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Rumor: Google Could Buy Digg To Improve Google News

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First Posted: 06-13-08 04:28 PM   |   Updated: 06-21-08 05:12 AM

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Valleywag:

Google's cupcake princess, Marissa Mayer, and Kevin Rose, the playboy of the Webhead world, would make an awfully cute couple. Not romantically -- the two are dating other people at the moment. But we hear Mayer is pushing hard for an acquisition of Rose's Digg, for a price below $200 million. Kara Swisher hinted a few days ago that the social news site, on which users "digg" or "bury" their favorite news headlines, might be on Google's shopping list. Mayer's goal: to use what Digg has learned to fix Google News which, while popular, doesn't make Google any money. (Digg CEO Jay Adelson would not comment on the sale rumor, but did disclose that he was having a "delicious" In 'N' Out burger for lunch.)

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Google's cupcake princess, Marissa Mayer, and Kevin Rose, the playboy of the Webhead world, would make an awfully cute couple. Not romantically -- the two are dating other people at the moment. But we...
Google's cupcake princess, Marissa Mayer, and Kevin Rose, the playboy of the Webhead world, would make an awfully cute couple. Not romantically -- the two are dating other people at the moment. But we...
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more corp fascism

it will be filtered to not upset google's customers and advertisers

we will have decades of corp fascism before americans wake up

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:58 AM on 06/15/2008
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