EBay to Acquire Skype?
The Wall Street Journal apparently (I can’t see the article – it’s behind their firewall) reported this morning that EBay and Skype are in merger talks. Skype has declined to comment.
I guess I must be stupid, because I don’t see the strategic value to either party.
UPDATE: Andy Abramson points out that there is a cultural fit between the companies. It’s still a stretch to turn that into a strategic fit, in my opinion.
September 8th, 2005 at 10:04 am
[...] Greg Galitzine is scratching his head over the EBay / Skype rumours as well. Like me, he can’t understand why this makes sense. While I understand the desire for even a leading company to maintain growth and identify new sources of revenue, but I don’t quite get the marriage of EBay and Skype. One of the unnamed sources in the Journal story said that “eBay was keen on adding services that make it easier to buy and sell goods online, as it did when it acquired the electronic-payment processing service PayPal in 2002.” [...]
September 8th, 2005 at 2:57 pm
[...] Bryan Richards at VoIP Magazine enumerates all the reasons why a Skype / EBay merger doesn’t make sense. Amen. [...]