Sunday, October 5, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Major press association against Google-Yahoo deal
A major world press association asked European and North American regulators on Monday to block a Google-Yahoo deal on antitrust grounds.
The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) wants an advertising agreement between the two leading search engines blocked, saying the deal would hamper revenues provided to newspapers and other websites, RIA Novosti announced.
The association “believes that the competition that currently exists between Google and Yahoo is absolutely essential to ensuring that our member titles receive competitive returns for online advertising on their sites, and for obtaining competitive prices when they purchase paid search advertising,” said Gavin O’Reilly, president of the Paris-based WAN.
He also said that “the proposed deal will fatally weaken Yahoo as a competitor” and “give Google unwarranted market power over important segments of online advertising.”
Under the agreement between the companies, Yahoo would be able to run ads supplied by Google alongside its own search results, while Google “has refused to allow Yahoo to show Google ads on the websites of new publishing partners it acquires” and “has imposed a condition that impedes one of Yahoo’s last remaining opportunities to compete with Google,” WAN said.
The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) wants an advertising agreement between the two leading search engines blocked, saying the deal would hamper revenues provided to newspapers and other websites, RIA Novosti announced.
The association “believes that the competition that currently exists between Google and Yahoo is absolutely essential to ensuring that our member titles receive competitive returns for online advertising on their sites, and for obtaining competitive prices when they purchase paid search advertising,” said Gavin O’Reilly, president of the Paris-based WAN.
He also said that “the proposed deal will fatally weaken Yahoo as a competitor” and “give Google unwarranted market power over important segments of online advertising.”
Under the agreement between the companies, Yahoo would be able to run ads supplied by Google alongside its own search results, while Google “has refused to allow Yahoo to show Google ads on the websites of new publishing partners it acquires” and “has imposed a condition that impedes one of Yahoo’s last remaining opportunities to compete with Google,” WAN said.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Sun Valley Diary: The Microsoft-Yahoo Guessing Game - Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds -- DealBook - New York Times
"The early verdict? The consensus emerging is that investors may be prepared to take even less than the $33 originally proposed by Microsoft, with some whispering that they might even accept as little as $31.50. And the feeling is that Mr. Icahn would likely to willing to accept. “He just needs a number that starts with a three,” one mogul said of Mr. Icahn, who paid about $25 a share for Yahoo.
But there’s a catch: Everyone seems to agree that Carl Icahn will have a hard time overthrowing Yahoo’s board without a firm commitment from Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer about the price he is willing to pay. “Steve is just toying with Jerry,” one participant said of Mr. Ballmer’s statement on Monday suggesting he would be interested in negotiating a deal – either to buy the entire company or to buy its search business — with a new Icahn-backed board. “It’s a no-lose. He’s creating optionality for himself.”"
But there’s a catch: Everyone seems to agree that Carl Icahn will have a hard time overthrowing Yahoo’s board without a firm commitment from Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer about the price he is willing to pay. “Steve is just toying with Jerry,” one participant said of Mr. Ballmer’s statement on Monday suggesting he would be interested in negotiating a deal – either to buy the entire company or to buy its search business — with a new Icahn-backed board. “It’s a no-lose. He’s creating optionality for himself.”"
Monday, July 7, 2008
Yahoo! re-enters merger talks with Time Warner
Yahoo! re-enters merger talks with Time Warner
Times Online, UK - 8 hours agoThe company has sought to re-open talks after it emerged last week that Microsoft is also in talks with companies such as Time Warner to try to launch a
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