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More Blackboard Acquisition Coverage Coming

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

Jim Farmer tells me that I really should write at least one analysis post on the Blackboard acquisition myself. Since it’s Jim doing the asking, I’m going to do that. But I still don’t feel like I’m going to be … Continue reading →

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Investment Bankers and Blackboard’s Future, Part One: If …

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Jim Farmer

This is a guest post by Jim Farmer, Chairman of Sigma Group Inc. On Friday July 1,st after this was written, Blackboard Inc. was acquired by “affiliates of Providence Equity Partners” for $1.64 billion. They will also assume approximately $130 … Continue reading →

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Blackboard Has Been Acquired

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

You may or may not have heard the news that Blackboard has agreed to be acquired by a private equity firm called Providence Equity for a total of $1.64 billion. Ray Henderson has a blog post about the acquisition here. … Continue reading →

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The Blackboard/Moodle FOIA Requests

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

Vicki Tambellini is reporting that a number of colleges who moved from Blackboard to Moodle are getting hit with Freedom of Information Act requests: Last week a number of institutions received FOIA requests from a law firm in Columbia, South … Continue reading →

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The Changing Dynamics of the Educational Technology Markets

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

Phil Hill has two good blog posts up in response to Blackboard’s announcement that it has received at least two “unsolicited non-binding proposals” for the company to be acquired. In his first post, Phil argues that, whatever the outcome of … Continue reading →

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