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1-8 of 8 FT Articles results for Shopzilla, Inc.
Counting the cost of the online land grab
...sites are owned by much larger media or internet companies. Shopzilla, formerly BizRate, was bought by EW Scripps for $525m (then...revenues for 2007 down to $256m from $271m in 2006. But it says Shopzilla has increased both sales and profits and attributes problems...
Feb 18 2008, By Ben Fenton, Media Correspondent, FT.com site
New tools to vie with Google
...have an estimated 60m users a month and include Pricegrabber, Shopzilla and Shopping.com. Most provide comparison guides for different...ratings and shop ratings that help users to avoid dodgy stores.Shopzilla, formerly Bizrate, was one of the first to include user ratings...
Mar 29 2007, By Paul Taylor, FT.com site
Many more YouTubes waiting to be discovered
...newspapers.However, Wall Street is ignoring (or forgetting) the great acquisitions Scripps made of the shopping comparison site Shopzilla.com and the search engine referral site uSwitch.com. Scripps' interactive division accounted for $123m in revenues in the...
Oct 17 2006, By James Altucher, Financial Times
James Altucher: Finding other YouTubes
...newspapers.However, Wall Street is ignoring (or forgetting) the great acquisitions Scripps made of the shopping comparison site Shopzilla.com and the search engine referral site uSwitch.com. Scripps' interactive division accounted for $123m in revenues in the...
Oct 16 2006, By James Altucher, FT.com site
There is no reason to get burnt by internet stocks
...have to downsize my business. At the time my company, Reset Inc, built websites - mostly for entertainment companies and covering...to get into user-generated content. With its acquisition of Shopzilla, Scripps is becoming the dominant force in comparison shopping...
Aug 07 2006, By James Altucher, FT.com site
There is no reason to get burnt by internet stocks
...have to downsize my business. At the time my company, Reset Inc, built websites - mostly for entertainment companies and covering...to get into user-generated content. With its acquisition of Shopzilla, Scripps is becoming the dominant force in comparison shopping...
Aug 08 2006, By James Altucher, Financial Times
Internet groups fall prey to traditional media
...business." EW Scripps, a Cincinnati-based newspaper group, became the latest company to join the trend last week when it bought Shopzilla, a comparison-shopping site, for $550m. Other transactions this year include The New York Times's purchase of About.com for...
Jun 12 2005, By Aline van Duyn in New York, FT.com site
Sale marks transition for Diller's IAC
...Online auction site eBay recently agreed to buyShopping.com for $620m and Scripps, the media group, last week agreed to buy Shopzilla.com for $525m. "Google and Yahoo already have shopping. Maybe it behooves IAC to act sooner rather than later," added Mr Kessler...
Jun 15 2005, By Amy Yee and Tim Burt, FT.com site
