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Who Owns What On The Web

It's impressive to see the list of the companies and products owned by a handful of media giants since 1986. The amount of money poured on to high tech businesses is simply astonishing.

  Amazon AOL Ebay Google Microsoft Yahoo!
1986         Dynamical Systems ($1.5M)  
1987         Forethought  
1991         Consumers Software  
1992         Fox Software ($173M)  
1993            
1994         One Tree
Softimage
 
1995   GNN     Bruce Artwick
Blue Ribbon
RenderMorphics
 
1996         NetCarta ($20M)
ResNova
eShop
EXOS
Vermeer ($130M)
Colusa
 
1997   Compuserve ($1.2B)     Vxtreme ($75M)
LinkAge ($30M)
Cooper & Peters ($20M)
Dimension X
WebTV ($425M)
Intersé
Hotmail ($395M)
Net Controls ($1.4M)
Four11 ($92M)
1998 Junglee
PlanetAll ($280M)
IMDB ($55M)
ICQ ($287M)
PersonalLogic
    LinkExchange ($250M)
Valence Research
MESA Group
Firefly ($40M)
Flash Comm.
Classic Games
ViaWeb ($49M)
WebCal
Yoyodyne ($29.6M)
Sportasy
1999 Drugstore (46%)
Pets.com (50%)
LiveBid.com
Alexa
Exchange.com ($645M)
Geoworks
Tool Crib
Ashford.com
Netscape ($4.21B)
Moviefone
China.com (10%)
Spinner
Nullsoft ($400M)
Tegic Comm.
Alando   Entropic ($90M)
Softway Systems
Visio ($1.4B)
STNC Enterprises
Sendit AB ($130M)
OmniBrowse ($400M)
ShadowFactor ($120M)
Jump Networks
Access Software
CompareNet
Numinous Technology
FASA Interactive Technologies
ZOOMIT
Hyperparellel ($8M)
Log-Me-On ($10M)
GeoCities ($3.6B)
Encompass ($130M)
Online Anywhere ($80M)
Broadcast ($5.7B)
MyQuest
2000 Back to Basics MapQuest ($1.1B)
Time Warner ($160B)
    Digital Anvil
Pacific Microsonics
MongoMusic ($65M)
NetGames
Bungie ($38M)
Driveoff
Peach Network
Arthas.com
eGroups ($432M)
Kimo ($145M)
2001 Egghead ($6.1M)
OurHouse
    Deja.com
Outride
iCommunicate
Ensemble
NCompass ($36M)
Great Plains ($1.4B)
Sold.com ($30M)
Launch ($12M)
2002         Vicinity ($105M)
Rare ($375M)
Sales Management Systems
Navision ($1.45B)
Hotjobs ($436M)
Inktomi ($235M)
2003   SingingFish EachNet ($150M) Pyra Labs Blogger
Neotonic Software
Applied Semantics
Kaltix
Sprinks
Genius Labs
Creature House
RAV Antivirus
PlaceWare ($200M)
Connectix
Overture ($1.63B)
2004 Joyo.com ($75M) Advertising ($435M)
MailBlocks
Craigslist (25%)
Baazee ($50M)
Internet Auction ($325M)
PayPal ($1.5B)
Marktplaats.nl ($290M)
Rent.com ($415M)
Ignite Logic
Baidu (2.6%)
Picasa
Keyhole
Where2
ZipDash
GIANT
Lookout ($10M)
Encore
ActiveViews
3721 Internet Assistant
Kelkoo ($579M)
Oddpost
All-Seeing Eye
MusicMatch ($160M)
Stata Labs, Inc.
WUF Networks
2005 BookSurge
Mobipocket
CustomFlix
Xdrive
Weblogs ($25M)
Truveo
Shopping ($620M)
Skype ($2.6B)
Verisign ($370M)
2Web
Phatbits
Urchin
Dodgeball
Reqwireless
Current Comm. ($100M)
Android Software
Skia Graphics
Akwan Information
AOL (5% @ $1B)
GeoTango
UMT
FolderShare
MediaStreams
Unveil Technologies
Alacris
Teleo
FrontBridge
MessageCast
Groove ($120M)
ContentGuard
FRx Software
Sybari ($163M)
En'tegrate Software
Verdisoft ($93M)
Ludicorp Research ($40M)
Stadeon
TeRespondo
Dialpad
Blo.gs
Konfabulator
Alibaba (46% @ $1B)
Upcoming.org
Whereonearth
del.icio.us
2006 Shopbop Userplane
GameDaily
ADTECH
Meetup.com dMarc
Broadcasting ($102M)
Measure Map
Upstartle Writely
@Last
Orion
Neven Vision
JotSpot
YouTube ($1.65B)
Endoxon ($28M)

Colloquis
DesktopStandard
Gteko
Azzyxi
Winternals
Softricity
iView
Whale Comm. ($75M)
DeepMetrix
Massive Inc.
AssetMetrix
Lionhead
ProClarity
Vexcel
Apptimum
StringBean
Onfolio
MotionBridge
DynaComm
SeaDragon

SearchFox
Meedio
Gmarket (10%)
Jumpcut.com
AdInterax
Right Media (20%)
Kenet Works ($20M)
Bix.com
Wretch
2007     StubHub ($310M)

Xunlei
Adscape ($23M)
Trendalyzer ($1M)
Tonic Systems
Marratech
GreenBorder
Panoramio Geospatial
FeedBurner ($100M)
PeakStream Parallel Processing
Zenter
GrandCentral ($45M)
ImageAmerica
DoubleClick ($3.1B)
Postini ($625M)

AdEcn
Stratature
Dundas
Engyro
aQuantive ($6B)
SoftArtisans
ScreenTonic
devBiz
Tellme ($800M)
Medstory
Secured Dimensions ($10M)
MyBlogLog
Right Media (80% @ $680M)
Rivals.com