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AOL-Yahoo Merger: Not Happening.

by Jeff Weisbein October 14, 2010
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I just don’t see this AOL-Yahoo merger happening.  It may make sense from several perspectives which all stem from the fact they are both in essentially the same businesses.  However, in the end this merger would not benefit either company.  In fact, I believe it would hurt them.  Most significantly, I believe the merger would [...]

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Yahoo Interested In Acquiring Bit.ly

by Jeff Weisbein July 24, 2010
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There have been reports that Yahoo is in the early stages of negotiations with the popular URL shortening service Bit.ly according to sources familiar with the matter says GigaOM.  Of course, this isn’t the first hot startup to be in talks with Yahoo, many were speculating that Yahoo was talking with the hot location based service Foursquare [...]

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Battle for Relevance: Yahoo

by Jeff Weisbein July 16, 2010
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When I asked Twitter the other day, “Who will become more irrelevant (or die) first – Microsoft or Yahoo?” I can’t say I was surprised by the overwhelming response answering Yahoo, or maybe it was more along the lines of “Yahoo is relevant?”  I think you get the point.  When Michael Arrington interviewed Yahoo CEO [...]

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