Plaxo Joins Fancast, Fandango, thePlatform in Cable Operator’s Web Portfolio
By B&C Staff -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/15/2008 7:02:00 AM
Cable MSO Comcast beefed up its online services by agreeing to buy networking site Plaxo for $170 million.
Mountain View, Calif.-based Plaxo facilitates sharing of user contact information and photos, and it has 50,000 users. The company is closely held and funded by venture-capital investors.
Comcast has been diversifying into Web-based businesses with earlier acquisitions of video entertainment site Fancast, movie site Fandango and video-publishing company thePlatform.
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