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Factually incorrect: “In April 1999, Yahoo! acquired the company for $5.7 billion in stock.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast.com http://en.wikipedia.org
by alanh 16y ago
Factually incorrect:
“In April 1999, Yahoo! acquired the company for $5.7 billion in stock.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast.com
The infographic reports this as $5.7 million which would not be such a huge deal, really.
- benologist 16y agoPretty sure this is one of those 'spam' infographics anyway, the goal isn't to be correct it's to generate links and traffic for focus.com, a Q&A site that must be feeling left out with all the fluff pieces/mentions Quora gets (and probably soon hipster, the latest company to invent forums). http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/d7e24/my_job_was_to_game_digg_using_infographics_voting/ http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/d7e24/my_job_was_to_ga...
- drgath 16y agoThis isn't even an infographic. It's just a timeline.
- skinnymuch 16y agoIt doesn't stick too strongly to time. Around 1999/2000 they have a "other purchases" text spot. For acquired companies it includes Flickr and Delicious along with what seems to be companies acquired around the bubble and early decade. It would make more sense to separate out purchases done during the bubble with stuff like Flickr. It also doesn't mention Inktomi or Overture.