Sunday | 23 November, 2008

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    MySpace makes data portability move 09/05/2008 10:12:03

    Responding to the momentum around data portability, MySpace has launched its own "Data Availability" effort with big-name partners Yahoo, eBay, Twitter and fellow News Corp. unit Photobucket.
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    News Corp. not in talks with Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL 09/05/2008 08:01:56

    News Corp. has no plans to jump in and rescue Yahoo now that Microsoft has walked away from its US$47.5 billion takeover bid of the Internet company, News Corp.'s COO said during a mid-week earnings conference call.
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    Microsoft and Yahoo: Now what? 06/05/2008 09:25:43

    Microsoft's three-month courtship of Yahoo has ended but it changed both companies forever and neither can expect to return to the way they were.
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    Three companies Microsoft could buy instead of Yahoo 06/05/2008 08:06:50

    Assuming that Saturday's public walkaway by Microsoft doesn't prove just to be a high-risk negotiation tactic against Yahoo -- after all, the companies are rumored to have been talking about some sort of merger or acquisition for almost three years -- then what we have is a software vendor suddenly awash in tens of billions of unspent dollars that it can now lavish on other Internet firms.
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    Microsoft abandons Yahoo acquisition 05/05/2008 07:30:03

    Microsoft has dropped its nearly three-month-long pursuit of Yahoo, ending a historic acquisition attempt whose failure takes Microsoft back to square one in its quest to boost its online business to better compete against Google.
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    Microsoft/Yahoo deadline passes with no deal 28/04/2008 07:13:10

    Yahoo failed to agree to an acquisition deal with Microsoft by Saturday, the deadline Microsoft had set for wrapping up negotiations.
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    MySpace expands advertising options 22/04/2008 09:33:42

    MySpace is testing what it calls a new advertising platform designed to let marketers build and manage profiles for their brands in the social-networking site, the News Corp. unit said Monday.
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    Report: Microsoft still planning to pursue Yahoo on its own 15/04/2008 07:46:59

    While Microsoft has been in discussions with News Corp. about putting in a joint bid for Yahoo, people close to Microsoft told that the software company still plans to go after Yahoo on its own, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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    Yahoo weighs options as Microsoft drama continues 14/04/2008 08:50:42

    Yahoo is weighing its options to accept a buyout by Microsoft or consider tie-ups with other companies, in particular a reported plan to join forces with AOL, as a way to stave off the software giant's advances.
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    MySpace opens up its platform to external developers 11/04/2008 10:49:26

    MySpace has launched the MySpace Developer Platform site which will allow external software developers the chance to build applications for its users.
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    Report: Yahoo, AOL may tie-up; News Corp. may make bid 11/04/2008 09:54:27

    Yahoo is in talks with Time Warner on a deal to combine Internet operations with AOL, while News Corp. is in talks with Microsoft to jointly bid for Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
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