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This page highlights M&A activity in the internet
jobsearch site and online recruitment industry.
A point of reference is provided by figures on investment
in the 'social network service' sector here
and 'old media' colonisation of the net here.
1994
The Monster Board launched by Jeff Taylor
1995
Monster Board (Monster.com) acquired by 'colour
pages' publisher TMP Worldwide
1998
US$80m IPO of Dice.com
1999
Carlton
takes 20% stake in PeopleBank online job agency
Financial Jobs Online launches financial recruitment site
Gaapweb.com
Earthweb acquires Dice
2000
Knight
Ridder, Gannett
and Tribune
buy CareerBuilder
Ringier
establishes joint venture online job market Human Line
2001
Tribune, CareerBuilder and Knight Ridder buy Headhunter.net
2002
Yahoo! acquires HotJobs
job board for US$436m
2003
PBL
pays $33 million for 25% interest in Seek.com
creditors of Dice.com swap debt for 95% of equity
2004
DMGT
pays US$63m for Jobsite
eBay pays US$1.4 billion for
25% stake in Craigslist
GMG
sells Workthing to hotgroup plc for £6m
Hotgroup buys Financial Jobs Online and Netrecruit
2005
DMGT buys Zambeasy jobs site for £4.1m
General Atlantic and Quadrangle Group buy Dice for US$138.6m
Trinity
Mirror buys recruitment service Hotgroup for US$87m
Trinity Mirror pays US$18.9m for Financial Jobs Online
(Gaapweb.com)
2006
News
pays US$3.5m for stake in Simply Hired
DMGT buys The Appointment Limited (inretail.co.uk and
retailcareers.co.uk)
Seek pays $26m for 25% stake in China's Zhaopin site
2007
Jupitermedia pays US$23m for Mediabistro.com (est
1996)
Google's OpenSocial
initiative includes SalesForce.com
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