Comments on: Roundup: Fox negotiating to buy Adconion, Motorola loses Zander, more

By: Adconion snaps up direct marketing co. with new funding » VentureBeat

Adconion snaps up direct marketing co. with new funding » VentureBeat — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:24:53 +0000

[...] and direct marketing company, for $20 million.Adconion, which we reported Fox Interactive was interested in, is using the acquisition to expand into North America. The company plans to open [...]

By: German’s Adconion buys data management company Frontline Direct for $20M » VentureBeat

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:38:01 +0000

[...] who we reported Fox Interactive was interested in, is using the acquisition to expand into North America. Adconion plans to open an [...]

By: UK Online Ad Network Adconion Gets $80 Million Funding; Expanding Into U.S. : Online media news summary of todays online advertising news

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:57:24 +0000

[...] including the Drudge Report, Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) video site Crackle, and Demand Media. There was a rumor doing the rounds last year that Fox Interactive was in talks with Adconion to buy it, but seems like it didn’t pan [...]

By: Woman’s network Glam raises $84.6 million at half a billion valuation, Adconion raises $80M » VentureBeat

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:52:48 +0000

[...] Adconion, another ad network (our coverage), has raised $80 million from Wellington Partners and Index [...]

By: Mercado TIME - 5

Mercado TIME - 5 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:59:17 +0000

[...] AdBrite Raises $23M (Por PE Hub) – Fox negotiating to buy Adconion (Por [...]

By: Nate

Nate — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:18:43 +0000

While people are posting comments on corrections in the roundup here.., Android is not a threat to Motorola as is just a technology/platform that handset providers chang choose to implement on their devices. Android will be trying to take market share from Symbian and Windows Mobile.

By: Matt Marshall

Matt Marshall — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:54:43 +0000

Thanks Andy, fixed.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:49:05 +0000

The bidder is SK Telecom from South Korea, but the “SK” does not stand for “South Korea” (for those interested, it stands for Sun Kyung, the group’s old name). SK Telecom already has a relationship with Sprint (sort of) through its ownership in Helio.