• The Associated Press: AOL to Pay $850M for Social Network Bebo
  “AOL, the Internet arm of Time Warner Inc., said Thursday it will pay $850 million in cash to acquire social media network Bebo, which has total global membership of more than 40 million.”
  (tags: AOL Bebo facebook Microsoft Yahoo socialsoftware socialnetworking Business Acquisitions)

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