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Has the Department of Justice Called You?

By Michael Feldstein | Published: May 27, 2009
Jeff Young from The Chronicle of Higher Education has a well-researched piece up on the Department of Justice’s early steps toward investigating ANGEL’s acquisition by Blackboard. If anybody out there has talked to the DoJ and would like to share some details, please let me know. You can contact me privately at michael [at] mfeldstein [...]
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US Department of Justice Investingating Blackboard ANGEL Acquisition

By Michael Feldstein | Published: May 26, 2009
This just in from Desire2Learn’s patent blog: Blackboard issued two press releases regarding its acquisition of ANGEL Learning (ANGEL) - one on May 6, announcing the intention to acquire, and one on May 11, stating that the acquisition was complete. Indeed, Matthew Small, Blackboard’s chief business officer (and general counsel) stated “I don’t think that there’s any anti-trust [...]
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Three Tests for the ‘New’ Blackboard

By Michael Feldstein | Published: May 14, 2009
Today Blackboard announced that ANGEL’s Ray Henderson will be the new President of the Blackboard Learn division. This is great news. Ray is one of the best executives in educational technology today, known for his competence, his integrity, and his leadership in supporting open standards and openness in general. Does this mean a new beginning [...]
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Open Thread on Blackboard/ANGEL Merger

By Michael Feldstein | Published: May 6, 2009
Update: It looks like “bbplusangel” has already gotten some momentum on Twitter, so I’m switching my tag over to that. I’ve already invited the opinions of ANGEL customers on a different post, but let me throw the doors wide open. I’m really curious to hear from all of you regarding your opinions. What are your hopes? Your [...]
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Looking for ANGEL Customer Reaction

By Michael Feldstein | Published: May 6, 2009
I’m looking to get a sense of the reaction of the Blackboard/ANGEL news from ANGEL customers. If you are an ANGEL customer, please let me know what you think in the comments to this post. If you are writing a blog post of your own, please ping this post by linking to it. (Your post [...]
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