Viggle Acquires GetGlue For $25M Plus 48.3M In Shares To Expand Social TV Presence. GetGlue, social TV app maker with 3 million+ users under its belt, has just entered into an agreement to be acquired by Viggle, a TV loyalty service.
The cash and stock deal states that Viggle will pay $25 million in cash and 48.3 million shares of stock for GetGlue. All 34 GetGlue employees, including founder and CEO Alex Iskold, will migrate over to Viggle, with Iskold taking a senior executive position and a spot on the board of directors. To be clear, GetGlue has raised a total of $24 million in the past.
Free. Business. Tool. Reader's. Investing. Url. BLOGRUSH. Data Junkie: The world map of social networks - Valleywag. Tech titan and TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington is known for his virtual outbursts and high temper when it comes to Silicon Valley drama, and his yacht . But an ex-girlfriend now claims that Arrington was violent toward her in real life, and threatened to "murder" her if she told anyone. On Thursday, Jenn Allen, the CEO and founder of start-up RTist.com posted the following public status update to her 4,500 Facebook subscribers: Last post on someone i'm completely over.
I've never been lonelier in my entire life. To all my friends who loved me for who I am - thank you.