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Setanta backers spend $15m in search for the next Yahoo
The Guardian Benchmark Capital, the venture capital fund that backs Irish pay-TV group Setanta, has joined the race to find the next MySpace.co... Full Article -
Fickle fate: MySpace's big challenger
Among social networking sites, MySpace has been dominating the headlines as the top site, particularly since Rupert Murdoch's recent acquisition. Ho... Full Article -
Bebo's pulling power too big a magnet for Maloney to resist
VETERAN entrepreneur turned venture capitalist Barry Maloney is at least twice as old as the average Bebo user but this hasn’t deterred the 46-year-... Full Article -
Bebo leapfrogs MySpace in popularity
Social networking website Bebo has overtaken News Corporation's MySpace as the most popular online community destination in the UK. Social netw... Full Article -
Watch this, MySpace
George Osborne asked yesterday on the BBC's Today Programme: 'Where is the British MySpace?' To which the answer is: 'Why, BeBo, of course!' It's cl... Full Article -
Bebo brings 'battle of the bands' to MySpace
Social networking site Bebo.com has gone for the jugular of social networking rival MySpace.com with a new service to help launch bands. Bebo... Full Article -
Old media goes in pursuit of Bebo youth
Viacom's approach to buy Bebo is the latest expression of interest from a big, traditional media company desperate to reconnect with a young ... Full Article -
Benchmark Capital's Barry Maloney on Bebo
Richard Maven With seats on nine boards, including Bebo and O2 Ireland, Benchmark Capital partner Barry Maloney is a busy man. But w... Full Article -
Chatting with the new king of chat rooms
The Bebo website is one of the hottest properties on the internet, but founders Michael and Xochi Birch have no desire to cash in their chips... Full Article -
Bebo hires Google dealmaker
Bebo has poached one of Google’s top dealmakers in an effort to boost advertising and sponsorship revenues, the social networking site will a... Full Article -
Bebo signs music deal with DIY download site
Bebo has signed an exclusive partnership with the UK technology company 7Digital that enables musicians to sell their music directly to the s... Full Article -
Orange links up with social networking site Bebo
Mobile phone group Orange will offer its UK mobile customers access to social networking Web site Bebo via their phones, the France Telecom-o... Full Article -
Bebo has 'Lonelygirl' date
Social networking Internet venture Bebo is launching its first global Internet programming venture, "Lonelygirl Presents ... KateModern," ... Full Article -
Bebo and "Lonelygirl15" creators launch UK version
The creators of the online phenomenon "Lonelygirl15" have joined forces with social networking site Bebo to create a British spin-off ... Full Article -
Apple to sell iTunes tracks through Bebo
Apple signs its first distribution deal with a social networking site, as it seeks to extend its dominance in digital music From Apple has s... Full Article -
A Soap Opera Embedded Into a Social Network
YouTube is shaping up to be the farm team for a generation of aspiring webcam-toting filmmakers. And no one made a bigger debut than the crea... Full Article -
comScore: Bebo.com Now the Most Visited Social Networking Web Site in the U.K.
Bebo.com said this week that it is now the most-visited social networking site in the U.K., as of July. Bebo pushed the social networking behemoth M... Full Article -
Bebo adds Microsoft's IM to its social network
Bebo Inc., operator of the Bebo social networking site, and Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced an agreement to offer the Windows Live Messe... Full Article -
AOL buys networking site Bebo for $850m
AOL, the internet arm of Time Warner, has agreed to buy Bebo for $850m in cash as it gears up to entice advertisers to the popular social networking... Full Article -
ITV signs Bebo video deal
ITV is to make its TV shows available via Bebo in a deal that aims to tap into the young internet generation increasingly attracted to social networ... Full Article -
AOL to Acquire Global Social Media Network Bebo NEW YORK
AOL to Acquire Global Social Media Network Bebo NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AOL announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Bebo... Full Article -
Balderton Capital to sell its stake in Bebo
Proceeds of $140 million represent nine times original investment BALDERTON CAPITAL, the leading European venture capital firm, is pleased to anno... Full Article -
Bebo's online drama fans in for a shock
Kate Modern: the first series of Bebo's programme was a hit with viewers. Social networking site Bebo is to shock fans of hit online drama Kate Mode... Full Article -
Bebo named as best social networking site in survey
They have transformed the way people communicate and attract millions of regular users keen to make virtual friendships or chat about common interes... Full Article -
Bebo tops 2006 Google searches
MySpace, beware: You were outGoogled in 2006 by another social-networking site. Bebo was the No. 1 searched term on Google in 2006, accordi...
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