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TODO: defaulting to 2099 until we get the expiry date from toolbelt Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images Marissa Mayer, chief executive officer of Yahoo! Inc. This story is developing. Please check back for further updates. Yahoo has received multiple bids at or above $5 billion for its core business, CNBC has learned. Verizon…
Verizon Communications Inc. on Monday planned to submit a second-round bid of about $3 billion for Yahoo Inc.’s core internet business, said a person familiar with the matter. The telecom company, seen as the leading contender to buy Yahoo, was expected to meet Monday’s deadline for the second round of bids. Yahoo is expected to hold…
Verizon almost got a new—and quite unexpected—rival in its bid for Yahoo: Twitter. Yes, executives from the slumping social media network met with Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and her team several weeks ago to discuss merger possibilities, the New York Post reports, citing sources close to the talks. The two teams discussed the financial state…
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Marissa Mayer had all the winds at her back when she took over as CEO of Yahoo in 2013. She enjoyed a reputation as a Silicon Valley wunderkind, known for her role as an early employee of and the first female engineer at Google. As Yahoo‘s chief executive, she had all the resources an ailing but still-rich company…
The Poynter-owned Tampa Bay Times announced Tuesday afternoon that it has acquired The Tampa Tribune, ending a 29-year competitive battle in the bay region and creating the fifth-largest Sunday circulation newspaper in the nation. “The continued competition between the two newspapers was threatening to both,” said Times chairman and CEO Paul Tash. “There are very…
The nation’s largest newspaper company is placing a bet on Billy Penn. Gannett Corporation, the publisher of USA Today and more than 90 daily metro newspapers like the Indianapolis Star and the Arizona Republic, is now a minority owner of Spirited Media, Billy Penn’s parent company. The investment, effective immediately, will allow Billy Penn to add…
Begin: WordPress Article Content The startup gold rush of the last ten years is over. Sorry. Those hordes of ambitious entrepreneurs still stampeding to the Bay Area in the hopes of building their Minimum Viable Product, getting into Y Combinator, and growing their app into the Next Big Thing–they’re already too late. That era is…
Who cares how Yahoo’s business performed in its fourth quarter? The main point: It’s officially for sale. Said Yahoo chairman Maynard Webb: “The Board also believes that exploring additional strategic alternatives, in parallel to the execution of the management plan, is in the best interest of our shareholders. Separating our Alibaba stake from our operating…
For nearly a week, the media and political worlds have been wondering who paid $140 million to purchase Nevada’s largest daily newspaper, The Las Vegas Review-Journal. The primary buyer had taken great pains to remain anonymous, but Fortune has learned from multiple sources familiar with the situation that it is Sheldon Adelson, chairman and CEO…