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In downturns, Internet cos look to sell start-ups

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many Internet and media companies that were busy buying start-ups in the boom years could shed assets they no longer deem central to their business, as the recession imposes an age of frugality.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?a=vIaNr_usfl8:wRiQ65BqHgo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?a=vIaNr_usfl8:wRiQ65BqHgo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?i=vIaNr_usfl8:wRiQ65BqHgo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?a=vIaNr_usfl8:wRiQ65BqHgo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?i=vIaNr_usfl8:wRiQ65BqHgo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Reuters/InternetNews/~4/vIaNr_usfl8" height="1" width="1"/>