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Flixster Hits 20 Million App Downloads

TECH CRUNCH - Aug 20 - Flixster iPhone app is the top movie app on the platform. It’s also the top movie app on the Android and BlackBerry platforms as well. All told, the app has just crossed a 20M installs. Among these users, 70% of them were active in the past 90 days. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH

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Flixster Acquires Rotten Tomatoes

READ WRITE WEB - Jan 4 - Flixster has acquired Rotten Tomatoes, the popular movie review site, from IGN Entertainment. IGN is a division of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. FULL ARTICLE @ READ WRITE WEB

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MySpace To Buy Flixster?

MASHABLE - Dec 15 - Fresh off the acquisitions of music services iLike and iMeem, MySpace is now reportedly eyeing Flixster, a popular movie rating site that also has its apps on social networking sites and mobile platforms. The reason for the interest is to combine it with Rotten Tomatoes, another News Corp.-owned site run by its IGN Entertainment division. FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE

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Flixster Crosses 8 Million Mobile Users

TECH CRUNCH - Oct 27 - Flixster, a social network for movie fans, is doing pretty well. Earlier this week, Flixster crossed ~ 8M users across their mobile app lineup. Of that 8M, 75% have used the app in the past 90 days. Users are currently rating one movie every 5 seconds, whilst watching ~140 trailers per minute, 24 hours a day. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH

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MySpace Offers Data Availability On Flixster And Eventful

MASHABLE -- July 22 -- MySpace has launched the two first implementations of its Data Availability initiative on Flixster and Eventful. On Flixster, users can register using their MySpace credentials, at which point they can import their profile data and connect with any of their friends who already have accounts on Flixster. On Eventful, users can not only import their profile data, but also receive alerts for events coming to their area, based on the artists that the user has friended on MySpace. MySpace first announced Data Availability in May, with launch partners Yahoo, eBay, Twitter, and Photobucket. They are currently working on those implementations. FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE

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IAC "Very Close" To Acquiring Flixster

TECH CRUNCH -- Jan 12 -- Discussions about IAC beeing in talks to acquire movie-centered social network Flixster are back on track. One source says the deal is done. Another says the parties have been in serious discussions but no deal has been closed. Both agree the price is over the $150 million being discussed last year, and may be as high as $200 million or more. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH