{"id":741448,"date":"2013-03-12T07:17:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T11:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pehub.com\/?p=190587"},"modified":"2013-03-12T07:17:50","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T11:17:50","slug":"reuters-whaleshark-media-changes-name-to-retailmenot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/741448","title":{"rendered":"Reuters \u2013 WhaleShark Media Changes Name to RetailMeNot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Online coupon company <strong>WhaleShark Media<\/strong> said it was changing its name to <strong>RetailMeNot<\/strong> and acquiring the leading online coupon site in Holland, <strong>Actiepangina.nl<\/strong>, <em>Reuters<\/em> reported. The acquisition marks RetailMeNot&#8217;s fourth in Europe, in addition to online-coupon companies VoucherCodes in the United Kingdom; Poulpeo in France; and Deals.com in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>(<em>Reuters<\/em>) &#8211; Online coupon company WhaleShark Media said it was changing its name to RetailMeNot and acquiring the leading online coupon site in Holland, Actiepangina.nl.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition marks RetailMeNot&#8217;s fourth in Europe, in addition to online-coupon companies VoucherCodes in the United Kingdom; Poulpeo in France; and Deals.com in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The company did not disclose the dollar amount of the latest deal, but a person familiar with the matter said Actiepangina cost under $10 million.<\/p>\n<p>Bankers consider RetailMeNot a likely initial public offering candidate for late 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike companies like Groupon, known for working with small companies to provide one-off discounts, RetailMeNot works with larger companies to create online coupons that give smaller discounts, but more regularly. The model is closer to the traditional clipped coupon.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pehub.com\/190587\/reuters-whaleshark-media-changes-name-retailmenot\/\">Reuters \u2013 WhaleShark Media Changes Name to RetailMeNot<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pehub.com\/\">peHUB<\/a>.<\/p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?a=ZuWg8JyAli0:GwBCBrp4hPo:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?a=ZuWg8JyAli0:GwBCBrp4hPo:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?a=ZuWg8JyAli0:GwBCBrp4hPo:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?i=ZuWg8JyAli0:GwBCBrp4hPo:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?a=ZuWg8JyAli0:GwBCBrp4hPo:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?a=ZuWg8JyAli0:GwBCBrp4hPo:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?i=ZuWg8JyAli0:GwBCBrp4hPo:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?a=ZuWg8JyAli0:GwBCBrp4hPo:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?a=ZuWg8JyAli0:GwBCBrp4hPo:l6gmwiTKsz0\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?d=l6gmwiTKsz0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/pehub\/news\/all\/~4\/ZuWg8JyAli0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online coupon company WhaleShark Media said it was changing its name to RetailMeNot and acquiring the leading online coupon site in Holland, Actiepangina.nl, Reuters reported. The acquisition marks RetailMeNot&#8217;s fourth in Europe, in addition to online-coupon companies VoucherCodes in the United Kingdom; Poulpeo in France; and Deals.com in Germany. 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