Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Flixster for Sale (Again)?
Yesterday, a source told me that Flixster, the fast-growing social network for movie lovers, was back in talks to be bought by Barry Diller’s InterActiveCorp.
Those IAC-Flixster rumors flew about a month ago and were entirely true.
But no deal, it seems. IAC has apparently found the price too high, according to other sources. But, said these sources, others are still in the game.
So if an acquisition deal does happen, two intelligent guesses to the possible winner for the company with 39.5 million user home pages, more than 1 billion user-generated movie ratings and a sassy motto of “Stop Watching Bad Movies”?
Blockbuster or News Corp.
(Sources said Viacom’s MTV unit gave Flixster a look too, but also thought the price too high.)
