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CNet Open to Higher Bidders, If It Can Find Them

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The what-was-expected sale of CNet to CBS may not happy after all, although for it not to happen would be unlikely. A surprise in the merger agreement agreed to between the parties has a rather unique provision to give it the option of finding another, higher bidder if it can reports the New York Times. Those prime generic domain names owned by CNet could help gain some more bids for the company yet. The provision is not totally unusual and they have become more common in the era of private equity the Times reports, but is unusual in this type of deal.

To read more of the story in the New York Times on the provision and what it could mean, see dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/attention-cnet-shoppers/. David Goldstein