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Old 01-05-2010, 02:54 PM THREAD STARTER               #1 (permalink)
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Microsoft buys BreakingNews.com Domain name


REDMOND, Wash. - The digital network that includes msnbc.com on Tuesday announced the acquisition of the BreakingNews.com Web address, with the aim of creating a Web site to complement its @BreakingNews alert service on Twitter.

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What was the price paid for it ?
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What was the price paid for it ?
There was an article on msnbc on the sale but when they asked Steve Rosenberg, PV Media Group's CEO (the group that sold the domain to Microsoft) He declined to specify the amount of the sale.
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Good sale, wouldn't have been cheap for sure.
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Yeah, if it's Microsoft it must be something for the news.
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