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Disney Shutters Parenting Blog Site, Babble

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Burbank-based Disney has shut down parent blog site Babble , according to the site, which did not say why it was shutting down. Disney had owned Babble since 2011. Disney had paid $40M for Babble in 2011, one of a number of parenting sites acquired in the era by Disney Interactive. READ MORE>>.

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

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I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. And it’s why you probably will quit on day 366 after the acquisition. I didn’t sleep much back then. I was on the road much and I internalized much of the stress so that others didn’t have to. And so it goes again. Often because you’re unemployable.

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Greycroft, Paige Craig Get Exit As Adobe Buys LiveFyre

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Two, Los Angeles area investors--venture investment firm Greycroft Pratners , and angel investor Paige Craig --are among the investors seeing an exit today, as Adobe said acquired blog commenting tools maker LiveFyre. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AddToAny Bought Back From Lockerz By Founder

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Diven said that he has acquired AddToAny back from Lockerz, which had acquired the company back in July of 2011. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. addtoany lockerz merger acquisition social sharing blogging ucsd diego student' READ MORE>>.

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Reneo Pharma Launches with $50M to Target Energy-Depleting Diseases

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Grey, who was president and CEO of Lumuna from 2011 through its 2014 acquisition by Irish drugmaker Shire (now part of Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Celgene-Seeded PharmAkea Sells Last Fibrotic Drug Candidate to Galecto

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When a group of scientists from Amira Pharmaceuticals wanted to start a new biotech after the company’s 2011 acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb , Celgene provided seed funding.

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ContentNext Up For Sale

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paidContent said ContentNext employes 16, with paidContent now bringing in 639,000 uniques as of October 2011, with more than 1.3 Ali had founded the blog after he lost a job immediately after September 11th. Names of potential buyers were not discussed. million pageviews; the network has 808,000 uniques, and 1.67 million pageviews.

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