Sony buys Gracenote for $260m
You remember Gracenote, right? They’re the company that some years back kinda sorta misled everybody that populated the CDDB with data by selling the whole thing and closing off the platform. Well, they’re laughing all the way to the bank once again: Sony just bought ‘em up for $260m, with the deal set to close in late May.
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