Report: Comcast eats up DailyCandy

Courtesy CNET Tech blog  Tue, 08/05/2008 - 5:06pm

In a bidding skirmish with Viacom, the cable provider reportedly ended up paying $125 million for the women's e-newsletter company.



 

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