Yahoo, Google Rejigger Ad Partnership to Stick to Rules

Yahoo and Google have scaled back their ad partnership in a bid to satisfy regulators concerned that the deal will run afoul of anti-monopoly rules, insiders tell the Wall Street Journal. The new deal caps the amount of revenue Yahoo can earn from the deal at 25%, and slashes the length of the agreement from ten years to two years.

It's not clear whether the revisions submitted to the Department of Justice will be enough to appease regulators, who have been building a case to block the deal. Yahoo, recently hit by a wave of executive departures, is believed to be willing to accept major limits to the deal to ensure its survival.
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