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InternetNews July 31, 2009	EBay's Skype IPO Bungled? The e-commerce giant is trying to resolve a key licensing issue with the founders of Skype.
InternetNews September 17, 2009	Deja Vu: Skype Founders and eBay in Legal Spat The founders of the Skype are suing eBay and future suitors for $75 million a day in damages for copyright violation.
InternetNews March 28, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Skype, Kazaa Named in $4B Lawsuit StreamCast Networks, maker of the Morpheus file-swapping software, filed charges against the founders of Skype and developers of Kazaa, alleging the defendants engaged in numerous violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
InternetNews October 1, 2007 Larry Barrett	eBay Unhappy Over Skype Performance, Unit's CEO Out Two years after paying $2.6 billion for the VoIP provider, eBay says goodbye to Skype's founder - and hello to more than $1.4 billion in charges.
InternetNews November 6, 2009	eBay, Skype Founders Settle Fight The ownership brawl over the VoIP player's peer-to-peer technology finally draws to an end - who's left standing?
The Motley Fool February 17, 2010 Tim Beyers	You Blew It, eBay Look where Skype is now.
InternetNews September 12, 2005 Erin Joyce	eBay to Acquire Skype For $2.6 Billion Online auction giant eBay is expanding its communications services with a $2.6 billion cash and stock deal to acquire Voice over IP darling Skype Technologies.
The Motley Fool October 11, 2007 Morgan Housel	Skype CEO Hangs Up on eBay ... Again Skype founder and former CEO Niklas Zennstrom admits that eBay overpaid for the online telephone company.
BusinessWeek November 1, 2004 Andy Reinhardt	Net Phone Calls, Free -- And Clear Skype's radical peer-to-peer technology turns a PC equipped with a microphone, speakers, and broadband connection into a telephone. More than 12 million Web surfers have downloaded the free software and registered as users since the program appeared 14 months ago.
InternetNews September 1, 2009	eBay Sells Skype, Keeps Minority Stake The e-commerce giant finally unloads Internet phone unit Skype for $1.9 billion.
InternetNews May 24, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	StreamCast Takes Legal Aim at eBay's Skype StreamCast Networks, owner of the Morpheus peer-to-peer software, is suing eBay and 21 others for allegedly infringing on its rights among other claims.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Skype Means Money Investors, did eBay pay too much for Skype? I don't think so. In a few years, we may look back at it as the new economy bargain of the decade.
The Motley Fool September 26, 2005 David Meier	Did eBay Overpay? The online auctioneer's bid for Skype might seem rich, but it just may pay in the long term.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2007 Mac Greer	Fool Video: eBay's Skype Punt What does eBay's Skype write-off really mean for investors? What is eBay's Skype strategy? How does Skype compare to similar initiatives from competitors? These questions are answered in this video.
InternetNews November 29, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Skype Takes Another EBay Exec Henry Gomez will spearhead Skype's North American VoIP expansion.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2006 Alyce Lomax	eBay's Skype Dream In a long-awaited move, the online auctioneer integrates Skype into its site.
BusinessWeek May 11, 2011 Ashlee Vance	Silver Lake Partners Wins $2.9 Billion Skype Payday Microsoft's $8.5 billion purchase of Skype is a windfall for private equity firm Silver Lake, but the Internet calling company is still unprofitable.
The Motley Fool April 12, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Skype Swallows Sonorit eBay gears up for a potential challenge to its Skype service with a brainy acquisition.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2005 Tom Taulli	From RadioShack: Skype Me! eBay promised synergy from its mega-deal to buy Skype, but now it looks mostly like a play for telecom. Shareholders need to wait until eBay can demonstrate how Skype fits with its larger agenda.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Get In on the Skype IPO eBay finally found a way to unload its popular voice and video chat platform. It will take Skype public as a stand-alone company in the first half of next year.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Dueling Fools: eBay Bear Rebuttal With slower growth, a changing communications landscape, and smarter market-share-munching competitors, don't make the mistake of overpaying for eBay.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	No Business Like Bid Business eBay has a ho-hum quarter, but that's better than nothing. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	You're Selling the Wrong Verb, eBay Media outlets are speculating that eBay's online voice chat subsidiary Skype may be sold off, based on comments that CEO John Donahoe made during last week's conference call.
InternetNews January 28, 2009 Judy Mottl	Hold the VoIP: Skype Sale Rumors Flying Comments from parent company on last week's earnings call have kept the buzz alive over whether eBay's selling Skype.
InternetNews September 8, 2005 Tim Gray	EBay to Buy Skype? The rumored buy would make it easier for eBay users to communicate with each other.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2005 Dave Mock	eBay Today, eBell Tomorrow? eBay's purchase of Skype sets the standard for the role of next-generation communications. Traditional telecom companies are a dying breed, and eBay isn't buying into one of them.
The Motley Fool February 7, 2006 Tom Taulli	Google's Wi-Fi Nation It's all about the traffic. And that's the premise of Google's latest investment. To support its massive market cap, Google needs an encore -- which it seems to be seeking in Spain's FON.
InternetNews September 15, 2005 Tim Gray	eBay's Big Buy Leaves 'em Guessing Before the ink could dry on Internet auction giant eBay's $2.6 billion deal to acquire VoIP titan Skype this week, industry analysts were delivering mixed reviews on the move.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The Skype's the Limit Given CEO Meg Whitman's vocal stance on proposed pay-to-play Internet legislation, and how it would impact Skype, eBay's latest catch may prove to be its biggest. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek November 1, 2004	Skype Is "What Evolution Is All About" Niklas Zennstrom, co-founder of the VoIP company, explains the technology behind peer-to-peer networks and their market implications.
InternetNews October 18, 2007 David Needle	Whitman: eBay For 'Social Commerce' eBay CEO Meg Whitman said her company is poised to put the social in buying.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2009 Anders Bylund	Terrible Timing, eBay! Could eBay have played the Skype acquisition any worse?
InternetNews June 14, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Ebay Hypes Skype Integration eBay plans to integrate Skype, its $2.6 billion Voice over IP investment, into more than a dozen categories of listings.
InternetNews August 28, 2006 Clint Boulton	Google, eBay Make Nice on Text Ads, Click-to-Call Looking to shore up their position against Microsoft and Yahoo in the fiercely competitive market for Internet advertising services, Google and eBay struck a multi-year deal to work together on text-based and click-to-call advertising.
InternetNews December 13, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	EBay Vendors Demand to be Skyped So why aren't eBay and Skype fully integrated yet?
Wired February 2007 Spencer Reiss	Here Comes Trouble First they Kazaa'd the music industry. Then they Skyped the telcos. Now Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom want to Joost your TV. (That's a good thing.)
The Motley Fool October 6, 2005 Jeff Hwang	Dueling Fools: eBay Bull International business and payments will drive eBay's growth -- and don't forget Skype. How can you not like this stock?
InternetNews April 14, 2009 Christopher Saunders	eBay Plans Skype IPO Online auction giant eBay is planning to take plans its Skype Internet telephony unit public, with an Initial Public Offer planned for the first half of 2010.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2007 Seth Jayson	eBay's Partial Failure eBay hits shareholders with an impairment charge of $900 million for its Skype purchase, more than a third of the original cash and stock price.
The Motley Fool November 20, 2009 Anders Bylund	eBay Is $2 Billion Richer! eBay waves a tearful goodbye to Skype and pockets a cool $2 billion. Can you figure out why?
The Motley Fool October 17, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Skype Victoriously, MySpace Friends eBay's Skype connects with the world's most popular social network. What will it mean to investors?
The Motley Fool May 16, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	eBay's Talk Is Cheap The auction site's Skype VoIP service is allowing its users to make free stateside calls to landline and mobile phones. That's good news for eBay -- and bad news for telcos in general, and Vonage in particular. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Skype's Advantage Cannot Be Free Skype is a great service, and eBay's auction business is fantastic. But the marriage of the two still seems bizarre, and months later, there still doesn't seem to be a clear path for how they fit together to deliver a return on investment for eBay shareholders.
InternetNews September 23, 2009	Skype Works to Up Its Enterprise Appeal The VoIP service opens a few new doors into the workplace, thanks to its SIP capabilities for IP-PBX systems.
InternetNews May 26, 2006 David Miller	Is 'Ya-bay' Gunning for Google? Yahoo and eBay's agreement to share core technologies in a deal unveiled Thursday has delighted analysts and investors, who say the joint venture will bring big benefits to both companies.
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