Google Abandons Digg Deal
Toward the beginning of last week, Google was in negotiations to purchase Digg for somewhere in the neighborhood of $200 million. But sometime later in the week, TechCrunch reports, Google decided to walk from the deal; Digg didn’t find out until late Thursday or Friday:
“Google was in the due diligence stage of the deal, where they peer deep into Digg’s technology and financial statements,” the report said. “Most term sheets are non binding, so anything that gives the buyer pause can be used as an excuse to walk away—but generally the buyer already has a very good idea what they are getting well before the term sheet stage.”
So
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