| 1. |
United News & Media |
Carlton Communications |
$12.6 billion merger; Deal will create the U.K.'s largest commercial television broadcaster, combining Carlton's broadcast strengths and United's print and trade show resources, which include CMP Media and Miller Freeman; United plans to divest all or part of Miller Freeman |
| 2. |
Gemstar International Group Ltd. |
TV Guide Inc. |
$9.2 billion in stock; Gemstar will also take over $600MM in debt as part of the deal; Est. 1999 annual rev. $1.5 billion, est. annual earnings $400MM |
| 3. |
AtHome Inc. |
Excite Inc. |
$6.7 billion in stock; Rev. $154MM; Internet search engine |
| 4. |
Healtheon Corp. |
WebMD, Inc. |
$5.5 billion merger; Microsoft investing $250MM; Rev. less than $500,000; Online medical information for consumers and doctors |
| 5. |
Yahoo! Inc. |
Broadcast.com Inc. |
$4.77 billion; Sports, news and music content |
| 6. |
Yahoo! Inc. |
GeoCities Inc. |
$4.5 billion stock swap; 1998 Q4 rev. $7.5MM; Web site community |
| 7. |
Computer Associates |
Platinum Technology |
$3.5 billion in cash; Software provider, IT training; Rev. $968MM |
| 8. |
VNU USA Inc. (VNU) |
Nielsen Media Research |
$2.7 billion merger ($2.5 billion cash plus assumption $200MM debt); Television audience measurement and related services; Rev. $402MM, EBITDA $126MM |
| 9. |
America Online |
Hughes Electronics |
AOL investing $1.5 billion in Hughes, which will enable AOL to offer high-speed Internet access to its customers; Hughes will market AOL TV |
| 10. |
DoubleClick Inc. |
Abacus Direct Corp. |
$1 billion in stock; Collects and analyzes data on catalog and retail shoppers |
