Techmeme: Yahoo Picks Google Deal Over Microsoft (DealBook)

9:15 PM ET, June 12, 2008

Top Items:

Yahoo! Announces Microsoft Talks Have Concluded — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced that discussions with Microsoft regarding a potential transaction — whether for an acquisition of all of Yahoo! or a partial acquisition — have concluded.

Yahoo!:

Yahoo! to Strengthen Competitive Position in Online Advertising Through Non-Exclusive Agreement With Google — Agreement Advances Yahoo!'s Open Strategy; Enhances Ability to — Compete in Converging Search and Display Marketplace — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company …

Discussion: BoomTown, Brier Dudley's blog, Google Operating System, paidContent.org, Between the Lines, Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog, Tech Trader Daily, Mashable!, Silicon Alley Insider, Creative Capital, The Drama 2.0 Show and Industry Standard

Microsoft:

Microsoft Issues Statement Regarding Yahoo! — Microsoft Corp. issued the following statement today regarding Yahoo! — REDMOND, Wash. — June 12, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today issued the following statement: — “In the weeks since Microsoft withdrew its offer to acquire Yahoo! …

Discussion: TechCrunch, Epicenter, Tech Confidential and Paul Kedrosky's …

The Official Google Blog:

Our agreement to provide ad technology to Yahoo! — Today, we announced a non-exclusive advertising agreement that will provide Yahoo! with access to our AdSense for search and AdSense for content advertising programs on their U.S. and Canadian web properties.

Discussion: Googling Google, HipMojo.com, Tech Trader Daily, Digital Daily, Beyond Binary and BetaNews

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

Google/Yahoo Search Partnership Announcement At 1:30 This Afternoon — Yahoo and Google will make a joint announcement at 1:30 California time this afternoon, we've heard from a reliable source close to one of the companies. What is the announcement? The very likely answer is …

Google:

Google Announces Non-Exclusive Advertising Services Agreement with Yahoo! in U.S. and Canada — Companies will also Enable Interoperability Between Their Instant Messaging Services — Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) today announced that it has reached an agreement that gives Yahoo! …

Discussion: Epicenter and Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim

Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Yahoo to announce reorg, Google ad deal

Discussion: TechCrunch, Beyond Binary, Tech Check with Jim Goldman, Electronista and Mashable!

Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Yahoo ends all talks with Microsoft, shares plunge

Discussion: Tech Confidential and Neowin.net

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Announces Non-Exclusive Search Agreement With Google

Discussion: mathewingram.com/work, Search Engine Land, Yodel Anecdotal, Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog and Tech Confidential

Matthew Karnitschnig / Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo Ends Talks With Microsoft, Nears Search-Ad Deal with Google

Discussion: Ars Technica, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Digital Daily, Sramana Mitra on Strategy and BloggingStocks

Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Microsoft Statement: We Weren't Interested In Rebidding

Discussion: Forbes, Light Reading and Electronista

Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Yahoo-Microsoft Talks Off, CONFIRMED: Yahoo-Google Have Reached Search Deal

Discussion: Tech Beat, ReadWriteWeb, Search Engine Watch Blog, The Inquisitr, HipMojo.com, Tech Confidential, The Mac Observer, Tech Ticker, Valleywag and ChannelWeb Complete Feed

Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Yahoo inks search-ad pact with Google

Discussion: Coop's Corner and Lost Remote

Reuters:
Yahoo reaches Google ad deal, Microsoft talks fail

Discussion: Associated Press and Neowin.net

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch: Yahoo Runs Into Google's Arms

DealBook:
Yahoo Picks Google Deal Over Microsoft

Discussion: MediaFile and Microsoft Subnet's blog

Miguel Helft / Bits:

More Top Yahoos Heading for the Exits — A pair of senior Yahoo executives is leaving the beleaguered Internet company, continuing a steady exodus of executives that began more than two years ago. — The latest to leave are Jeff Weiner, executive vice president of the network division …

Discussion: The Register, BoomTown, Tim Oren's Due Diligence, Valleywag, /Message, CNET News.com and WebProNews

Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch: Yahoo Loses Two More: Fayyad and Zawodny

Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:
Leaving Yahoo! — It seems that word has started to leak out …

Discussion: BoomTown, Valleywag, jr conlin's ink stained banana, CNET News.com, Cartoon Barry Blog, WebProNews, Guardian Unlimited and Search Engine Land

Orli Yakuel / GO2WEB20 Blog:

Testing Google Friend Connect, 1, 2, 3! — Finally, with a little help from Google, I managed to add Google's Friend Connect to my blog. — Basically, Friend Connect is an admin page with several social gadgets that you can customize and embed in your site or blog.

Discussion: Running With Foxes, Download Squad and Widgets Lab

Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
First Google Friend Connect Spotted in the Wild

Discussion: diversity.net.nz and The Social Times

Microsoft:

Interactive Entertainment Business Leadership Team Positioned to Drive Next Wave of Growth and Audience Expansion — Microsoft announces new leadership roles for Shane Kim and Phil Spencer and the departure of Jeff Bell. — Microsoft Corp. today announced a new leadership structure …

Discussion: Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog and All about Microsoft

Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Microsoft shakes up management in Xbox unit

Discussion: VentureBeat, paidContent.org and Brier Dudley's blog

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:

Study: consumers lust after high-speed broadband, not HDTV — Broadband services and speeds are ranked higher than any other “new” service when it comes to their importance to consumers. New survey results from Pike & Fischer Broadband Advisory Services show that while HDTV and digital phone service …

Discussion: Lockergnome

Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:

New Yahoo Logo Spotted in the Wild — Could the purple logo to the right represent a new Yahoo branding initiative? Or just a photoshop hit job? — Ben Sweat, a product manager at Snap, claims to have spotted it at the top of the Yahoo homepage in Firefox 3 this morning (see shot below).

Discussion: Search Engine Land and Valleywag

Adam Ostrow / Mashable!:

Qik Demos iPhone Video Streaming Service — Not to be outdone by Flixwagon, who announced their own iPhone video streaming service this morning, Qik sent us a video demonstration of their own upcoming product for doing exactly the same thing. — The feature isn't available yet …

Discussion: VentureBeat, CenterNetworks, Boy Genius Report and Gizmodo

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