By Heather McLean, 8 May 2002 13:25
NEWS NetRatings has acquired rival internet market research company ACNielsen eRating.com in an all-stock deal. NetRatings already owned a 20 per cent stake in the company. The remaining 80 per cent was purchased from AC Neilsen, the parent firm, for $9.6m in stock. The pair will integrate the two companies and rebrand under the NetRatings banner. Last February NetRatings' proposed merger with fellow research company Jupiter Media Matrix was vetoed by the Federal Trade Commission in the US for being anticompetitive. NetRatings settled a pending patent infringement case with Jupiter today and acquired Jupiter's contracts for European audience measurement.
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