Yahoo Is Said to Be in Talks With News Corp.
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The discussions stem from an approach that Yahooâs bankers made to News Corporation in an effort to find a âwhite knightâ and avoid a hostile takeover by Microsoft.
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Microsoft Corp  on Friday said  it had offered to acquire Yahoo Inc  in a proposed cash  and stock deal valued at $44.6 billion.
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The family that controls the Dow Jones & Company released a statement saying that they would meet with the News Corporation to discuss its $5 billion bid.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. recently discussed swapping its MySpace social-networking site in exchange for a large stake in Yahoo, according to published reports.
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Speculation is rife on Wall  Street that a big Internet deal or alliance is in the works,  with Google, Yahoo, eBay or Microsoft as possible partners --  and a Yahoo-eBay partnership seen as most likely.
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News Corp. may be ready to sell off MySpace in an effort to gain a stake in search engine company Yahoo, British daily The Times reported Wednesday.
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Yahoo  is seeking to restart  merger talks with AOL  as a means of defending itself  against an unsolicited bid approach from Microsoft ,  the Times newspaper said on Monday.
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Yahoo Inc's board of directors is to  meet on Friday to discuss Microsoft Corp's $44.6 billion buyout  offer, the TechCrunch blog said, citing unnamed sources.
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Global media giant News Corp. has proposed swapping social networking site MySpace with Internet giant Yahoo in return for a 25-percent stake in the enlarged group, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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A major investor in Yahoo Inc   has met with Microsoft Corp  Chief Executive Steve  Ballmer to see if he would raise a $42 billion unsolicited  offer for the company, the New York Post reported on Friday.
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Yahoo Inc. hopes media conglomerate News Corp. can rescue it from a Microsoft Corp. takeover Â or at least prove the slumping Internet pioneer is worth more money than its unsolicited suitor wants to pay.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Yahoo Inc would consider a business alliance with Google Inc as one way to rebuff a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft, a source familiar with Yahoo's strategy said on Sunday.
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In a brief FAQ posted to the company's Web site, Yahoo also says it will look at all strategic alternatives, including pursuing other bidders, to maximize shareholder value.
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Microsoft today offered to acquire Internet media company Yahoo Inc. for $44.6 billion in cash and stock.
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Business & money: US resports say Yahoo would consider an alliance with Google as one way of avoiding takeover
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Yahoo Inc insiders are mulling ties to rival Google Inc as a possible defense to rebuff Microsoft Corp's takeover bid, a person familiar with Yahoo management's thinking said on Sunday.
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The family that controls Dow Jones &  Co.  said it will meet with News Corp. (NWSa.N) to  discuss its $5 billion bid for the company, bringing the  publisher of The Wall Street Journal a step closer to a sale.