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  • It appears that the acquisition is an acq-hire, as Holder will be the only Unblab employee joining AOL.

    TechCrunch Leena Rao 2010

  • Terms of the deal, which should probably be described as an acq-hire, were not disclosed.

    paidContent 2008

  • "acq-hire" with ESPN; about PFT's deal with NBC; about KSK's deal with Uproxx; about EDSBS's deal with SB Nation; and -- apples and oranges -- about any sports blogger who works for free

    Dan Shanoff 2010

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