Rovi Corporation (ROVI) $14.51
The Company:
For well over a decade now, one of my best sources for information for music was a site called AllMusic.com. Most popular music services including iTunes, Pandora and Spotify also depend on AllMusic.com for information about artists, albums and songs. Rovi acquired AllMusic.com in late 2007 for $72 million. Given that one of Rovi’s key products is providing information about movies, music and other entertainment to various companies that integrate it with their set-top devices, game consoles and other media devices, this acquisition was a good fit.