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• After The Buyout: Skype To Work With Silverlake Companies?

  PaidContent - 2009-11-30

  Skype is enjoying getting to know its new owners as a “truly independent” technology company after the sale by eBay, says product strategy strategy Michael Bartlett.“eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) has been a great parent to us, but now we’re truly independent so now we can really focus on our core...

  Tags: Technology Company, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Corporate Governance, Wireless And Mobility, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Mobile, Companies, Patrick Smith

• EBay Completes Sale of Skype

  Reuters - 2009-11-19

  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc EBAY said on Thursday it had completed its sale of its Skype unit, as it had vowed to do before the end of the year.A settlement reached earlier this month over pending litigation involving the web telephone services' founders, eBay and the buyers cleared...

  Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Channel Management, Litigation, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Marketing, Business Operations

• Skype Settlement: Zennstr

  PaidContent - 2009-11-08

  You’ve got to hand it to Niklas Zennstr by Robert Andrews

  Tags: Settlement, Skype Technologies S.A., Litigation, Business Operations, Robert Andrews

• Skype Saga Turns Out To Be Clever Negotiation

  BNET - 2009-11-06

  For some time it's been clear that eBay needed to dump Skype, the VoIP service for which it paid $2.75 billion in an acquisition that made no sense then and seemed even crazier as time went on. So little surprise when eBay announced a deal in September. But there was...

  Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Negotiation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Free Trade, Corporate Law, Telecommunications, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Erik Sherman

• Skype Cofounders Will Be Part Of Buyout Group; Index Ventures Is Out

  PaidContent - 2009-11-05

  A settlement has been reached that should wipe the slate on all of the litigation involving Skype and its founders, paving the way for the unit to be spun out of eBay (NSDQ: EBAY)—and also will wipe Index Ventures out of the picture, paidContent has confirmed.  Reports of a...

  Tags: Founder, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Litigation, Investment, Business Operations, Finance, Staci D. Kramer

• Settlement Likely In Suit Over Skype Sale; Founders May Take Stake

  PaidContent - 2009-11-03

  A settlement in the litigation over eBay’s sale of Skype could be announced this week, the NYT reports. In October, Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis sued a consortium of investors led by Silver Lake Partners, which had agreed to buy a majority stake in Skype from...

  Tags: Settlement, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., NYT, Litigation, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Legal, Joseph Tartakoff

• Joost: Volpi Was Forced Out As Chair, 'Investigation' Underway

  PaidContent - 2009-09-14

  When the virtually wound-down Joost confirmed to us late last week that former CEO Mike Volpi has also exited as chairman, it didn’t tell us that owners had forced him out of the role. Now, in a statement via WSJ and elsewhere, it says: “Mr. Volpi was removed from...

  Tags: Joost, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Corporate Governance, Corporate Communications, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Companies, Robert Andrews

• Industry Moves: Volpi Out As Joost Chairman

  PaidContent - 2009-09-11

  Mike Volpi kept the role of chairman when Joost switched to a white-label tech provider and he left as CEO for Index Ventures, an investor in the video startup. That’s over, too.  Volpi told paidContent, following a report on SAI that he was out as chairman, “I will confirm...

  Tags: Industry, Joost, Skype Technologies S.A., Corporate Governance, Video On Demand (VoD), Corporate Communications, Portals, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Internet, Industry Moves, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Staci D. Kramer

• SEC Watch: Andresseen's Fund Will Own Less Than 5 Percent Of Skype

  PaidContent - 2009-09-01

  EBay kicked off Tuesday with news that it’s selling Skype to an investor group for $1.9 billion in cash—and a bit of a surprise that it’s keeping a 35 percent interest. The SEC document just filed sheds a little more light on the deal, which values Skype at $2.75...

  Tags: SEC, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Litigation, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Human Resources, Legal, Regulatory, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Staci D. Kramer

• Interview: Index Venture's Danny Rimer On New Skype Investment

  PaidContent - 2009-09-01

  It only looks like deja vu all over again for Index Ventures, the early backer of Skype that is now part of the investor group buying 65 percent of the company from eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) for $1.9 billion in cash. This time Index Ventures is investing in a profitable...

  Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., IPO, Corporate Governance, Investment, Team Management, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Management, Staci D. Kramer