applications, Merchandising, and Offline Service (not included in the index). We try to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 4 of 4: How are Internet-Reliant Companies Fairing So Far in 2009?</title>
		<link>http://intangibleinsights.com/2009/06/part-4-appendix-of-4-how-are-internet-reliant-companies-fairing-so-far-in-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>2i Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Valuation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Internet Valuation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 4 of 2I’s Quarterly Internet and Digital Media M&#38;A Report is an appendix of supporting information for our research posted in the first three sections of the Report.

APPENDIX






 
Internet Reliant Transactions Closed in Q1-2009 that Provide Some Deal Information
 
Table A-1 

 






















 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
List of Companies in 2i’s Stock Index by Functional Category
Table A-2 

 
 
 
 
 
 





















 
 
 
 
 
 
 Table A-3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Table A-4

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		<title>Part 2 of 4: How are Internet-Reliant Companies Fairing So Far in 2009?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>2i Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overall M&#38;A Activity
Clearly M&#38;A transactions have slowed substantially during the last two quarters, with Q1-2009 being the slowest quarter for deal closings over the past 12 quarters.  First quarter 2009 M&#38;A activity is off 39% when compared to the recent peak of Q2 2007.  However, if we stop and recognize that M&#38;A transactions were getting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 1 of 4: How are Internet-Reliant Firms Fairing So Far in 2009?</title>
		<link>http://intangibleinsights.com/2009/05/part-1-of-4-how-are-internet-reliant-firms-fairing-so-far-in-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 19:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>2i Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Valuation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 2i we read a wide range of financial resources, from the standard print media to the blogosphere to subscription databases. Depending on what you read and who you follow, there seems to be some consensus that the general economy may have bottomed, and although it may be a long tunnel, there could be some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2i&#8217;s Deal of the Week: BioClinica Acquires eTrials Worldwide</title>
		<link>http://intangibleinsights.com/2009/05/2is-deal-of-the-week-bioclinica-acquires-etrials-worldwide/</link>
		<comments>http://intangibleinsights.com/2009/05/2is-deal-of-the-week-bioclinica-acquires-etrials-worldwide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 07:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashant Koirala</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[eHealth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Along with tracking stocks by functional category (i.e. applications, content/media, merchandising), we’re in the process of selecting companies to track by vertical. Regular readers of 2i will know that we pay particular attention to the eHealth, eGov, and eLearning industries. One eHealth company we will be tracking is BioClinica, which announced on May 5 that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2i’s Deal of the Week: ANGEL(s) Can Be Bought</title>
		<link>http://intangibleinsights.com/2009/05/2i%e2%80%99s-deal-of-the-week-angels-can-be-bought/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 17:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>2i Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Intangible Assets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blackboard&#8217;s acquisition of ANGEL Learning further solidifies its commanding position as the leading Learning Management System (LMS) provider in the market.  For the roughly $95M cash and stock that Blackboard (NASDAQ: BBBB – $29.16) paid for ANGEL, they acquired a rapidly growing, well-regarded competitor.  But the market does not seem to like the deal – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>70% Off in the Middle Market As Well</title>
		<link>http://intangibleinsights.com/2009/04/70-off-in-the-middle-market-as-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Fleisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[James Kwak of the influential economic blog, The Baseline Scenario, posted a blog earlier this week titled “70% Off Sale”. His point: Granted, stable companies need to conserve cash and avoid risks, but this economic environment provides great deals for savvy companies. 

 
 

The recession hits smaller companies disproportionately, both economically and due to the lack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2i’s Deal of the Week: LivingSocial Acquires BYFAD</title>
		<link>http://intangibleinsights.com/2009/04/2i%e2%80%99s-deal-of-the-week-livingsocial-acquires-byfad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashant Koirala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2i’s Deal of the Week is LivingSocial.com’s (LSC) acquisition of BuyYourFriendADrink.com (BYFAD) . . . 

LSC is a social discovery and cataloging network that allows people to review and share their favorite movies, books, games, music, restaurant, and beer. Founded in 2008, the Company has raised over $5 million in Series A venture capital, has 6.4 [...]]]></description>
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