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Viacom Gets Xfired Up
Forbes - Viacom announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire Menlo Park, Calif.-based Xfire , an online gaming community platform, for $102 million in cash. The gaming and social networking site, which allows gamers instant messaging capability, will be the

Viacom to Buy Xfire for $102M
ClickZ - Viacom signed a deal to acquire Xfire Inc., owner of a social media application and Web site for hardcore gamers, for $102 million. The company will be housed within Viacom’s MTV Networks family of Web holdings, which also includes Neopets

Viacom to buy Xfire, online games tech company
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc. on Monday said it will buy Xfire, an online games technology company, for $102 million in a bid to dominate the youth market on the Internet as it has on television. Viacom, owner of MTV Networks, Nickelodeon and the

Viacom Is Now A Gamer Category: SOFTPEDIA NEWS :: Internet Life
Softpedia - After taking over GameTrailers.com, a video games site, and Neopets , a web site with games dedicated to children, Viacom announced that it had already bought Xfire, an instant massage service used especially by gamers, paying $102 million, informs

Social sites stir risky biz
Variety - Congloms have recently opened their pocketbooks in a big way to get more involved in the “community.” But it remains to be seen if popular social networking destinations like iVillage, MySpace and Neopets can be transformed into lasting media

MTV Networks Life After Corporate Split
Multichannel Online - MTV Networks Inc. chairman and CEO Judy McGrath is agnostic about the rapidly expanding ways she can distribute music programming and other entertainment, from cable to satellite to Internet downloads and streams to cell phones. Now that parent

Mobile Games: Way Beyond Phone Tag 
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Viacom to buy Xfire, online games tech company 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Apr 24 1:55 PM
Viacom Inc. on Monday said it will buy Xfire, an online games technology company, for $102 million in a bid to dominate the youth market on the Internet as it has on television.Save to My Web

Viacom to Pay $102 Million for an Online Game Service
New York Times - Viacom said yesterday that it had acquired Xfire, a Silicon Valley company that makes an instant message system used by video game players, continuing its quest to build Internet businesses focused on young people. The company, which is the parent of

Social sites stir risky biz
Variety - Congloms have recently opened their pocketbooks in a big way to get more involved in the “community.” But it remains to be seen if popular social networking destinations like iVillage, MySpace and Neopets can be transformed into lasting media

Viacom Gets Xfired Up
Forbes - Apr 24, 2006 a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, joining the company’s more than 90 branded web sites such as targeted properties like GoCityKids.com, Neopets, Parents Connect

GameZone News An Epic Journey Begins as Kingdom Hearts II
GameZone, MI - Mar 28, 2006 Online advertisements will appear in a variety of sites including 1UP.com, IGN.com, Gamspot.com, Neopets.com, AOL.com, MSN.com, and Yahoo.com.

Viacom Buys Online Gamer
Broadcasting & Cable (subscription), NY - Apr 24, 2006 Particularly interested in growing its digital footprint, Viacom has pointed to NeoPets.com, the virtual pet community it bought last year, as an ideal tuck

Young-at-heart Viacom gets the message with Xfire
Australian, Australia - Apr 25, 2006 Viacom last year snapped up Neopets, a gaming site, for $US160 million, and iFilm, a video-on-demand website, for $US50 million.

MTV Networks game for Xfire acquisition 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Apr 25 4:06 AM
Viacom Inc. is wagering big in the digital space with its acquisition Monday of the game-related online community site Xfire.Save to My Web

Viacom to takeover Xfire for 82m 
Digital Media Europe - Apr 25 7:01 AM
An online gaming platform, the ad-supported Xfire application supports PC games and provides social networking, instant messaging and information for online gamers.Save to My Web

Briefcase - April 25, 2006 
South Bend Tribune - Apr 27 9:00 AM
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch,  United States - Apr 24, 2006 has about 1 million active users, would be folded into its MTV Networks group, which also houses several other online outlets including Neopets, Parents Connect

Viacom to Buy Online-Videogame Site
Wall Street Journal (subscription), NY - Apr 24, 2006 The New York media conglomerate acquired Neopets, a children’s Web site, in June for $160 million but missed out on both MySpace.com and IGN Entertainment

Viacom to Buy Xfire for $102M
ClickZ News, NY - Apr 24, 2006 The company will be housed within Viacom’s MTV Networks family of Web holdings, which also includes Neopets, GoCityKids.com, iFilm, GameTrailers.com, MTV’s

Viacom to acquire Menlo Park’s Xfire
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Apr 25, 2006 The entertainment giant has been steadily adding online assets like Neopets, Parents Connect, GoCityKids.com, iFilm and GameTrailers.com in its bid to sew up

Viacom to buy online games tech company
MSNBC - Apr 24, 2006 television. MTV last year acquired NeoPets.com, a site that allows users to invent and care for virtual pets. Rival News Corp. purchased

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The Online Universe: An Old Fogey’s Guide 
BusinessWeek - Apr 23 8:19 PM
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Nickelodeon Ups Dominique Crosby to Senior Vice President Strategy and Business Development, Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids  
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Apr 19 6:37 AM
Nickelodeon has named Dominique Crosby to Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids & Family Group. The announcement was made today by Sarah Kirshbaum Levy, Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Operations, to whom Ms.Save to My Web