Adult Industry Favorite ICQ Reportedly on the Sales Block

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    • Jun 2003
    • 31650
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    Adult Industry Favorite ICQ Reportedly on the Sales Block

    NEW YORK ? AOL is in talks to sell its ICQ business to Russia's Digital Sky Technologies in a deal that could be worth up to $300 million, according to the Wall Street Journal.
    ICQ, which is the preferred instant-messenger service for the online adult business community and reportedly has 100 million accounts registered, was first developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis, which is now owned by AOL.

    AOL purchased the company in 1998 for $407 million.

    Digital Sky also is an investor in Facebook, having purchased $100 million in shares to boost its stake in the company to as much as 3.5 percent back in July.

    The first version of the program was released in November 1996 and ICQ became one of the first services of its type. ICQ is a homophone for the phrase ?I seek you.?

    ICQ, now at version 6.0, features include sending text messages, offline support, multi-user chats, free daily-limited SMS sending, resumable file transfers, greeting cards, multiplayer games and a searchable user directory.

    News of the potential sale comes just five days after AOL completed its spinout from parent Time Warner.

    http://www.xbiz.com/news/115676
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    • JA$ON
      Confirmed User
      • Aug 2007
      • 1329
      #2
      sound like a good fit

      1/2 the IMs I get on ICQ are in Russian anyway

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        • dyna mo
          just a fucking jerk
          • Dec 2008
          • 68184
          #3
          almost 20 years later and it's worth 100 million $ less than what they paid.

          gotta love aol/time-warner execs, what a business savvy bunch they are.

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            • dyna mo
              just a fucking jerk
              • Dec 2008
              • 68184
              #4
              almost 20 years later and it's worth 100 million $ less than what they paid.

              gotta love aol/time-warner execs, what a business savvy bunch they are.

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                • RyuLion
                  ClubDomCash.com
                  • Mar 2003
                  • 32373
                  #5
                  No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                  Adult Biz Consultant A tech head since 1995
                  Affiliate Support: Chaturbate | CCBill Live

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                    • SleazyDream
                      I'm here for SPORT
                      • Jul 2001
                      • 41470
                      #6
                      Originally posted by dyna mo
                      almost 20 years later and it's worth 100 million $ less than what they paid.

                      gotta love aol/time-warner execs, what a business savvy bunch they are.
                      depends on how much they made on the ads......
                      This dog, is dog, a dog, good dog, way dog, to dog, keep dog, an dog, idiot dog, busy dog, for dog, 20 dog, seconds dog!

                      Now read without the word dog.

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                        • datatank
                          Confirmed User
                          • Aug 2004
                          • 5471
                          #7
                          Originally posted by allanuk
                          NEW YORK ? AOL is in talks to sell its ICQ business to Russia's Digital Sky Technologies in a deal that could be worth up to $300 million, according to the Wall Street Journal.
                          ICQ, which is the preferred instant-messenger service for the online adult business community and reportedly has 100 million accounts registered, was first developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis, which is now owned by AOL.

                          AOL purchased the company in 1998 for $407 million.

                          Digital Sky also is an investor in Facebook, having purchased $100 million in shares to boost its stake in the company to as much as 3.5 percent back in July.

                          The first version of the program was released in November 1996 and ICQ became one of the first services of its type. ICQ is a homophone for the phrase ?I seek you.?

                          ICQ, now at version 6.0, features include sending text messages, offline support, multi-user chats, free daily-limited SMS sending, resumable file transfers, greeting cards, multiplayer games and a searchable user directory.

                          News of the potential sale comes just five days after AOL completed its spinout from parent Time Warner.

                          http://www.xbiz.com/news/115676
                          Amazing its worth 300m. Does anyone even use ICQ outside of the adult biz anymore?

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                            • Agent 488
                              Registered User
                              • Feb 2006
                              • 22511
                              #8
                              founded in israel.

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                                • GTS Mark
                                  Vrume Mark
                                  • Jan 2001
                                  • 20912
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by datatank
                                  Amazing its worth 300m. Does anyone even use ICQ outside of the adult biz anymore?
                                  LOL the answer to that is a resounding NO! When i tell people in mainstream to get in touch with me via ICQ they usually laugh!

                                  Mainstream is all skype and MSN or god forbid the evil telephone ;-)

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                                    • dyna mo
                                      just a fucking jerk
                                      • Dec 2008
                                      • 68184
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by SleazyDream
                                      depends on how much they made on the ads......
                                      eh? the current value would reflect any roi made.

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