Monday, August 08, 2005

Skype investor says firm should stay independent - Yahoo! News

"A top shareholder in Skype said on Monday it wants to see the fast-growing Internet telecoms software firm stay independent after a report of failed takeover talks with media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp..
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'The company (Skype) is worth a lot more independent,' said Timothy Draper, managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a Californian venture capital firm which he says owns between 10 and 20 percent of Skype."

Britain's Independent on Sunday reported that News Corp. had approached Skype with an offer of just under $3 billion. The paper said talks had collapsed but added Skype could be taken over shortly, without citing sources.

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