Viacom to bid for MarketWatch
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WASHINGTON (DowJonesAP) - Viacom (VIA) plans to submit a bid to buy financial news provider MarketWatch (MKTW), according to a filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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NEW YORK -- Dow Jones &amp; Co., the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, will buy MarketWatch Inc. for about $519 million in a deal that would end a monthlong bidding war for the online financial news and information provider.
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Viacom Inc.   said on Wednesday it will sell its Famous Music publishing unit to Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
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Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA) said Wednesday that, based on preliminary results, its exchange offer for the split-off of Blockbuster Inc.
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Viacom Inc.   said on Wednesday it will sell its Famous Music publishing unit to Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song-music catalog co-owned by pop star Michael Jackson.
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SAN FRANCISCO: MarketWatch Inc, which owns the CBS.MarketWatch.com website, has agreed to be acquired by Dow Jones &amp; Co for US$520mil, ending a month-long bidding war for the online financial news and information provider.
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Dow Jones & Co., the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, will buy MarketWatch Inc. for about $519 million in a deal that would end a monthlong bidding war for the online financial news and information provider.
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Viacom Inc., the parent company of  television network CBS, on Thursday said it had agreed to  purchase, KOVR-TV, a CBS affiliate station in Sacramento,  California, subject to regulatory approval.
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MarketWatch, which owns the financial news site CBS MarketWatch.com Web site, has agreed to be bought by Dow Jones &amp; Co. for $520 million, MarketWatch announced Sunday.
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NEW YORK, Nov 4  - Media-entertainment giant Viacom Inc. expects to make a bid for financial newsgroup MarketWatch Inc., according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing disclosed Thursday.
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Dow Jones won out over a list of competing media bidders to gain control of MarketWatch with its $18-a-share offer. If the buy is approved by shareholders, Dow Jones will gain a valuable foothold in the fast
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Dow Jones &amp; Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, says it has agreed to buy online news site MarketWatch Inc. in a $519 million deal that widens its Internet audience.
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Microsoft and entertainment broadcaster Viacom have agreed to a five-year deal to share content and partner on advertising initiatives, the companies announced Wednesday.It&#39;s the latest agreement between content and technology companies seeking to make money by mixing premium content with advertising on the Web. The two companies valued the deal at $500 million.Microsoft will have a nonexclusive license to use TV programs and other content from Viacom, which owns MTV Networks, Comedy Central, BET (Black Entertainment Television) and Paramount Pictures, among others. The content will appear on Microsoft&#39;s MSN Web site, as well as through its Internet-connected XBox 360 games system.Viacom will also use Microsoft&#39;s Atlas AdManager digital advertising technology for its U.S. Web sites. The technology came from&#160;Microsoft&#39;s $6 billion acquisition of aQuantive, which was completed in August. AdManager can serve graphical and video ads on Web sites and has ad reporting and management features.Microsoft will also have an exclusive right to sell some display advertising inventory on Viacom&#39;s sites, and both companies will share the revenue.Microsoft and Viacom previously worked together on MTV&#39;s&#160;Urge digital music store, which was closed&#160;in August after low interest.In March,&#160;Viacom filed a $1 billion suit against Google&#39;s YouTube&#160;video service for displaying clips the network owns that were posted by users without permission.&#160;
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Viacom Inc., home to the MTV networks,  said on Monday it would boost advertising sales from digital  operations and evaluate its international presence as it  focuses on these growth areas in coming years.
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Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. is  expected to announce a licensing deal with Joost, a new  Internet service that specializes in commercial video content,  the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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Google Inc. GOOG.O has asked  regulators for final approval to price its closely watched  initial public offering on Tuesday, meaning its shares could  make their market debut as soon as Wednesday morning.