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    AOL exec Ira Parker trying to buy Eric Alterman's KickApps for $90 million

    eric_alterman.jpgAOL will try to follow its $850 million Bebo acquistion with another, the purchase of white-label social widgets maker KickApps. BoomTown reports AOL exec Ira Parker and KickApps chairman and founder Eric Alterman remained in negotiations as late as this week. They're haggling over a $90 million price tag. That AOL's willing to pay so much for an also-ran social-network tools startup suggests AOL's position isn't so much "leading" as "over a barrel."


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