New math equation: Xfire = $102million
 

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,193020,00.html

[quote:da96b]NEW YORK — Viacom Inc. (VIA) on Monday said it will buy Xfire, an online games technology company, for $102 million in a bid to dominate the youth market on the Internet as it has on television.[/quote:da96b]

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lucky bastards

viacom..what the hell are they going to do with xfire?

dominating the youth market on the Internet

[quote:ac19a]iacom, owner of MTV Networks, Nickelodeon and the Paramount movie studios, said Xfire has 4 million registered members who use its instant messaging and social networking technologies to accompany their massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMPORGs)[/quote:ac19a]

it is another way to get in contact with kids besides TV since many gamers are children/teens.

flood it with more ad's, great nag:

I never use xfire anymore.

Xfire increases my ping by 10! Awesome!

sucks for roger wilco

it is another way to get in contact with kids besides TV since many gamers are children/teens.[/quote:03ff9]Increase their markets and profits..alright.

xfire owns all your cocks.

I think not, my cock is still in my pants.

i really dont think Xfire will change at all
Its a good IM system i'll still use it

Just finished reading a piece in the wall street journal detailing a deal with microsoft with a company called Massive which puts ads in games..guess games are the new medium for consumer products.

i hope if viacom does buy it, they will improve xfire a lot more

viacom...


arent there laws against monopolies?

tell me how its a monopoly

i dont think buying a cheap thing like xfire would really be a monoply

oh im not saying that by buying this they have a monopoly. but viacom owns ALOT of stuff.

on their site they have listed:

BET
comedy central
CMT
Gametrailers.com
ifilm
logo
mtv
mtv2
mtvU
mtv international
neopets
mtv networks
nickelodeon
nick at night
spike
noggin
tv land
vh1
mtv networks digital suite

and

paramount
dreamworks
paramount home entertainment
famous music


and they have a bunch more, this is just some major ones.

viacom.com

then why the hell did you bring up the word monopoly if you don't think they have one? stupid:

[quote=Coleman]then why the hell did you bring up the word monopoly if you don't think they have one? stupid:[/quote:18c46]

^^went back with a list.

Nice try harpua, but no..

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the guys who made it. pretty damn simple progam to make 125 mil claims off of.

[quote=Coleman]then why the hell did you bring up the word monopoly if you don't think they have one? stupid:[/quote:9ab0c]

biggrin:

does anyone scroll up to see all the subsidiaries i listed?

haha + 1

Considering what they invest it, I would never suspect such a move..that's why I was struck with suprise when I read this.

ase>xfire<<theman

isn't a monoply like if a mcdonalds owned a napkin making factory and a slaughterhouse and a ketchup factory?

no its when a company has an unfair advantage over other companies in a way of making money

[quote="Jimmy Paterson":f1691]isn't a monoply like if a mcdonalds owned a napkin making factory and a slaughterhouse and a ketchup factory?[/quote:f1691]

that's vertical integration if I remember my high school ECON class.

A monopoly is when one enterprise runs the entire economy in that sector..windows is probably the best example.

xfire is the gayest shit. no matter how many times I resintall that POS, I can never see my text as I type.

Maybe they can fix it for me?

Linux, Lindows(lasted all of 3 weeks) and other OS's are around.

[quote="Jimmy Paterson":7f75c]isn't a monoply like if a mcdonalds owned a napkin making factory and a slaughterhouse and a ketchup factory?[/quote:7f75c]

dont forget the potato farms for thems fries.