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Is Skype Finally for Sale?

Posted Jan 27, 2009 10:43am EST by Sarah Lacy in Investing, Internet, Media, Networking and Communication
Related: ebay, yhoo, ^ixic

Reports are surfacing that eBay may be quietly putting Skype on the for-sale or for-spin-off block. This is something analysts have hoped for for a long time, but has eBay missed the window by stubbornly insisting Skype was a fit with its core business? My guest Om Malik says that may be the case. He recently wrote about Skype’s slowing growth on his GigaOm blog.

Click on the video to hear who Malik says might buy Skype, and why he says Henry Blodget is crazy to think the company would get $3 billion in this market.

Plus, check out our earlier discussion on Twitter's valuation.

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