News Corp is said to be in talks with Microsoft about joining its bid for Yahoo, according to sources quoted by the New York Times.
News Corp entering the mix may allow Microsoft to raise its bid, putting even more pressure on Yahoo to accept it. It would also remove News Corp as a possible alternate bidder for Yahoo.
A combined Microsoft/ News Corp/ Yahoo would marry Fox Interactive Media and most notably MySpace with Yahoo’s web properties and Microsoft Live and MSN services, creating an even bigger challenger to Google.
According to the Times, the talks between Microsoft and News Corporation are at a sensitive stage, with their source stating that “there’s a long way to go before anything is definite.”
The news comes after another colorful day in the Microsoft/ Yahoo standoff with Yahoo announcing a trial of Google ads against its search results, and Microsoft responding by saying that any Yahoo/ Google tie-up lessened competition.
Update: The WSJ is reporting that Yahoo is close to signing a deal to combine with AOL.
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I still don’t think they will be able to buy yahoo.
http://mikesmoneyclub.blogspot.com/
Look! the google is over there!
Its all going to MS. The last company that needs assistance in buying other companies is MS.
ballmer means business, and he wants yahoo
Didn’t Murdoch put this rumor to rest months ago?
Hearing any traction to the AOL+Yahoo rumors that they are close to a deal?
Yahoo is dead, they are just trying to stave-off the inevitable but what is up with this fight against taking the only lifeline they will probably ever be offered? I don’t see what the difference between the taking offer and maybe an extra 10-20 billion… that is an astronomical amount of money that anybody would be hard pressed to spend in a lifetime.
Jon
http://dreamclue.com …get the message!
Good twist in the story… Hmmm
Would love to see where it all ends… any guesses?
On the other hand, what really happens to Google’s advertising deal with Myspace if this were to be true?
lol @ yahoo and AOL. the yahoo board isn’t really smart, are they?
That’s more like it! I knew Warren B. and Billy G. were homies - not sure why they wanted to play against each other when they could hook up and take down Gee Double O Gee L E.
Nice graphics ;-(
It’s a good combination.
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why not boeing and general electric? this has become a circus
Heheh, yah
MyYahSoft.com - good through Dec 21, 2012, then the whole world implodes…
In my opinion Yahoo have to work independently and leave plan to bidding for yahoo. Because suppose Yahoo came under the Microsoft camp So completion between can be goes on Direct Google and Microsoft and It would be possible that enhancement in further Internet market technology will be go down . Moreover read more about what Impact of that bidding by
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