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Posted by Chris Allen on May-07-2007 22:42:

MySpace to Aquire Photobucket

After a high-profile spat between the two companies, it now appears MySpace and Photobucket will make up with merger valued at between $250 million. In a peculiar twist of events, it was MySpace's move to block videos from Photobucket that jump-started talks between the two parties. The photo site had been looking for a buyer since March.Rumors of the deal first surfaced over the weekend on several blogs and were confirmed by Silicon Valley watcher Michael Arrington on Monday. Although the agreement has not been publicly announced, Photobucket executives called a staff meeting late Monday morning Pacific time.

Source: BetaNews

Posted by Jem_hadar on May-07-2007 23:14:

Whoa, titans are merging!

Posted by rabbitjoker on May-07-2007 23:50:

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Originally posted by Jem_hadar
Whoa, titans are merging!

Hardly. Most of Photobucket's activity was based on MySpace users/traffic - so it was a bit of a godsend for Photobucket since they weren't making money (MySpace bought them to keep their userbase from losing a key tool/utility).

Posted by Chris Allen on May-08-2007 01:02:

It also went along these lines I'm sure...

MySpace: We're blocking you're video content.
Photobucket: That's unfair!
MySpace: Fine. How about we buy your company instead?
Photobucket: Oh alright.