Rumor factory churns on: EA now potential buyer for casual game maker PopCap

Game publisher Electronic Arts is the latest rumored suitor looking to buy casual games maker PopCap for more than $1 billion, according to sources talking to TechCrunch’s Jason Kincaid.

As usual, the sources are remaining anonymous, so take the rumors …

Hulu gets ready to put itself up for sale

Hulu is retaining investment banking firms Morgan Stanley and Guggenheim Partners to facilitate a potential sale of the company. Prospective bidders were notified today that the sale process will begin about two weeks from now, according to information from anonymous …

Google confirms acquisition of Admeld

Google confirmed it has signed an agreement to acquire advertising optimization company Admeld.

The revelation came in a blog post written Monday about helping publishers get the most from display advertising.

Admeld’s service allows publishers to pull data about advertising …

Google acquires Groupon for $2.5B?

Rumors of a Google/Groupon deal have been swirling for weeks, and now Google has apparently bought the daily deal company for $2.5 billion, an anonymous source tells the news site Vator News.

Neither company has confirmed the news yet, and …

Meredith acquires health-info search engine Healia

Publisher and television broadcaster Meredith agreed to acquire Healia, a consumer-oriented search engine focused on health information. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Healia will remain based in Seattle.

From Meredith’s release:

In the coming months, the Healia technology will …