Comments on: Microsoft/Yahoo: Summary Of Today’s News & Bonus Gillmor Gang

By: Yahoo Prepares For A Black Monday : McTechie : I’m lovin’it!

Yahoo Prepares For A Black Monday : McTechie : I’m lovin’it! — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:50:07 +0000

[...] everyone digests yesterday’s extraordinary news around Microsoft’s withdrawal of their Yahoo bid, the big rumor around the valley is that Yahoo [...]

By: perde

perde — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:14:13 +0000

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By: extraordinary | Fetion

extraordinary | Fetion — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:15:40 +0000

[...] scrap iron (including military items).Digg / Odd Stuff – http://digg.com/odd_stuff – リンク|||Microsoft/Yahoo: Summary Of Today’s News %26amp; Bonus Gillmor Gang2008年5月3日投稿者: Michael Arrington Summary Of Today’s News: Negotiations between Yahoo [...]

By: Marc Jacobs Handbaags

Marc Jacobs Handbaags — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:53:49 +0000

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The Declining Value Of Redundant News Content On The Web - Publishing 2.0 — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:13:56 +0000

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By: Yahoo’s Black Monday Begins With Shares Down 20 Percent.

Yahoo’s Black Monday Begins With Shares Down 20 Percent. — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:09:50 +0000

[...] black will today be for Yahoo’s shares? Following Microsoft’s withdrawal of its takeover offer on Saturday, shares of Yahoo took a 20 percent hit after the market opened this morning, opening at [...]

By: Bicchiere mezzo vuoto o mezzo pieno ? | Vittorio Pasteris

Bicchiere mezzo vuoto o mezzo pieno ? | Vittorio Pasteris — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:55:30 +0000

[...] a blog post on Yodel Anecdotal today that added to yesterday’s brief response to the Microsoft bid withdrawal. Upbeat in tone, it points to the many product announcements that Yahoo has made recently (Buzz, [...]

By: Yahoo’s Yang Speaks On Yodel Anecdotal

Yahoo’s Yang Speaks On Yodel Anecdotal — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:05:59 +0000

[...] blog post on Yodel Anecdotal today that added to yesterday’s brief response to the Microsoft bid withdrawal. Upbeat in tone, it points to the many product announcements that Yahoo has made recently (Buzz, [...]

By: Gopinath M

Gopinath M — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:49:07 +0000

Cartoon is too good

By: GordonBowman.com

GordonBowman.com — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:41:00 +0000

[...] So yesterday Microsoft formally withdrew it’s offer for Yahoo and the blogosphere has been all a-buzz. Check Techcrunch’s quick and efficient summary of this weekend’s events. [...]

By: ajadoniz

ajadoniz — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:54:33 +0000

god damn it jerry is ugly as f(**()

By: Microsoft, Yahoo y Las OPAs

Microsoft, Yahoo y Las OPAs — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:56:06 +0000

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By: Yahoo Prepares For A Black Monday

Yahoo Prepares For A Black Monday — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:54:22 +0000

[...] everyone digests yesterday’s extraordinary news around Microsoft’s withdrawal of their Yahoo bid, the big rumor around the valley is the [...]

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:46:06 +0000

Some thoughts:

1. Microsoft screwed up through bad tactics. Their initial bid was too high. If they had made their initial offer at $27 (when the Yahoo stock price was $19.50) and then raised to $35, they would own Yahoo. By bidding $32 and then making a measly raise to $35 they appeared to be trying to nickel and dime the bid.

2. Why did Microsoft decide not to go hostile? Did they poll the big institutional shareholders and discovered that they did not have enough support? Is there a lot of opposition to the deal in Microsoft?

3. It is not necessarily over yet. Look at the Oracle BEA Systems merger. That took a year or so to complete, with Oracle withdrawing their initial bid.

By: Sandra G

Sandra G — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:47:30 +0000

I was wondering, and hopefully someone could give a little insight, say Microsoft backs out just so that Yahoo’s stock plummets and they can come back with a lower offer….isn’t that illegal? To intentionally sabotage a company’s stock price like that? Couldn’t the Yahoo shareholders, especially the large holders go after Microsoft? I am sure Microsoft would never admit to that but it would be a little convenient, am I totally wrong about this?

By: Shammara

Shammara — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:42:37 +0000

Does this mean Google is going to take over the world (more so than they already have)?

Yahoo would have to fully adopt adsense to help offset the 8 point drop they’re going to see tomorrow morning..what would that do to Yahoo’s company morale?

By: ej

ej — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:09:36 +0000

Great posts and update on the status of talks. Another strike against “old media.” CNBC’s Faber was assuring us that there would be no decision this weekend. Perhaps because they wouldn’t be able to tell us. The CNBC site is dead about the deal, just regurgitation wire stories. Thank you for Techcrunch and Henry Blodget.
What a crazy outcome. Why didn’t Ballmer and Yang have this conversation two weeks ago–or longer?
Yahoo’s stock will plunge, and because of Yang and board’s arrogance and naiveté, the shareholders will get bludgeoned. If no other company offered a better alternative, how is it possible the board could turn down Microsoft.
I agree with Blodget, that the merger would have been a complete disaster. The Yahoo workers didn’t want to be acquired, and would have fought everything along the way.
Where does this leave Ballmer & Microsoft? As Mr. Schonfeld points out, Ballmer wagered almost everything on this deal. I don’t see how to losers in search add up to one Google killer.
I can’t wait to see.
Thanks again Techcrunch!

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:17:32 +0000

That’s great news!
Now, MS could get focused on finishing Vista

By: Ha

Ha — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:04:26 +0000

Just sighed into my boring ass Yahoo mail, my boring ass Hotmail, and my bring ass gmail

By: kuldeep

kuldeep — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:43:28 +0000

Yupiee! My prediction turned out to be right!! Microsoft walks away!!

Sorry I wasn’t there for all this action for a while. But, its a great news for the web…. Yahoo will surely flourish in 1-2 years.

By: John Jacobs

John Jacobs — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:54:28 +0000

Wow, all this about a fight to be on the list of “the best of the rest”. It’s pathetic.

Why is it that the numbers look the way they do? Microsoft can only bank on $30B in its desktop software market vs. a potential market of $300B in online ad revenue? I draw your attention to the fact that the desktop IS Microsoft’s market. The online ad space is dynamic and subject to disruptive influences (Facebook anyone). The 10 to 1 ratio is as a result of Microsoft choking on their own vomit and Google bringing home the bacon (for now).

The desktop could be revenue relevant for the long term if Microsoft would offer up products that consumers and CIO’s felt compelled to buy not compelled to avoid.

The fallout? Yahoo got screwed, Google goes on, Microsoft fragments in ever increasingly stupid ways, and Apple has an even better claim for the hearts and minds of desktop consumers…

By: SucksToBeMS

SucksToBeMS — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:39:11 +0000

I knew M$ would quit. No balls to throw away $20B and get nothing.
It was all a plot to destroy #2 and clear the field to a face-to-face gauntlet with Google.

Expect some heavy press against Yahoo sponsored by M$, but we all know who is the real loser here: M$

By: lawrence

lawrence — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:29:10 +0000

Yang blew it – and besides, spending 44B for Yahoo seems kind of ridiculous.

I’m sure MS could use that money betterly on their own efforts.

By: Allison

Allison — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:14:40 +0000

Interesting in Steve Ballmer’s email- this is all about Internet Advertising in Search, Display & Video. With aQuantive purchase MS starts to get in the Agency game. With Yahoo, it would have got in the Search, Display & Video game, and seriously increased its position in Search Ads.

If MS does not go through, it will look at other Advertising companies, Ad Networks and Ad Platforms. Most of Google Search Ads run on publisher sites- not on Google.com, so MS is missing a publisher Ads solution.

I would add other Ad Companies, like AOL bought Ad.com, Cox bought Adify.com, and Yahoo bought Blue Lithium, Google bought DoubleClick. Other companies like Facebook with 36M Users at 15B may be too expensive, but could buy Vertical Networks like Glam.com with 35M users across publishers for display ads, and other Ad Platforms like OpenX for text ads, small startup but could be interesting.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:13:06 +0000

amateur night at the apollo. hilarious.