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Microsoft-Yahoo Searching For A Price; Talks Could End Next Week: Reports - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 04 Jun 2008 05:53 PM PST

In the latest developments between Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), Reuters reports that the two parties are now focused on arriving at a value for Yahoo’s search business,…

CBS Expands Audience Network Reach With Yahoo Deal—Now People Have To Watch - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 04 Jun 2008 01:12 PM PST

With the addition of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) to the *CBS* Audience Networks confirmed today, CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) can claim 92 percent unduplicated reach in the U.S.—meaning the number of…

Icahn To Yahoo’s Board: Severance Plan A ‘Doomsday Machine’ Worthy Of James Bond - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 04 Jun 2008 11:01 AM PST

He promised it was coming in yesterday’s interview with the Wall Street Journal, and now he’s delivering. Carl Icahn has sent an open letter to the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) board,…

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How Yahoo Gets Away With Its Annual Meeting Schedule - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 04 Jun 2008 10:49 AM PST

Yesterday we mentioned that Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) was really pushing the envelope, if not the edges of the law by scheduling its annual meeting for August 1, more than thirteen…

Yahoo Newspaper Consortium Expands; Results Hard To Gauge - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 04 Jun 2008 06:13 AM PST

The Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Newspaper Consortium continues to expand, adding 94 more U.S. papers from a variety of publishers including the Sun-Times News Group, Black Press, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and…

Yahoo Ads: Partnership With Havas Digital; Video And Display On Walmart.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 04 Jun 2008 06:06 AM PST

Day-to-day life goes on at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), as the company comes out with a couple of ad announcements this morning timed to coincide with Sue Decker’s appearance at Advertising…

Yahoo Sets Annual Meeting For August 1 - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 03 Jun 2008 02:52 PM PST

Following reports that Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) held a board meeting today, the company filed an updated proxy with the SEC setting August, 1 as the date for its annual shareholders…

@ EconAds: Microsoft Still Has M&A Needs; Who Knows If MSFT-YHOO Will Happen? - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 03 Jun 2008 02:50 PM PST

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO)—will the deal happen? Will any deal happen? Those questions met with uncertain answers from ContentNext’s EconAds’ final panel, a look at deals and…

@ EconAds: Nancy Peretsman, Managing Director, Allen & Co., It’s All About The Buyers - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 03 Jun 2008 02:22 PM PST

Having been in the middle of some of the most significant digital media deals through her position as Allen & Co. Managing Director, Nancy Peretsman is uniquely qualified to dive…

Industry Moves: Yahoo Media Vet Chaffin Leaves For Auditude - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 03 Jun 2008 12:36 PM PST

Brooke Chaffin was supposed to carry on with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Media biz dev following Ira Kurgan’s return to Fox. Turns out Chaffin, too, has left the building—heading to Auditude…

@ EconAds: A Good Time To Start An Ad Network? Of Course, It Is - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 03 Jun 2008 12:03 PM PST

Another day, another company starts an ad network. Peter Horan, CEO of Goodmail Systems (and former CEO, IAC (NSDQ: IACI) Media & Advertising) asked a panel of online ad executives…

Icahn Seeks Yang’s Removal At Yahoo; Yahoo ‘Not Aware’ Of $40 Offer - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 03 Jun 2008 11:34 AM PST

This is not much of a surprise, given that he’s proposing a totally new board slate, but Carl Icahn is pushing to have Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang removed,…

@ EconAds: Anmuth: Search Is Strong, But Display Is Where The Action Is - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 03 Jun 2008 10:06 AM PST

The global ad market is $600- to $800 billion—the internet takes about 8 percent. So given that relatively small slice the big news is not about share shifts, said Douglas…

Braun Watch: Deals With MSN For Celeb Site; And Yahoo Too (Yes!) - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 02 Jun 2008 09:14 PM PST

Production studio BermanBraun, founded by Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun last year, is doing two interesting deals in the digital media space, with ironies attached: it has signed a “multi-million…

Judge Unseals Yahoo Shareholder Suit: Severance Poison Pill Key To Complaint - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 02 Jun 2008 11:59 AM PST

While things have been pretty quiet on the Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) front (knock on wood: this looks to be a busy week), here’s an interesting note…

Floodgates Opening: Google, CNBC, WSJ To Get Real-Time Quotes From NASDAQ - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 02 Jun 2008 05:46 AM PST

The days of the 15-minute delay for stock quotes appear to be numbered. Last week Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) announced that Yahoo Finance would provide real-time stock quotes courtesy of the…

Icahn Gets Approval To Buy More Yahoo - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 30 May 2008 09:34 AM PST

The FTC has given investor Carl Icahn the right to buy more shares of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), according to Reuters. When Icahn’s stake in Yahoo was first confirmed earlier this…

@ D6: Murdoch On WSJ: We Can Charge A Lot More; Looked At Bebo For $100M - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 28 May 2008 08:43 PM PST

Updated with video clips below courtesy of AllThingsD Rupert Murdoch, the new owner of D conference, and Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS), is speaking in the last keynote of the day…

@ D6: The Defiant Yang: I Bleed Purple - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 28 May 2008 02:25 PM PST

The best and slightly desperate part from Yang yet, in his keynote Q&A at the D conference: “The perception of us being a company under siege is not accurate. The…

@ D6: Yahoo’s Yang and Decker: It Is Like You Break Up With Your Girlfriend in High School - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 28 May 2008 02:05 PM PST

Updated with video clips, after the jump, courtesy of AllThingsD: The most anticipated keynote interview is on now: Jerry Yang and Sue Decker, and Walt dives right in asking about…

@ D6: Diller On The Liberty Spat and Life After - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 28 May 2008 11:09 AM PST

Updated with video clips, after the jump, courtesy of AllThingsD: Barry Diller is on stage at D conference, speaking about the Liberty spat and his stint at Delaware court: “Partnerships…

Yahoo Turns On Real-Time Stock Quotes But Still At Impasse With Exchanges - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 28 May 2008 10:11 AM PST

Some good news for journalists and amateur investors looking for a quick real-time quote: Yahoo Finance turned on a real-time quote service today, with data provided by the BATS ECN.…

Some Kind Of Yahoo Deal Getting Closer; Microsoft Still Wants The Whole Thing: Report - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 28 May 2008 05:55 AM PST

A little vague perhaps… Some kind of deal is near at hand regarding Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) writes BW’s Gene Marcial. What that something is remains unclear. According to the report,…

Industry Moves: Yahoo’s Ira Kurgan Returns to Fox Broadcasting - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 27 May 2008 01:25 PM PST

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) executive Ira Kurgan has left the company and returned to Fox Broadcasting Co., where he previously worked for 18 years, reports THR. Kurgan had joined the Yahoo…

Yahoo Urges No Vote on Icahn’s Slate; Other Mysterious Contenders - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 23 May 2008 02:22 PM PST

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has urged its shareholders to reject the slate of directors proposed by Carl Icahn, according to an SEC filing it did late on Friday. This is for…