Comments on: News Corp. Looking At BubbleShare - No Deal Yet

By: eBay and StumbleUpon: don’t get it » mathewingram.com/work

eBay and StumbleUpon: don’t get it » mathewingram.com/work — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:35:46 +0000

[...] don’t actually come to pass — including some that involve Canadian companies, such as the rumours that Albert Lai’s Bubbleshare was going to be bought by News Corp. (it was eventually bought [...]

By: online gambling

online gambling — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:33:26 +0000

online gambling…

good luck…

By: BubbleShare, Counting Unhatched Chickens

BubbleShare, Counting Unhatched Chickens — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:22:55 +0000

[...] We previously reported that Toronto based BubbleShare was in acquisition discussion with News Corp., through their Fox Interactive subsidiary. The initial rumors came out of two Toronto-area blogs (here and here), strongly suggesting that a direct or indirect leak occured directly from the company. [...]

By: Profectio » Blog Archive » Kaboose scoops up Bubbleshare

Profectio » Blog Archive » Kaboose scoops up Bubbleshare — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:15:18 +0000

[...] Kaboose scoops up Bubbleshare by Dave Forde @ 12:13 pm on January 5, 2007. Search This Site by:Bubbleshare.com, Kaboose Social NetworksAlbert Lai has done it again and claimed his second successful business venture, BubbleShare.com. He and his other business partners have completed the sale of Toronto’s Kaboose which is the “largest independent, family-focused online media company in North America.” for US$2.25 milllion plus another US$750,000 based on an earn-out provision. This is great and just shows that Canada Internet industry, specifically “Web 2.0″ is thriving. There were rumors of the sale late last year to News Corp but talks ended shortly after the rumors. Mark Evans had a chance to talk with Kaboose’s CEO, Jason DeZwirek who said “We are very acquisitive company. This is our ninth acquisition. Our company has been built on acquisitions. This is the first time we have really bought tools and applications or technology.” [...]

By: TechCrunch en français » BubbleShare est enfin racheté

TechCrunch en français » BubbleShare est enfin racheté — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:36:57 +0000

[...] Après avoir flirter avec Fox Interactive, affaire qui a fini au passage brutalement, BubbleShare basée à Toronto a finalement trouvé un acheteur. [...]

By: Bubbleshare finally gets acquired » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work

Bubbleshare finally gets acquired » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:13:15 +0000

[...] Not that long ago, there were some red-hot rumours that Bubbleshare — the Ottawa-based photo sharing site started by serial entrepreneur Albert Lai — was about to be acquired by News Corp. for a price in the neighbourhood of $5-million. That deal reportedly fell through, however, and now I learn from my friend Mark Evans’ blog that Bubbleshare has been bought by Kaboose for $2.25-million. [...]

By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » BubbleShare Finally Gets Its Payday

Techcrunch » Blog Archive » BubbleShare Finally Gets Its Payday — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:03:59 +0000

[...] After a previous flirtation with Fox Interactive that ended abrubtly, Toronto-based BubbleShare was acquired by Kaboose Inc. (TSX: KAB) for $2.25 million plus up to another $750,000 based on an earn-out provision. No Tags Sphere It [...]

By: Multimedias.mobi » BubbleShare, Counting Unhatched Chickens

Multimedias.mobi » BubbleShare, Counting Unhatched Chickens — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:17:20 +0000

By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » BubbleShare, Counting Unhatched Chickens

Techcrunch » Blog Archive » BubbleShare, Counting Unhatched Chickens — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:47:31 +0000

[...] W previously reported that Toronto based BubbleShare was in acquisition discussion with News Corp., through their Fox Interactive subsidiary. The initial rumors came out of two Toronto-area blogs (here and here), strongly suggesting that a direct or indirect leak occured directly from the company. [...]

By: Startup Toolbox

Startup Toolbox — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:31:16 +0000

[...] I have been thinking about where things are headed with Web 2.0 recently. There is plenty of talk about how so many Web 2.0 companies aren’t real businesses, but are really features designed to be integrated into Google, Yahoo or some other larger property. I am sure this is true. Bubbleshare’s traffic is perfectly decent and I really like the company’s simplicity and tools, but are they enough to distinguish it as a standalone in a crowded field? If the rumor mill is accurate about its sale, the answer seems to be, if not flat-out “no”, then at least “let’s take the cash over the risk”. [...]

By: Mi otro blog… » Blog Archive » Yahoo, Google, AOL y News Corp. se van de compras

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:57:24 +0000

[...] En el capítulo de los rumores, destaca que News Corp. podría estar negociando para adquirir BubbleShare (servicio de compartición de fotos) y que según informa Techcrunch, StumbleUpon (servicio basado en una barra de herramientas para el IE o una extensión de Firefox y que guarda cierta similitud con digg) podría estar a la venta por 50 millones de dólares. [...]

By: striatic

striatic — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:09:49 +0000

“just plug it into myspace and off you go.”

the thing i like is that the way bubbleshare is structured, this would be pretty easy to do.

the way that the hosting, publishing and community aspects of the site are divided up should make it fairly easy to graft bubbleshare onto another social network.

normally i wince when people say ‘just plug it in’ .. but in this case i think that would actually work.

interest in this company is good. the only problem i’ve seen with their model is that though it is perfect for mainstream, non Blogging [capital B] type users is that it isn’t particularly viral .. but a social network to graft onto would solve that very quickly.

By: Mapping The Web - Web 2.0 Commentary and Opinions » Web 2.0 Rumour Mill - Canadian Style

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:34:58 +0000

[...] First up, TechCrunch reports that BubbleShare has been in talks with News Corp., the parent company of MySpace. Details and information is still very preliminary, but the deal is rumoured to be under $5 million. The Toronto-based photo sharing start-up is only about two years old. [...]

By: BubbleShare Acquired? -- Alec Saunders .LOG

BubbleShare Acquired? -- Alec Saunders .LOG — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:41:39 +0000

[...] Albert Lai, CEO of photosharing startup Bubbleshare, has been silent for a while. Last spring he was everywhere, including the now famous appearance with Scoble, Arrington and Bill Gates over lunch. According to rumours reported by GigaOm, TechCrunch, and OneDegree, Fox Interactive may be negotiating to buy the company and move the team to California. Bookmarking:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

By: Mathew

Mathew — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:15:16 +0000

perfect- bubbleshare is the best photosharing site - ease of use and functionality wise.
newscorp could care less how much traffic they have now - just plug it into myspace and off you go.

By: Bubbleshare about to pop? » Billions With Zero Knowledge

Bubbleshare about to pop? » Billions With Zero Knowledge — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:03:07 +0000

[...] Mike Arrington at TechCrunch is reporting that Toronto based Bubbleshare is in rumored aquisition talks with News Corp. for about $ 5 million dollars. Bubbleshare was started by Canadian serial entrepreneur Alberta Lai. [...]

By: Bob-i-Licious

Bob-i-Licious — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:14:07 +0000

I just hope that nothing is going to happen to the service, because a unlimited storage of pictures, with fast servers, useful tools and a classy 2.0 interface, and all that for free will not be easy to find out again… I just so love it… please make things right Newsboys!

By: Jason M. Lemkin

Jason M. Lemkin — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:21:51 +0000

I would think the bottom line is anything they think (x) will be value-add to MySpace, (y) already exists, and (z) can be integrated by a driven team that will stick around for

By: The Onion

The Onion — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:56:53 +0000

Has anyone done the maths for break-even for a site like BubbleShare?
Now that hosting and development tools are so cheap, what sort of visitor numbers do you need to make a profit assuming the site’s revenue model is ad-based?

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:35:13 +0000

^ didn’t mean to sound so negative. Sorry.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:27:10 +0000

Michael,

This is great news…another photo sharing site - wow - exciting.

Why did you fail to report that HomeAway.com secured $150M today…taking their 6 month total to $200M…yea, $200,000,000.

A web “1.0″ company raised more in 6 months than just about every 2.0 company you reported on, put together.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:20:24 +0000

Considering they get >17,500 uniques a day that’s very good. Even if it’s $2M.
Hard to get traction in that space. Even if you have some unique features. Photobucket, imageshack and flickr have got the market wrapped up.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:14:00 +0000

Why when techrunch says “less that $5M” do folks take that to mean “$5M”. One deal I know the numbers for that was “less than $25M” was for $10M.

By: Vik

Vik — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:10:52 +0000

Good for them. $5 mil is a lot of money- you can get 125,000 all-nude ($40/dance) lap dances at Spearmit Rhino

By: PhotoBoy

PhotoBoy — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:09:24 +0000

Hey, while we’re at it, how about an update on the rest of “The Flickr Gunners”?