Top 20 Media Deals for 2012
October 31, 2012 
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| Deal No. | Amount Paid (USD) | Company | Investor/Buyer | Sector | Deal Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $16,000,000,000 | Undisclosed | Media | Public | |
| 2 | $3,300,000,000 | Getty Images | The Carlyle Group | Media | Acquisition |
| 3 | $300,000,000 | About.com | IAC | Media | Acquisition |
| 4 | $200,000,000 | Mogujie | IDG | Media | Investment |
| 5 | $175,000,000 | Allrecipes.com | Meredith Corp. | Media | Acquisition |
| 6 | $175,000,000 | Bleacher Report | Time Warner | Media | Acquisition |
| 7 | $175,000,000 | PriceGrabber, LowerMyBills, ClassesUSA.com | Ybrant Digital | Media | Acquisition |
| 8 | $167,000,000 | Score Media | Rogers Communications | Media | Acquisition |
| 9 | $135,000,000 | GlobalSpec | IHS | Media | Acquisition |
| 10 | $133,000,000 | MoneySavingExpert | MoneySupermarket | Media | Acquisition |
| 11 | $130,000,000 | Deezer | Access Industries | Media | Investment |
| 12 | $107,250,000 | Yelp | Undisclosed | Media | Public |
| 13 | $100,000,000 | Avail-TVN | Carlyle Group | Media | Investment |
| 14 | $95,300,000 | Izeos | Newfund | Media | Investment |
| 15 | $75,200,000 | Trulia | Undisclosed | Media | Public |
| 16 | $75,000,000 | Avito.ru | Accel Partners | Media | Investment |
| 17 | $60,000,000 | Dianping | Undisclosed | Media | Investment |
| 18 | $55,000,000 | Justdial | Sequoia Capital | Media | Investment |
| 19 | $50,000,000 | Qype | Yelp | Media | Acquisition |
| 20 | $50,000,000 | Hudong | DFJ Dragon, Xpert Financial | Media | Investment |
More information
- Facebook Stalls In Public Debut After Record $16B In IPO (Bloomberg)
- Getty Images Acquired By Carlyle For $3.3 Billion (Northwest Innovation)
- Confirmed: IAC Has Bought About.com From The New York Times For $300M In Cash (TechCrunch)
- China’s Top Pinterest Clone Mogujie Confirms Series C Funding, Now Valued at $200 Million (Tech In Asia)
- Deals of the day — mergers and acquisitions (Reuters)
- Update: It’s Done. Time Warner Buys Bleacher Report, Price Reportedly $175M (TechCrunch)
- Ybrant Digital to acquire PriceGrabber, ClassesUSA.com & LowerMyBills from Experian for $175M (VC Circle)
- Rogers Communications to Buy Score Media for C$167 Million (Bloomberg)
- IHS to acquire GlobalSpec for $135M (Biz Journal)
- MoneySupermarket To Acquire MoneySavingExpert For £87 million (TechCrunch)
- French Music Startup Deezer Gets $130M Fourth Round, Led By Warner Music Group’s Owner Access Industries (TechCrunch)
- Yelp IPO raises $107M (New York Post)
- Digital Video Consolidation: Avail-TVN Picks Up $100M From Carlyle, Buys UK’s On Demand Group For $27M (TechCrunch)
- Izeos Receives Investment from Newfund (FinSMEs)
- Trulia Soars 41% in Debut (Wall Street Journal)
- Russian Classified Giant’s $75M From Accel Shows It’s 1999 In Emerging Economies (TechCrunch)
- China’s Yelp-like Dianping Secures Over $60 Million in Funding (Tech In Asia)
- Sequoia Capital Invests INR 305 Crore In Justdial (Plugged In)
- Yelp Pays $50M To Acquire Its Big European Rival, Qype (TechCrunch)
- Hudong, China’s Wikipedia, Raises $50 Million in Funding (Tech In Asia)
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