CLEVELAND, OH--(Marketwired - Mar 19, 2015) - OverDrive, Inc., the leading eBook, audiobook and streaming video platform for libraries and schools, today announced it entered into an agreement to be ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rakuten, Inc. (TOKYO:4755), one of the world’s largest Internet services companies, today announced it has agreed to fully acquire OverDrive Holdings, Inc., operator of ...

Rakuten is beefing up its digital content chops after it announced the acquisition of ebook and audiobook marketplace OverDrive for $410 million. The Japanese e-commerce giant got into the e-reader ...

In a move to strengthen its global presence in the digital marketplace, Japan’s Rakuten, Inc., has agreed to acquire OverDrive for $410 million in cash. The deal is expected to close in April.

Digital content distributor OverDrive Inc. of Garfield Heights has agreed to be acquired for $410 million in cash by Tokyo-based Rakuten Inc., one of the world’s largest Internet services companies.

Rakuten is trying to inject some black ink into its struggling ebook business with the acquisition of OverDrive Holdings, one of the largest providers of ebooks for rent to libraries and schools. The ...

OverDrive is the world’s leading digital content provider of books, movies, music, and more to the public and academic library space. The company basically powers the digital lending capabilities of ...

Rakuten, considered the biggest online store in Japan, has announced its acquisition of Ohio-based OverDrive and has paid $410 million in an attempt to expand the company's digital content business.

Overdrive is the largest company involved in the digital library sector and they were purchased by Rakuten in 2015. As part of a unified branding strategy, OverDrive has changed their corporate brand ...

Japanese internet services giant Rakuten announced that it has acquired US-based OverDrive, an ebook and audiobook marketplace, for $410 million in cash. OverDrive’s digital distribution platform lets ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese online retailer Rakuten Inc (4755.T) is buying U.S. eBook company OverDrive Inc for about $410 million, deepening its push into the U.S. market and into what it calls the ...