CBS will pay $11.50 a share for CNET. The all-cash deal represents a premium of 44% over above the $7.95 CNET closed at yesterday. Will it be enough to satisfy JANA et al? If you take the JANA team's argument at face value, this deal won't satisfy them…
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Whitney Thompson Wins America's Next Top Model
The 20-year-old is the show's first full-figured winner…
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CBS-CNET: Interview: Leslie Moonves, CEO, CBS: 'Right Opportunity, Right Time, Right Price'
Just got off the phone with CBS CEO Leslie Moonves in his first interview following the announcement that CBS (NYSE: CBS) will acquire CNET (NSDQ: CNET) for $1.8 billion in cash. Moonves said CBS had looked at CNET for more than a year but initiated…
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CBS to Buy C|Net Networks
Margaret Kane writes on the C|Net News Blog: CBS has agreed to acquire CNET Networks in a deal valued at $1.8 billion, the companies said Thursday. The purchase price comes to $11.50 per share, representing a 44 percent premium over Wednesday's closing…
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NBC passes on U.S. Top Gear for now
Filed under: Etc., Lifestyle, CelebritiesNBC's dubious attempt to duplicate the unique cachet of Top Gear with a Stateside spinoff has apparently come to a screeching halt. They couldn't even get it together on a cast, so the news doesn't come entirely…
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CBS Corporation To Acquire CNET Networks, Inc.
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CBS in $1.8B deal for online news, info site CNet
CBS Corp. is acquiring a big online reach with its acquisition of CNet Networks Inc. but also a company that's faced heavy criticism from investors. Those concerns as well as the hefty $1.8 billion price tag helped send CBS's shares down after the deal wa…
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CBS and EQAL Team Up for First-of-Its-Kind Partnership to Create Integrated TV and Online Shows
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