Read more search advertising stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15280/search-advertising.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:05:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/55890/microsoft-yahoo-discuss-ad-partnership.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMicrosoft and Yahoo have returned to the bargaining table, but their latest discussions concern advertising sales, the Wall Street Journal reports. The advanced, though informal, negotiations have included both firms' CEOs but likely don’t involve talk of Microsoft acquiring Yahoo’s search business, which it tried to do last year. Instead,...http://www.newser.com/story/55890/microsoft-yahoo-discuss-ad-partnership.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Apr 2009 13:59:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/42497/microsoft-likely-to-provide-verizon-search.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagInsiders say Verizon Wireless is likely to pick Microsoft as the default search provider for its mobile phones, the Wall Street Journal reports today. Verizon had also been in talks with Google to provide the service, but Microsoft’s guarantee of about $600 million in annual ad revenue—about twice as...http://www.newser.com/story/42497/microsoft-likely-to-provide-verizon-search.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Nov 2008 16:01:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41837/google-scraps-partnership-with-yahoo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGoogle canceled its search-advertising partnership with Yahoo rather than fight a Department of Justice lawsuit over antitrust concerns, CNET reports. The company gave up on the deal after Justice said it was not satisfied with the companies’ revisions to the deal and would sue to block it.http://www.newser.com/story/41837/google-scraps-partnership-with-yahoo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Nov 2008 13:40:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/36948/us-hires-top-lawyer-to-mull-google-yahoo-antitrust-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Justice Department has hired a top lawyer to review a possible antitrust case against the Google-Yahoo advertising deal, which would give the companies control of 80% of web search ads, the Wall Street Journal reports. Sanford Litvack, a former Disney vice-chairman, was Jimmy Carter’s antitrust chief. While officials have...http://www.newser.com/story/36948/us-hires-top-lawyer-to-mull-google-yahoo-antitrust-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Sep 2008 9:39:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29915/yahoo-and-google-its-all-up-to-yang.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs Yahoo and Google prepare for a new search-ad deal, it’s all up to CEO Jerry Yang, writes Charles Cooper for CNET. Will Yang be the next Steve Jobs, pulling a struggling company back to the spotlight—or will he fade like his Yahoo predecessors? The afreement "may turn out...http://www.newser.com/story/29915/yahoo-and-google-its-all-up-to-yang.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Jun 2008 10:08:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29882/microsoft-yahoo-end-talks-rule-out-merger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLooks like a Microsoft-Yahoo marriage is off—for good this time, the Wall Street Journal reports. In a meeting last weekend, Microsoft representatives stated “unequivocally” that the software giant was not interested in purchasing all of Yahoo for any price. Yahoo then ruled out an alternative of selling Microsoft only...http://www.newser.com/story/29882/microsoft-yahoo-end-talks-rule-out-merger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Jun 2008 15:32:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26572/yahoo-microsoft-back-where-they-started-behind-google.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Microsoft/Yahoo deal looks dead, and at least one company is celebrating: Google. Both companies are exploring other deals, but none will be as potent as MicroHoo might have been, BusinessWeek reports. That’s good news for a certain search giant. “Its two main competitors are separate and floundering,” said one...http://www.newser.com/story/26572/yahoo-microsoft-back-where-they-started-behind-google.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 May 2008 12:56:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25436/ballmer-to-yahoo-thats-our-final-offer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMicrosoft won't raise its $44.6 billion takeover bid for Yahoo despite the Internet firm's strong first-quarter earnings, Bloomberg reports. "We are prepared to go forward without a merger," said CEO Steve Ballmer, who has threatened a proxy shareholder revolt to push the deal through, possibly at a lower price,...http://www.newser.com/story/25436/ballmer-to-yahoo-thats-our-final-offer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Apr 2008 14:48:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21906/how-yahoo-would-improve-microsoft.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYahoo today restated its opinion that Microsoft’s $44.6 billion buyout bid underestimates the online giant’s “combination of unique assets,” but for the first time stated publicly the strengths it would bring to the Microsoft merger, MarketWatch reports. In an investor presentation for the SEC, the company argued it would...http://www.newser.com/story/21906/how-yahoo-would-improve-microsoft.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Mar 2008 18:24:53 CDT