MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 3, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Geeknet, Inc. (Nasdaq:GKNT) announced today that it granted an inducement award to Kathryn McCarthy in connection with her employment as ...

Nov. 18, 2010, 10:46 PM UTC / Source: GlobeNewswire MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 18, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Geeknet, Inc. (Nasdaq:GKNTD), the online network for the global geek community, today ...

Mall retailer Hot Topic has agreed to purchase Geeknet Inc., an online retailer for clothing and merchandise for the “global geek community.” Hot Topic will pay $17.50 per share. The transaction has ...

Fairfax-based Geeknet is reconsidering the merger agreement with Hot Topic announced just yesterday, after receiving a better acquisition deal. In a company statement Wednesday, Geeknet announced that ...

Geeknet this morning announced that its board of directors has started evaluating “strategic alternatives” for its online media businesses, which include popular ‘news for nerds’ site Slashdot, ...

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ThinkGeek parent Geeknet Inc. said it has received another bid after garnering takeover interest from pop-culture and apparel retailer Hot Topic. Geeknet said the bid of $20 per share from an unnamed ...

Geeknet, a company which with a straight face calls itself "the online network for the global geek community," this morning said it has hired advisors to consider strategic alternatives for its online ...

Black Duck Software has bought Ohloh, the open source directory and community, from Sourceforge parent Geeknet and will integrated it into Koders, which it acquired in 2008. The Ohloh directory ...

Hot Topic Inc. has agreed to buy Geeknet Inc. for about $122 million, paying more than double the market value for the “geek”-focused retailer. The offer of $17.50 a share is a significant premium to ...

Geeknet Inc. said Friday that its board has determined a competing takeover bid, which valued the company at $135 million, is superior to an earlier bid from Hot Topic Inc. An unnamed suitor submitted ...

Texas-based GameStop Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire Fairfax-based Geeknet Inc. in a deal valued at $140 million. Tuesday’s announcement represents the latest move in the courtship of online ...