Yahoo! acquires Citizen Sports

18 March 2010

Yahoo! is set to boost is social offering with the acquisition of San Francisco-based Citizen Sports.

Citizen Sports has a network of popular applications across Facebook, MySpace, hi5 and iPhone and Android platforms, and has 39 million monthly unique users in the US.

"Citizen Sports was founded with the intent to enable fans to access news, scores and fantasy games on the platform of their choice," said Mike Kerns, founder and chief executive of Citizen Sports. "We look forward to becoming a part of Yahoo! and bringing our social experiences to their 600 million users around the globe."

"Sports has been among the earliest online categories to experience rapid social proliferation, and the combination of Citizen Sports leading products with our world-class sports experience on Yahoo! Sports is a win-win for sports fans globally," said Bryan Lamkin, senior vice president, Consumer Products Group, Yahoo!.

Pip Brooking, London