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ITV Price Comparer ‘A Kelkoo JV’; Could Grade Buy Stake From Yahoo? - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 13 Aug 2008 03:01 AM PST

ITV’s (LSE: ITV) upcoming price comparison site will be a JV with Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) Kelkoo, reckons NMA. The broadcaster was known to have been working on a Pricerunner-style site…

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Yahoo Pans Ofcom’s Search Plan, Says BBC.co.uk May Be Too Big - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 18 Jul 2008 07:39 AM PST

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) - a relative newcomer to broadcast policy lobbying - responded to Ofcom’s ongoing second review of public service broadcasting (PSB) by picking holes in the regulator’s vision…

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Yahoo Notifies EC Of Google Ad Sharing Deal - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 10 Jul 2008 06:51 AM PST

Though the European Commission last week told me Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) hadn’t flagged its Google (NSDQ: GOOG) search partnership to its antitrust authority, when I asked Yahoo whether it would…

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EC Not Notified Of Yahoo-Google Ad Deal, Could Be Interested In Theory - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 02 Jul 2008 08:31 AM PST

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) have elected not to seek the European Commission’s permission for their ad sharing deal - but that doesn’t mean the proposal won’t face…

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Yahoo’s Latest Reorg Is Official: Three New Teams Reporting To Decker With Schneider Heading U.S. - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 26 Jun 2008 08:54 PM PST

As had been anticipated, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has announced yet another reorganization. In a move designed to “leverage”, “accelerate”, “monetize” and “enhance” (all Jerry Yang’s words), the company is centralizing…

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Publicis Forms ‘Open Source’ Ad Network; Partners With AOL, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 25 Jun 2008 05:34 AM PST

Paris-based ad holding company Publicis Groupe has formed an ad network relying on all four of the major ad serving systems run by Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), Google/DoubleClick, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO)…

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Sorrell: Google Going From ‘Frenemy’ To ‘Froe’; WPP CEO Grills GOOG, YHOO, MSFT At Cannes - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 20 Jun 2008 04:56 PM PST

Perhaps the title of the Cannes International Advertising Festival panel—“From Metrics to Brand: Online’s Next Challenge"-- was deliberately bland. But the chance to see the outspoken WPP Group’s CEO Sir…

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Industry Moves: BBC’s Hamann Heads To Headshift, Yahoo Fills Vacant Sales Post - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 19 Jun 2008 11:02 AM PST

-- Hamann: Robin Hamann, who has done more than most to popularise use of blogs at the BBC, is leaving the corporation for social media consultancy Headshift. A blog advocate,…

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Yahoo-Google Ad Deal Piques UK Ad Agency Concerns - Unnecessarily? - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 17 Jun 2008 12:41 AM PST

Some UK digital ad agencies are already getting nervous about Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) face-saving deal to display ads from a Google increasingly dominant in the sector. Two examples from a…

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Yahoo’s Partnerships, Consortium Expansion And Battle With Icahn: Links To Our Coverage - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 04 Jun 2008 09:12 PM PST

A slew of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) news today, beginning with its announced partnership with Havas Digital, its display and video ad deal with Walmart.com (NYSE: WMT), the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium…

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Lunch With Yahoo: We Have Plans; Decker: Narrowing Search Rev Gap—With A Little Help From Google - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 04 Jun 2008 09:10 PM PST

Combining the aspects of a press conference with speed dating, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) president Sue Decker, along with Mike Walrath, SVP, Yahoo Advertiser Marketplace Group, and Todd Teresi SVP, Yahoo…

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Ballmer In Eastern Bloc: ‘Not Bidding For Yahoo’; Egg On Face? - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 21 May 2008 01:11 AM PST

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer will be hoping to avoid the kind of reception he received in Budapest, as he continues a whirlwind tour of central and eastern Europe.…

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Google On MSFT-YHOO: We’d Hire Yang; Would Work With Them Again - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 20 May 2008 02:55 AM PST

Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) top trio met in the UK last night to discuss revived Microsoft-Yahoo talks. Earlier yesterday, CEO Eric Schmidt gave his first reaction to journalists: “It’s too early.…

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Yahoo, WPP Partner On Ads Marketplace, Right Media Linkage - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 16 May 2008 01:39 AM PST

Consoling each other at acquisition travails and an overly-dominant Google (NSDQ: GOOG) respectively, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and WPP are trumpeting a partnership that will see the ad firm place its…

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YHOO-MSFT Breakdown ‘A Shame For Advertising’: WPP’s Sorrell - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 09 May 2008 08:23 AM PST

The apparent end of acquisition talks between Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is “a shame” for the advertising industry, according to Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of the WPP…

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YHOO Gains, MSFT Wobbles In Europe; Antitrust Hurdles Remain - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 06 May 2008 10:58 AM PST

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) stock crept up slightly on various European markets on Tuesday, after plummeting as much as 12.9 percent Monday following Microsoft’s (NSDQ: MSFT) cancellation of its acquisition bid.…

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The Day After: Yang Still Open To Deal; Angry Instiutionals; Shareholder Lawsuits Start - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 05 May 2008 10:14 PM PST

Not that this is a surprise, since analysts have been saying since this weekend that the “no” is not the final no. Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang now says…

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Microsoft-Yahoo: Links To All Of Our Coverage - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Sat 03 May 2008 10:54 PM PST

For quick access to our coverage on Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) withdrawing its offer to purchase Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) on paidContent.org… -- BREAKING:  Microsoft Withdraws Offer For Yahoo -- MSFT-YHOO: From…

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Industry Moves: Yahoo Hires Paul Thompson As Head of Planning And Strategy; Kenshoo Appoints MD - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 29 Apr 2008 06:41 AM PST

News Group head of communication strategy Paul Thompson is quitting the company and heading over to Yahoo Europe, where he has landed the position of head of planning and strategy,…

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Yahoo Merrygoround: Replacing VP After Defection To Google - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 03 Apr 2008 04:46 AM PST

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Europe is promoting business sales VP Christophe Parcot to fill the top sales VP spot after losing Javier Zapatero to Google (NSDQ: GOOG). Zapatero will become Google’s…

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AOL-Bebo: What’s It Mean For Bebo’s Yahoo Deal? - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 14 Mar 2008 09:41 AM PST

As AOL (NYSE: TWX) takes control of Bebo, don’t overlook Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO). The social network in September struck a deal with the portal to power its display advertising in…

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Operation Toblerone: Yahoo Closing London Offices; Geneva Will Be Euro HQs; 70 Managers Told To Move - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 13 Mar 2008 02:35 PM PST

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), which had been threatening its European operations for the last year to shape up or they would be shipped out, has done just that: it is moving…

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Earnings: WPP Group Yearly Profit Rises 6.9 Percent; Sir Martin Hopes For Microsoft-Yahoo Union - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 29 Feb 2008 08:55 AM PST

Ad holding company WPP Group posted higher 2007 earnings, as net income rose 6.9 percent to 465.9 million pounds ($925.8 million) from 435.8 million pounds the year before. Revenues came…

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BBC Takes iPlayer Clips To Yahoo, MSN, Blinkx - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 19 Feb 2008 05:00 PM PST

The BBC has struck deals to syndicate TV show clips to Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), MSN and Blinkx in order to build iPlayer traffic. Excerpts on those destination sites will link…

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Industry Moves: Yahoo UK Sales Exec And ‘Face of Search’ Richard Firminger Quits - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 13 Feb 2008 02:55 AM PST

Another executive departs Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) UK. After four years at the search engine, regional sales director for Northern Europe and the “face of Yahoo’s search operation” Richard Firminger has…

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