PaidContent has news of another acquisition of new media by Verisign:
‘Moreover, the online news aggregation and business information service, is being bought out by Verisign, and the reported price is about $25 million. The sale has been in works for a long time and puts to rest all the money and management change the company has seen in about 7-8 years of its existence….’
Their update says that the figure is closer to $30 million and that Google actually put a late (too late) offer in at a higher figure.