NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Comcast Corp has agreed to acquire pioneering Web start-up Plaxo Inc, which was first to turn address books into social networks and laid the foundation for Friendster and Facebook. Terms were not disclosed. But a source close to the deal said Comcast, the top U.S. cable TV company and No. 2 broadband Internet supplier, is paying from $145 million to $175 million, based on meeting performance targets in the next few years.
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