by CIO Staff

AOL Scoops Up GameDaily Publication

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Aug 16, 20061 min
Mergers and Acquisitions

AOL, Time Warner’s Internet arm, has acquired Web video game publication GameDaily from San Francisco, Calif.-based Gigex for an undisclosed amount, Dow Jones reports via The Wall Street Journal.

Under the deal, which was made final on Aug. 10, AOL now owns GameDaily’s website and its print GameDaily Biz newsletter, according to Dow Jones.

GameDaily is to become Dulles, Va.-based AOL’s leading video game brand under its AOL Games network, Dow Jones reports.

Both firms’ editorial staffs will be combined and both will work on the GameDaily site and newsletter, according to Dow Jones.

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