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Funtank Buys Wrigley's Branded Game Portal Candystand.com

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 23, 2008 - 11:34am.

New York - Funtank, a newly-formed online entertainment publisher, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Candystand.com, the branded online game portal launched 11 years ago by confectioner Wrigley's. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Funtank's WDDG unit has managed Candystand.com since 2005, and said it will open the site to other brands and advertisers later this year. The site currently counts nearly 10 million unique monthly visitors.