Microsoft beats Apple, Google to acquire media startup - Report

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wfz said:
"Microsoft beats Apple, Google to acquire media startup"

I read this as "1) Microsoft beats Apple" and "2) Google to acquire media startup."

This is why I hate newspaper and article headlines. Their grammar is always open to misinterpretation.

This. I was quite confused reading through the first half of the "article".