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Video: A Decade of the Deal: Fred Wilson on 1999's dot com 'casino'

[Posted on January 27, 2009 at 4:00 PM]

When The Deal launched on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 1999, the go-go dot com era was in full swing. The investment atmosphere was like that of a giant casino and everyone wanted
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Decade of The Deal debuts

[Posted on January 27, 2009 at 3:52 PM]

Hard to believe, but we've been at this for 10 years. When we launched The Daily Deal newspaper (and the attendant thedailydeal.com) on Sept. 15, 1999, M&A was surging, private
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The Daily Deal's first scoop

[Posted on January 26, 2009 at 2:58 PM]

The Daily Deal was breaking news before the first newspapers were even delivered. On Sept. 15, 1999, we reported that VoiceStream Wireless Corp. was acquiring Aerial Communications, Inc. for $1.8
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The PE 50 of 1999

[Posted on January 26, 2009 at 2:55 PM]

In the very first issue of The Daily Deal newspaper, we launched The Private Equity 50, a ranking of the top private equity players as determined by our own senior
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Apollo cashes out big in KKR buyout

[Posted on January 26, 2009 at 2:50 PM]

The debut of The Daily Deal was also a good day for Leon Black. As we reported that day, his PE firm Apollo Management LP secured about a $200 million
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