media giant Viacom, Neopets

Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #235 (December 2008)

Original at Aeropause Games external link • Mon, Oct 20

By Joe Fourhman Neopets is a totally huge and real thing: It’s a real internet success story… Neopets.com began in 1999 as a low-rent Pokemon/Tamagotchi ripoff and was bought by media giant Viacom in 2005 for $160 million. There’s already been a couple Neopets videos game, but the latest one may be the firs...

Kid thugs in cyber-clubs

Original at Salisbury Post external link • Mon, Jul 7

NC - In the past two years, Walt Disney Co. acquired Club Penguin in a deal worth as much as $700 million and media giant Viacom Inc. bought Neopets for $160 ...

Some kids behave like thugs in online world

Original at San Jose Mercury News external link • Thu, Jul 3

USA - In the past two years, Walt Disney acquired Club Penguin in a deal worth as much as $700 million and media giant Viacom bought Neopets for $160 million. ...

In virtual worlds, child avatars need protecting -- from each other

Original at Los Angeles Times external link • Wed, Jul 2

CA - In the last two years, Walt Disney Co. acquired Club Penguin in a deal worth as much as $700 million, and media giant Viacom Inc. bought Neopets for $160 ...

Are ads on children's social networking sites harmless child's ...

Original at Independent external link • Sun, Jun 1

UK - One of the biggest players is Neopets, bought by media giant Viacom for $160m in 2005, which features "immersive advertising" – ads integrated into content ...

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