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CitySearch to Merge With Zip2

By Karen Kaplan
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CitySearch, a Pasadena firm that creates online city guides, has agreed to merge with Mountain View, Calif.-based Zip2, which produces locally focused online yellow pages, in a $300-million deal, according to ZDNet News. The new company will retain the CitySearch name but will be based in Mountain View, according to the online news service. Charles Conn, chief executive of CitySearch, will become chairman of the combined firm. No layoffs are planned, ZDNet said. Neither company could be reached for comment.

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Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

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