Yahoo now in talks with News Corp.

Cory Bergman February 14th, 2008

One idea on the table would be for News Corp. to “swap its ownership of MySpace and several other online properties for a stake of 20% or more in Yahoo,” reports the WSJ. But people familiar with the deal at News Corp. say there’s only an “outside chance” of a deal. (WSJ sub. req.)

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  • 1. larry  |  February 14th, 2008 at 9:39 am

    wouldn’t the taint of MySpace cause people to want to shy away from a Yahoo/News Corp. site? it seems to me to be a bit of a yellow flag at the very least.

  • 2. felix  |  February 14th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    the ‘taint of myspace’?

  • 3. Every Internet Game - Online Games  |  February 15th, 2008 at 3:38 am

    there is nothing wrong with a little competition
    i think this is better for the internet competition
    microsoft and google are 2 powerhouses
    if yahoo joins with news corp then they can become another powerhouse who can challenge te two big boys

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