TameBay Morsels 03/05/09

May 3, 2009

It’s been revealed that the price eBay flogged Stumbleupon was for about $29m having paid $75m to buy it in the first place. They do however still own a 4% stake in the company. The eBay partner network (affiliates program where eBay pay you for… Read more

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eBay sells StumbleUpon back to founders

April 13, 2009

eBay and StumbleUpon have announced tonight that SU has been sold back to its original founders, Garrett Camp and Geoff Smith. The terms of the sale will not be disclosed. SU was bought by eBay in May 2007. An eBay statement says that: it has… Read more

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eBay to dump StumbleUpon, expand classifieds

September 19, 2008

TechCrunch are reporting that eBay are to sell StumbleUpon, the website discovery service they bought in May 2007 for $75million. According to TechCrunch’s source, eBay have hired Deutsche Bank to find a buyer for the site. Whether they’ll make… Read more

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UAE blocks Stumbleupon

July 6, 2008

Just a month after United Arab Emirates Internet provider du blocked Skype calls the only other ISP in the UAE, Etisalat appears to have blocked Stumbleupon. I can remember when ISPs such as AOL and Compuserve attempted to control what content… Read more

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StumbleUpon is a winner

January 19, 2008

eBay-owned social bookmarking site StumbleUpon won the award for best use of viral marketing at last nights Crunchies ceremony. A collaborative project between GigaOm, Read/WriteWeb, VentureBeat and TechCrunch, the Crunchies celebrate the most… Read more

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