11 Worst Tech Mergers and Acquisitions Ever

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7. Yahoo! and Broadcast.com

Value: $5.70 billion

Another acquisition made by Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) during the dotcom bubble was its purchase of broadcast.com, one of the pioneers in online video streaming. After the deal was completed, broadcast.com, co-founded by Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner, was incorporated into Yahoo! as Yahoo! Broadcast. So, even though Yahoo! had a chance to get into the online video space long before YouTube, it failed to make it work and the service has since been discarded. One winner from the deal was Mark Cuban, who became a billionaire after having sold his position in Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) before the dotcom bubble burst.

11 Worst Tech Mergers and Acquisitions Ever

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