Holy Emoticons Batman! ? Perion Network Acquires SweetPacks For $41M

Perion Network is acquiring SweetIM (best known for its SweetPacks IM product) for a total of $41 million, with $2 million of that in shares and the rest in cash. SweetIM's founders will get a guaranteed portion now of $32.5 million and $7.5 million later - based on performance. SweetPacks? CEO Nadav Goshen joins Perion as its new Chief Operating Officer. SweetPacks's SweetIM app that has become the byword in emoticons on Internet chat. You know - the kind of thing that teenagers love. The addictive chat app launched way back in 2005 but has since garnered over 100 million users globally.

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