The Top 10 Media Mergers & Acquisitions Deals of 2008

Here’s a list of the top 10 M&A deals of 2008. Let’s see what 2009 has in store.

1. Reed Elsevier buys Choicepoint ($4.1 billion)

2. WPP buys Taylor Nelson Sofres ($3.1 billion)

3. Hellman & Friedman buys Getty Images ($2.4 billion)

4. CBS buys Cnet ($1.7 billion)

5. eBay buys Bill Me Later ($945 million)

6. AOL (Time Warner) buys Bebo ($850 million)

7. Cablevision buys Newsday ($650 million)

8. Telvent GIT buys Data Transmission Network ($445 million)

9. Microsoft buys Greenfield Online ($421 million)

10. eBay buys Den Bia Avis and BiiBasen ($390 million)

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