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Mistershine on 11 April 2008

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/yahoo-and-aol-suddenly-close-to-merging/

Yahoo's done its best to fend off Microsoft's aggressive advances until now, but it suddenly looks like the struggling company might be getting some help -- both the Wall Street Journal and Reuters are reporting that the Yahoo is "closing in" on a deal to merge with Time Warner's AOL division and partner up with Google on search advertising. Yeah, that's pretty major, and it would probably do something about those declining shares Microsoft's been making noise about. The idea is for Time Warner to sell AOL to Yahoo and make a large investment in the new company, which would probably be valued at around $10B. There's apparently a lot of work left to do on the deal, and it would still have to be approved by Yahoo and Time Warner shareholders, but it looks like Yahoo is no longer stuck taking Ballmer and Co. to the dance.

Does this mean that Yahoo would instantly become the world's worst ISP? Also how could this affect the UK arm of AOL which is owned by Carphone Warehouse and not Time Warner?



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akuma587 on 11 April 2008

AOL is dead weight, so it wouldn't be a bad idea for Warner.



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__XBrawlX__ on 11 April 2008

Good for Yahoo, not good for Microsoft...



 

 

 

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SamuelRSmith on 11 April 2008

@Mistershine

Not to mention the whole BT Yahoo broadband we have going here in the UK. I wonder how that deal is going to work?



Mistershine on 11 April 2008

@Sam
As far as I know the only part Yahoo have in the BT deal is to provide mail servers and webspace, something BT could easily shift onto a subsidiary company(like Plus.net).



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SamuelRSmith on 11 April 2008

@Mistershine.
Ah, I wasn't fully aware of the terms of the whole BT Yahoo thing, I just knew that they were partnered together in the Broadband market.

Let's hope that next time BT decided to partner up with a British/Irish company.



Mistershine on 11 April 2008

@Sam
Don't be daft, that would imply a modicum of common sense.