Buddy media

• Summary: Enterprise software company Salesforce is potentially purchasing social media campaigner Buddy Media, according to reports.
(ZDNet)
• Cloud enterprise powerhouse Salesforce is in talks to buy social media and brand management business Buddy Media for more than $800 million, according to an AllThingsD report.
(Venturebeat.com)
• Salesforce is adapting to the increasingly social face of customer relationship management and it's plunking down some serious money to do it.
(Yahoo Finance)
• 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)
• Back in October, GroSocial raised $450K in seed funding from the Kickstart Seed Fund, Monarch Ventures, Rock Hammer Ventures and a handful of angel investors.
(TechCrunch)
• Amid broad consolidation in the social-marketing space, Salesforce.com is reportedly closing in on Facebook specialist Buddy Media.
(MediaPost)