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kara.allthingsd.com - 19 days ago

I Love the Smell of Settlement in the Morning: Skype Founders Set to Get 10 Percent, Option to Buy Three Percent More and Two Board Seats

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According to several sources close to the situation, barring any unforeseen delay, a deal to settle the Skype imbroglio is likely to be announced around the time the markets open tomorrow. While the massive agreement--which will settle a series of lawsuits waged by Skype's co-founders--is not ...

gigaom.com - 23 days ago

Skype, Founders Settlement in the Works?

— gigaom.com — The ongoing legal scuffle between Skype , a division of eBay, and its founders, Janus Friis and... Niklas Zennstrom may soon see a resolution, according to someone familiar with the situation. The various parties are in discussions to resolve the ... (more) Skype, Founders Settlement in the Works?

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gigaom.com - 20 days ago

Further Details Emerge As Skype & Its Founders Close to Settlement

— gigaom.com — There is a good likelihood that Skype; its founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis; and a group... of private equity investors led by Silver Lake Partners are close to settling their legal disputes, allowing eBay to sell 65 percent of Skype for ... (more) Further Details Emerge As Skype & Its Founders Close to ...

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Skype Founders Fight Their Way Into the New Skype
GigaOM — ... to an end, thanks to a settlement between eBay and private investors led by Silver Lake Partners and Skype co-founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. As part of the deal, the two Skype founders will get 10 percent of the company in exchange for allowing it to use the Global Index technology from their IP company, JoltID. They have an option to pay $83 million for another 3 percent of the new Skype. They will have two board seats on the 23-person board. These details were reported by Kara Swisher on her blog last night. I reported the news of ...

Weekend Update 11.07.09—Big Trouble in Little China Edition
Digital Daily — ... that follows the old car racing mantra turned web design ethos. Add power and lightness. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when boom Town covered the end of the Skype ruckus. All is forgiven, and the all it took was a sizable stake in the company and seats on the board. Kara rounded things out by running a quick post about a spankin’ new feature from AllThingsD. The weekly ...