Gilt City Confirms Acquisition of BuyWithMe’s Assets

Gilt Groupe’s daily deals business, Gilt City, has officially acquired the assets of BuyWithMe, as I reported last week. BuyWithMe customers are being redirected to the Gilt City Web site. Gilt did not disclose the terms, but sources familiar with the deal said the company paid about $5 million in cash and stock for the assets.


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I probably shouldn’t be saying this, but it is a compliment of sorts … [Piracy is] something that comes along with having a wildly successful show on a subscription network.

— HBO programming president Michael Lombardo, talking to Entertainment Weekly about the “rampant” piracy of HBO’s “Game of Thrones”