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Government Clears Google Radio Buy

By the Betanews Staff | Published February 1, 2006, 11:37 AM

United States antitrust officials on Wednesday gave the green light to Google's proposed purchase of dMarc Broadcasting, a company that deals with the sales, delivery and reporting of radio ads. Google will pay $102 million in cash, but performance based payments could reach another $1.14 billion.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission reviewed the deal and found no issues of concern. The purchase of dMarc will give Google AdWords subscribers a radio distribution channel for their advertisements. The company has already branched into print ads, and was rumored to be looking into the television market as well.

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PC_Tool
Feb 1, 2006 - 11:52 AM

GoogleWeb
GoogleFM
GoogleVision (TV)
GoogleRag (Magazines)

Yup. Pretty much covers all sources of information.

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[reboots]

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May your day be Googlicious.

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robertguda
Feb 1, 2006 - 10:04 PM

**** Big Google is Watching You !!! ****

Soon to come:

GoogleReligion
GoogleOil
GoogleCars
GoogleGovernment

**** Big Google Keeps Watching You !!! ****

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metimes1
Feb 1, 2006 - 11:50 AM

slowly Google starts to put adverts in everything

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