Report: Yahoo to Buy Mobile App, Game Developer Citizen Sports

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 16, 2010 - 10:24am.

Sunnyvale, Calif. - Looking to further bolster its strong sports content business, Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) is expected to acquire Citizen Sports, a developer of sports apps and games for the iPhone and Facebook platforms, AllThingsD reported, citing several unnamed sources.

The blog pegged the purchase price at upwards of $50 million.

Officials from both companies have declined to comment.

Founded in 2005 as ProTrade, San Francisco-based Citizen Sports is the developer of the popular Sportacular iPhone app, as well as several other fantasy sports games and Facebook apps.

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http://www.citizensportsinc.com