Yahoo Seeking Partnership With News Corp.

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday February 14, 2008 @10:16PM from the seeking-allies-against-the-axis-of-google dept.

rattlesoft tips us to a Washington Post report that Yahoo is now seeking a partnership with News Corp. A related Reuters article notes that analysts are skeptical of such a deal. From the Post: "Yahoo is talking with a number of potential partners, possibly as a way to either stave off future Microsoft offers or in an effort to drive up the software giant's offer. The talks between News Corp. and Yahoo ... may signal a resumption of discussions that took place last summer between the two media giants that quieted during the fall. Such a combination would make News Corp. the largest single shareholder in a Yahoo/Fox Interactive unit. That would marry the world's most popular social-networking site, MySpace, with Yahoo's 4 billion page views per month to make a formidable opponent for Google."

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Placing bets on the next bidder. by Freaky+Spook · 2008-02-14 23:18 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Microsoft? News Corp?

How about Halliburton put in a bid just to make it an even trifecta.

I wonder if Halliburton buy a search engine, would Bush finally be able to find Bin-Laden?