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Primedia Buys Rent.com From eBay

The online auction giant has sold its real estate listings site, Rent.com, to Primedia. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but eBay bought Rent.com in 2004 for US$415m. Primedia was acquired by TPG Capital last year for US$525m.

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