As TechCrunch predicted (and we mentioned in passing earlier), eBay announced their acquisition of StumbleUpon today. eBay states that the “aggregate transaction value” was around $75M.

In the official announcement, eBay states that this deal “will provide eBay with in-depth exposure to a fast-growing community-based service with approximately 2.3 million users. StumbleUpon gives people a new way to discover relevant and entertaining content based on personal preferences and community recommendations.”

eBay explains why this is such a good fit:

“StumbleUpon is a great fit within our goal of pioneering new communities based on commerce and sustained by trust,” said, Michael Buhr, senior director, eBay. “StumbleUpon’s downloadable toolbar provides an engaging and unique experience to its users, but it is the similarities in our approaches to the concept of community that make it such a compelling addition to eBay.”

Fox Interactive Media, parent company of MySpace, has finally confirmed their acquisitions of Photobucket and Flektor.

We were already pretty sure about the Photobucket deal. After the rumors began flying at the beginning of the month, ValleyWag & TechCrunch reported the deal was confirmed on May 8. Just a week later, we started afresh with the rumor that Flektor was next.

Today, CNET reports that Fox Interactive finally confirmed both deals. They didn’t comment on purchase prices.

Photobucket, one of the most popular online photo sharing sites, and Flektor, a photo/video/audio editing and slide show producing site, might well be merged into one product. Their services, individually or combined, will doubtlessly be used by many MySpacers.

In other M&A news, TechCrunch predicts that the long-rumored eBay/StumbleUpon deal will be confirmed today.