Alterian (LSE: ALN) announced that it has acquired Intrepid, a market research and social media analytics services firm. With the acquisition, Alterian picks up a professional services team with 40 employees, offices in Seattle and London, and a research center in Vietnam.
Marketwire announced its acquisition of Sysomos today. Sysomos products will continue to be available under the Marketwire brand. Terms of the deal between the privately held companies were not disclosed.
The Nielsen Company and McKinsey & Company announced the creation of NM Incite, a joint venture focused on helping companies implement social media intelligence. Buzzmetrics, previously part of Nielsen Online, provides the core of the new entity, with several familiar Buzzmetrics/Nielsen faces among the NM Incite leadership.
So much activity, we need a score card.
| Company | acquired (date) | ...which had acquired | |
| Alterian | Techrigy (7/09) | Andiamo Systems (5/09) | |
| Attensity | Biz360 (4/10) | ||
| Dow Jones | Factiva (10/06) | ||
| Durrants | Metrica (10/09) | ||
| Environics | Exvisu (1/10) | ||
| J.D. Power | Umbria (4/08) | ||
| Jive Software | Filtrbox (1/10) | ||
| Lithium Technologies | Scout Labs (5/10) | ||
| Marketwire | Sysomos (7/10) | ||
| Meltwater | BuzzGain (2/10) | ||
| Nielsen | BuzzMetrics (4/07) | Trendum, Intelliseek | |
| Trendrr | AM Analytics (1/10) | ||
| Wikio | Neotia (4/10) | ||
| WPP | TNS (10/08) | Cymfony (2/07) |
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