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Y2MBusinessWeek on MTVu's Y2M AcquisitionBusinessWeek keeps bringing up MySpace and Facebook when discussing the purchase, though no social networking implementation has been (yet) announced. Other plans are hinted at, however:
Streaming MTV video on news sites? Can sponsored headlines be far away as markets seek to reach that vaunted 20s demographic in any way possible?
MTVu drops $20 million for college news site network Y2MHere's the press release, plus the PaidContent digest here. Y2M currently hosts about 450 college papers, reaching over 5 million students. Y2M's college-site subsidiary, College Publisher, had recently acquired New Digital Media group, making it a near monopoly in college paper site hosting. MTVu, MTV's 24-hour online college network, has promised that "new online features will come available to the affiliates." From the Variety article (which mentioned the $20 million price tag):
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