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Google Seeks
Special Online 'Fast Lane'

Dumps 'Net neutrality' support; wants preferred treatment

Dec 15, 08 2:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Google is quietly negotiating for preferential treatment from Internet providers in an about-face from its staunch support of equal network access for all content providers. The move could spark an industry-wide race for Internet "fast lanes" that would discriminate against less-funded sites and potentially curb users' online choices, reports... More »

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Congress • Yahoo • Google • Comcast • Microsoft • net neutrality • AT&T • President Obama

Yahoo Will Cut Up to
1,500 Jobs in Calif. 

Search giant could slash as many as 1,500 jobs, shutter entire projects

Dec 9, 08 12:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Yahoo will cut as many as 1,500 California employees from its ranks tomorrow, Mediabistro reports. Employees learned of the layoffs in an email yesterday from outgoing CEO Jerry Yang, according to an inside source. The layoffs follow Yang's November announcement that the search giant would have to sack as... More »

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Yahoo • Internet • layoffs • Jerry Yang • Sunnyvale

 Ex-AOL Chief Seeks 
 Funds to Buy Yahoo 

$30B difficult to raise amid recession

Dec 2, 08 2:08 PM CST
(Newser) - After months of advising both Microsoft and Yahoo on a failed deal, former AOL chief Jonathan Miller is trying to put together a bid for Yahoo himself. The venture capitalist is asking private investors to help him amass the $30 billion needed to acquire the struggling, $10-a-share search engine group,... More »

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Yahoo • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • mergers and acquisitions • investment • venture capitalists • financial crisis • Jonathan Miller

(Newser) - Yahoo! has released a list of its 10 most-searched women of the year, including obvious honorees and some more off the radar:
  • Angelina Jolie: The birth of her twins, box-office success, and a dramatic turn in Changeling made Jolie the most-searched woman on the engine.
  • Sarah Palin: Given
... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Yahoo • Angelina Jolie • women • search engine • Sarah Palin • Dara Torres • searches • Gina Carano

$20B Yahoo Search Deal 'Total Fiction': Exec

Execs scoff at story of Microsoft dropping $20B on search biz

Nov 30, 08 8:03 PM CST
(Newser) - A report that Microsoft will buy Yahoo's search business and give two Internet execs a 30% share is "total fiction," one of the execs tells Kara Swisher at AllThingsDigital. Swisher agrees that the $20 billion deal, reported by the London Times, is likely non-existent. After all, board member... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • search engine • Steve Ballmer • takeover bid





 Web Users 
 Still Can't Get 
 Enough Palin 

GOP candidate still dominates web searches

Nov 29, 08 12:05 PM CST
(Newser) - We just can't seem to let Sarah Palin go. Nearly a month after the election, she continues to dominate user lookups on search engines, cable news sites, and YouTube, reports Politico. Alaska's governor ranks near the top of virtually every major search tool, including Yahoo, AOL, and Lycos, where she... More »

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Yahoo • Alaska • AOL • Republican • search engine • Sarah Palin • Lycos

analysis

Icahn Stock Grab May
Signal New Yahoo CEO


Nov 28, 08 6:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Corporate raider Carl Icahn bought about $65 million in Yahoo shares this week, sparking AllThingsD blogger Kara Swisher to speculate that an "Icahn-friendly" CEO is on the way. Icahn's purchase, likely an attempt to recoup the $900 million he lost on his Yahoo stake this year, points to two... More »

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Yahoo • Carl Icahn • Jerry Yang

 Ballmer Quashes Yahoo Bid Rumors; Open to Partnership

Microsoft 'done' with acquisition attempts, even after Yang's resignation

Nov 19, 08 12:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Steve Ballmer quashed the rumor that Microsoft would make another offer to buy Yahoo now that Jerry Yang has quit as CEO, CNET reports. “We are done with all acquisition discussions with Yahoo,” the chief executive said today. “We did our best; we’ve moved on.” More »

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Yahoo • Internet • Microsoft • Jerry Yang • acquisition • search • Steve Ballmer

For Yahoo, Question Is:
Who's Yang's Yin?

The next Yahoo CEO will have to take the Web portal in a new direction to sate Wall Street

Nov 19, 08 9:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Yahoo’s successor to CEO Jerry Yang could come from outside the Internet industry, as long as he has a strong operations background and the decisiveness to break the company’s culture of indecision, reports the Wall Street Journal. But even before hiring a CEO, the company needs to decide... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • Jerry Yang • Steve Ballmer

ANALYSIS

Yang's Departure Gives Microsoft New Opening

Analysts see 'beginning of the end for Yahoo' as CEO steps down

Nov 18, 08 9:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Investors are hoping Jerry Yang’s departure will lead to renewed talks with Microsoft, BusinessWeek reports. “This is probably the beginning of the end for Yahoo,” said one. “Microsoft will probably come back with an offer.” Microsoft has repeatedly denied interest in reviving a deal, but... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • mergers and acquisitions • Jerry Yang • Steve Ballmer

 Yang Out 
 as Yahoo CEO 

Embattled exec's resignation in works
for months; he plans
to stay on board

Nov 17, 08 8:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Jerry Yang is stepping down as Yahoo's CEO after a short and embattled tenure, Kara Swisher reports on AllThingsD. He will remain on the company board and retain his old "Chief Yahoo" title, as well as help find a replacement. The board and Yang have chewed over the... More »

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Yahoo • Jerry Yang

Google Scraps Partnership With Yahoo

Search giant proves unwilling to fight antitrust regulators over deal

Nov 5, 08 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Google canceled its search-advertising partnership with Yahoo rather than fight a Department of Justice lawsuit over antitrust concerns, CNET reports. The company gave up on the deal after Justice said it was not satisfied with the companies’ revisions to the deal and would sue to block it. More »

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Yahoo • Google • Department of Justice • antitrust • search advertising • monopolistic practices

Yahoo, Google Rejigger Ad Partnership to Stick to Rules

Deal scaled back in effort to appease anti-trust regulators

Nov 4, 08 2:12 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Yahoo • Google • advertising • online advertising • monopoly • online search

Google, Yahoo May Ditch
Talks on Ad Alliance

Unwilling to compromise, the Web giants may dissolve negotiations

Oct 31, 08 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google and Yahoo's potential partnership is on the rocks. The two sides are still searching for a middle ground on an advertising deal, but both sides could walk away from the talks as early as next week, the Wall Street Journal reports. The main stumbling block is a consent decree,... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • advertising • online advertising • online search

Yahoo to Lay Off 1,400
as Online Ads Stumble

Third-quarter profits drop 64% as web giant struggles with economic tremors

Oct 21, 08 4:59 PM CDT
(AP) - Yahoo today reported a 64%-drop in its third-quarter profits, lowered its revenue estimates for the remainder of the year, and said it planned to cut 10% of its workforce, or about 1,400 jobs, MarketWatch reports. Yahoo reported net income of $54.3 million in the quarter, down from $151.... More »

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Yahoo • layoffs • Apple

Google, Yahoo in Talks 
to Avoid Antitrust Case 

Online ad deal may be capped to avoid further scrutiny

Oct 14, 08 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google and Yahoo are working to settle any antitrust issues arising from their proposed joint online ad venture, the Wall Street Journal reports. Google has offered a cap on the volume of ads it sells Yahoo, which may be willing to continue selling search ads to avoid lengthy legal battles... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Department of Justice • Microsoft • online advertising • antitrust • search engine marketing

(Newser) - Wal-Mart has backed off plans to shut off its DRM server, at least for now, Wired reports. The retail behemoth had warned online music store customers of the upcoming shutdown, which would prevent customers from moving any files they’d already bought. Now, after public outcry, Wal-Mart is relenting—just... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • digital music • DRM • digital rights management • Wal-Mart

Investors
Fund Big Digg Expansion

Social news site raises $28M, plans to double staff, go global

Sep 24, 08 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Social news site Digg has raised $28.7 million to fund an aggressive expansion and fend off rumors it will be sold, IDG News Service reports. The 4-year-old site, which allows readers to rank stories, plans to double its staff to 150, revamp its features, and expand internationally. The move... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Digg • Reddit • StumbleUpon

Yahoo Board OKs New Round of AOL Talks

Time Warner anxious to decide on service's future

Sep 24, 08 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Yahoo board of directors now stocked with allies of activist investor Carl Icahn cleared the way yesterday for reigniting talks on combining with AOL, the Financial Times reports. Time Warner’s chief is eager to decide AOL’s future “fairly soon,” but is hoping Microsoft will join... More »

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Yahoo • Viacom • Time Warner • AOL • Carl Icahn • merger • Nextel

 FBI Raids 
 Suspected 
 Palin Hacker 

 Tennessee student's home raided

Sep 22, 08 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 20-year-old student suspected of hacking into Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account found himself on the wrong end of an FBI search warrant while throwing a party Saturday night, reports NBC affiliate WBIR-TV in Knoxville. David Kernell, a student at the University of Tennessee, is the son of a prominent... More »

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Yahoo • Department of Justice • University of Tennessee • FBI • email • hacking • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • David Kernell • Rubico • Mike Kernell

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