Merging Offline and Online
Offline buys or joint venture w/ Online
– AT&T + @Home/RoadRunner + Excite (the broadband AOL?)
– Disney + Infoseek = Go Network
– NBC + CNet Snap + Xoom +NBCi
– USA Networks + Lycos … failed attempt
– Egghead, started in 1984, closed 250+ physical stores and relaunched
as Egghead.com... Stock soars
– eBay buys Butterfield & Butterfield, Kruse Int’l (collectible