Google Acquires DejaNews

Announced February 12, 2001

What happened

DejaNews was a usenet business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Groups.

Google's acquisition history

1st of 269 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

66 of 269 Google deals

Google's average disclosed price

$1.20B

Google's largest disclosed deal

Wiz ($32B)

Tracked acquisitions in 2001

42 across all acquirers

Google in Usenet

1 acquisition

When did Google acquire DejaNews?

Google acquired DejaNews on February 12, 2001. This was Google's 1st publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.

How much did Google pay for DejaNews?

The price Google paid for DejaNews was not publicly disclosed. Only 66 of Google's 269 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.

What does DejaNews do?

DejaNews was a usenet business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Groups.

What other Usenet companies has Google acquired?

DejaNews is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Usenet so far.