Buddy media

• Salesforce.com is on the verge of acquiring social media marketing company Buddy Media for more than $800 million, according to AllThingsD. Buddy Media helps brands manage paid and earned media on social sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
(Forbes)
• As rumored last week, Salesforce.com Monday said its going to buy Buddy Media for roughly $689 million in cash and stock. Buddy Media lets marketers manage their presence on social sites like Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.
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• (Reuters) - Salesforce.com Inc will buy Buddy Media, which helps big brands manage Facebook and Twitter pages, for about $689 million, in the latest sign that the social media marketing sector may be a new battlefield for large tech companies.
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• Buddy Media is not a brand most consumers would recognize, but in the halls of social media and marketing, it's a king. It connects major brands with their customers throughout all the major social media networks.
(Mashable)
• Salesforce.com has officially entered into an agreement to acquire Buddy Media, the companies announced today. According to enterprise cloud-computing firm Salesforce.
(CNET News)
• Oracle Corp. (ORCL) looked at Buddy Media Inc. before agreeing last week to acquire Vitrue, a social-media marketing company, Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison said.
(Bloomberg)
• Salesforce.com Inc. (CRM) agreed to acquire marketing platform Buddy Media in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $689 million, broadening the business-software providers fast-growing social-media footprint.
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• Just weeks after Oracle bought the social marketing firm Vitrue, Salesforce.com said Monday it was buying Buddy Media — for a cool $689 million.
(Wired News)
• Cloud-computing giant Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) may acquire privately held Buddy Media, a company that helps large advertisers manage their social media presences, including on Facebook (Nasdaq: FB).
(Benzinga)
• Just as the rumors said last week, Salesforce.com announced this morning it acquired Buddy Media for $689 million. The deal follows Oracle's Vitrue acquisition, transaction cost unknown.
(Forbes)