Tech companies are always buying up smaller tech companies for what sounds like a lot of money, but it's hard to know how much money is really a lot of money without some everyday context. That's why we built the handy new Atlantic Wire Startup Acquisition Calculator.
Variety is very much the old guard of Hollywood trade publications. It's been eclipsed by competition from Deadline, TheWrap, and The Hollywood Reporter. But when parent company Reed Business Information sells Variety, it'll cost well north of the previously reported $40 million.
The acquisition rumors from March are back, and if they're true it looks like CNN's finally closing in on a purchase of technology news site Mashable.
Many rumors, few confirmed facts swirl around a potential Hulu deal
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