一月 18, 2008
传 AOL 出价 2 亿美元收购 WAYN
由. Z'HuNG 将文章归档于 业界新闻
TC 消息，AOL 正与来自于英国的社会化网络 Where Are You Know? (WAYN) 进行商榷，希望以 2 亿美元的价格收购后者。
如果传闻属实，这一交易将成为规模最大的英国 Web 2.0 网站收购案之一。在此之前，美国哥伦比亚广播公司曾以 2.8 亿美元收购了社会化音乐网站 Last.fm。到目前为止，WAYN发言人还没有就这一传闻发表评论。TechCrunch 英国网站就此联系了三名消息人士，都得到了类似的答案，即 WAYN 将以 2 亿美元的价格出售，AOL 是潜在的收购者：
"Social travel site WAYN is allegedly in talks with AOL over a possible $200m sale to the consumer portal giant. A spokesperson for the UK startup denied that any sale talks are taking place. However, I have tonight spoken to three well-placed sources who have all independently quoted the $200m figure to me, and named AOL as the prospective buyer.
. . . the fact that no deal has been announced yet is put down by my sources to delicate negotiations around a generous earn-out clause proposed by the founders. And the signs are that this is proving to be a sticking point in negotiations. The site is only on course to bring in $4.5m of revenues this year, a figure which contrasts markedly with the exit price."
据了解，AOL 和 WAYN 之所以还没有正式公布交易消息，主要因为双方在谈判中还存在分歧。WAYN 创始人希望获得一笔获利能力价金 (earn-out)，但还未同 AOL 达成一致。WAYN 预计今年的营收仅为 450 万美元，AOL 显然认为已经支付了较高的溢价。
2006 年，WAYN 融资 1100 万美元，主要来自于风险投资公司 DFJ Esprit 和多名英国企业家，包括 Lastminute.com 创始人 Brent Hoberman。根据市场研究公司 ComScore 公布的最新数据，WAYN 去年 11 月吸引了 360 万名来自全球的独立访问者。据 WAYN 称，该公司共有 900 万名独立用户。
固定链接: 传 AOL 出价 2 亿美元收购 WAYN
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引用: http://www.creative-weblogging.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.pl/110822
