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- Yahoo! Japan launches online drama site
- Yahoo! Japan is partnering with production company Yoshimoto Kogyo to launch an online service offering sponsored original drama and comedy shorts, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The Myzo service will show clips created by Yoshimoto Kogyo subsidiary Bellrock Media, which specialises...
- Articles 2008-11-12
- CBS to run Yahoo!'s internet radio
- CBS Radio is taking over ad sales for Yahoo!'s internet radio service, Launchcast. Stations from both companies will be combined next year, allowing CBS to serve ads on 150 additional radio channels. Earlier this year, CBS struck a similar deal with AOL’s 200 web radio stations. The firm hopes...
- Articles 2008-12-10
- Brightcove boasts more than 100 partners
- More than 100 firms say they have implemented internet video firm Brightcove’s API, just two months after the firm released its latest version, Brightcove 3. Partners in the so-called Brightcove Alliance include Yahoo!, AOL, MetaCafe, Meebo and Clearspring. by George Mitton
- Articles 2008-12-08
- Google dropped Yahoo! ad deal hours before litigation
- Google abandoned its search ad deal with rival Yahoo! just three hours before the US Department of Justice DOJ was due to file an antitrust lawsuit alleging Google has a monopoly on the online ad market, claims a lawyer involved in the proceedings. ...
- Articles 2008-12-04
- CBS signs online radio deal with Yahoo!
- CBS Radio will power Yahoo!'s online radio service, LAUNCHcast, under a new partnership deal. From early 2009, CBS will control ad sales for the platform. It will also make its own stations available through an integrated CBS Radio player. by Andrew McDonald
- Articles 2008-12-03
- Former AOL CEO to bid for Yahoo! - Rumour
- Former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller is reportedly in talks to raise up to USD30bn in a bid to buy all or part of Yahoo!. Miller, who is a founding member of VC firm Velocity, has been in discussions with investors for months and aims to make a per-share offer...
- Articles 2008-12-03
- Microsoft to acquire Yahoo! Search for USD20bn - Rumour
- Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo! Search for USD20bn, in a deal that could see the software giant bringing in a new management team at Yahoo!, according to a Sunday Times report. Microsoft and Yahoo! are reportedly in agreement...
- Articles 2008-12-01
- Facebook Connect to extend reach
- Facebook Connect is set to extend its reach as Digg and Hulu integrate the service into their pages, according to The New York Times. The websites of the Discovery Channel and The San Francisco Chronicle also plan to adopt the service, which allows users to log-in with their Facebook...
- Articles 2008-12-01
- Yahoo! signs mobile search deal with Virgin
- Virgin Media is signing Yahoo! as its exclusive mobile search partner. The deal makes Yahoo!'s mobile search engine oneSearch available to Virgin. The service goes live on December 8 with the relaunch of Virgin's mobile web portal. The deal marks...
- Articles 2008-12-01
- Icahn raises Yahoo! stake
- Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is building up his stake in Yahoo! by acquiring around USD67.2m worth of shares in the struggling internet giant. The investment, which increases Icahn's 5% holding by around 0.5%, comes after Yahoo!'s stock hit a one-year low last week amid investor concerns about the firm's...
- Articles 2008-11-27
- Yahoo! offloads Kelkoo
- Yahoo! is selling price-comparison site Kelkoo to UK private equity firm Jamplant, Kelkoo founder Pierre Chappaz says in a blog post. Chappaz would not reveal the value of the transaction but insiders quoted by TechCrunch say Jamplant is paying slightly less than EUR100m (USD125.8m) for Kelkoo. ...
- Articles 2008-11-24
- Yahoo! continues discussions with Time Warner
- Yahoo! is continuing to buy Time Warner's AOL business, following Microsoft's assertion it is no longer interested in acquiring the search company, reports Bloomberg, quoting unnamed sources. The report comes days after former Yahoo! CEO, Jerry Yang, stepped down from...
- Articles 2008-11-21
- Yahoo! and T-Mobile sign mobile search deal
- Yahoo! is hoping to increase its share in the US mobile search market after signing a deal to provide OneSearch for T-Mobile USA handsets. Under the terms of the deal, T-Mobile users will be directed to Yahoo!'s OneSearch search engine...
- Articles 2008-11-20
- Microsoft quashes Yahoo! takeover rumours
- Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer says the software giant will not re-bid for Yahoo!, but that it is "very open" to a search ad deal. Speaking at Microsoft's annual shareholder meeting in Washington State, Ballmer says Microsoft has "moved on" and is "done with all acquisition discussions," reports the Wall...
- Articles 2008-11-20
- Telemundo ditches Yahoo! for Microsoft
- Telemundo, the US Spanish-language broadcaster, is closing its Yahoo! Telemundo portal to launch a new site in partnership with Microsoft. The new platform, which will go live on January 1, will operate as a standalone site and distribute its video content on Microsoft's MSN Latino, as well as other...
- Articles 2008-11-18
- Time Warner puts USD6bn price tag on AOL - Rumour
- Time Warner wants USD6bn for AOL in the proposed merger with Yahoo!, reports All Things Digital citing unnamed sources at both companies. Price is still believed to be the main sticking point between the firms, with Yahoo! reportedly willing to pay around USD4bn for AOL. ...
- Articles 2008-11-17
- Yahoo! cuts staff as investor urges sale
- Yahoo! is making the first of 1,500 job cuts and says harsher redundancies could follow next year. The move, first announced in October, aims to reduce annual costs by USD400m and comes as one of Yahoo!'s biggest shareholders puts renewed pressure on the firm to reach a deal with...
- Articles 2008-12-11
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- Yahoo Shareholder Pushes for Microsoft Search Deal
- Updated: Ivory Investment Management, a hedge fund that owns about 1.5 percent of Yahoo, is pushing the company to do a search deal with Microsoft, but the sticking point is valuation. Analysts say that Ivory’s assumptions sound optimistic. In a letter reported earlier by CNBC, Ivory urges...
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- Ad Industry React: No Quick Fixes Expected For Post-Yang Yahoo
- The news that Jerry Yang would be stepping aside as CEO of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) cheered investors, but online ad industry execs aren't sure much has changed. And while shareholders would be thrilled by a Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) takeover, advertisers and publishers can't tell if that will ultimately prove...
- External links 2008-11-19
- Yahoo stock: Still not worth it
- Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is stepping down and Carol Bartz has taken the reins as the company's new CEO. Most hope that she can fix Yahoo and return it to the place of dominance it once enjoyed. Or failing that, at least move it back into favor with shareholders. This...
- News items 2009-08-07
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