Boing Boing: eBay Buys Skype for $4.1 Billion

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Support Bloggers' Rights! HOWTO: Get a link posted to Boing Boing Boing Boing Mobile powered by Winksite Fark rules! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. Boing Boing is a trademark of Happy Mutants LLC in the United States [and other countries]. Stats (About our stats) defeat censorware Policies Our first five years' worth of posts in one file	Sunday, September 11, 2005 eBay Buys Skype for $4.1 Billion A formal announcement is expected within hours. Link (Thanks, Sean Bonner) Update: Not a full 4.1 billion dollar purchase -- but $2.6 billion in cash and stock with the remaining 1.5 billion from rewards for company performance. Link to BBC article, Link to NYT story. (Thanks, Tyler Wiethorn) posted by Xeni Jardin at 11:52:21 PM permalink \| Other blogs' comments Email this entry to: Your email address: Message (optional):	Boing Boing Sponsored by: Your Text Ad Here Get BB by email:

Sunday, September 11, 2005