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Flickr’s future uncertain as Verizon seem set to buy Yahoo for $5 billion

July 25, 2016John Aldred

It’s not new information that Yahoo has been struggling. It may have been one of the Internet’s original giants, but they just can’t keep up and compete today. Google dominates the search market, Messenger usurped by Facebook, no real mobile platform, and no solid leadership. It’s not looking good. About the only things Yahoo have left that are […]

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Bowens Lighting and Calumet Photographic acquired by AURELIUS, bad news for Bowens?

June 7, 2016John Aldred

After Calumet’s closure of US based retail stores and filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2014, it was pretty clear they were in trouble. With Bowens, this news comes as something of a surprise, however pulling out of The Photography Show at the last minute was a big clue that something was up. Now, both companies are reported to […]

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Western Digital becomes one stop shop for digital storage, completes acquisition of SanDisk

May 27, 2016John Aldred

In an effort to branch out from the spinning disc technology of its hard drives, Western Digital have announced that they have completed their acquisition of SanDisk. In a deal costing Western Digital $17 billion in cash and shares, it puts the company…

GoPro buys out two video editing startups for $105 million to boost its software

March 2, 2016Gannon Burgett

Action cam manufacturer GoPro has been in hot water lately, between recent lawsuits and steadily-declining stocks. But that isn’t stopping them from trying to up their game with the help of a few new acquisitions. Earlier this week, GoPro announced it has acquired Paris-based Stupeflix and Austin, Texas-based Vemory in a deal totaling $105 million […]

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4K. What’s all the Hubub, Bub?

February 18, 2016Doug Daulton

A while back, I was chatting with Scott Bourne about the emerging 4K acquisition standard and the video camera “arms race” originally started by Red Digital Cinema. At the time, he said “Rich Harrington is always talking about 4K as well. I get it. It’s a bigger frame, but I am not sure how that […]

Sony inks deal to acquire Toshiba’s image sensor business, facilities

December 4, 2015Gannon Burgett

This week has been acquisition galore. First, the rumor of Nikon buying out Samsung’s NX sensor business (which has since been denied by the latter of the two), then came news that Phase One acquired Mamiya for its medium format technology. Today, Sony announced it has inked a deal that solidifies a $154 million buyout […]

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Phase One Buys Out Mamiya, Obtains Critical Mass in the Medium Format Market

December 2, 2015Gannon Burgett

Today seems to be about buyouts. Just a few hours ago we shared a report that said Nikon has acquired Samsung’s NX camera technology. Now, Phase One has announced it’s bought out Mamiya Digital Imaging, giving Phase One full control of all Mamiya assets, including camera and lens production facilities. The two companies have a short, […]

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