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Report: Microsoft Looks to Extend Yahoo Deal Beyond U.S.

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 5, 2009 - 10:35am.
Tokyo - Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) is looking to expanding its search partnership with Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) beyond the U.S., provided it is able to gain approval from antitrust regulators in other territories, CEO Steve Ballmer said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Yahoo Testing Real-Time Data in Search Results

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 4, 2009 - 11:28am.
San Francisco - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) is experimenting with providing real-time search results from services like Twitter, and has partnered with real-time search providers including OneRiot on the trials, Reuters reported.

Ex-Yahoo Music Execs Debut Production Music Site Dashbox

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 28, 2009 - 11:53am.
Los Angeles - Two former music executives from Yahoo and Launch Media have launched Dashbox, a subscription service that offers aggregated production music and sound effects. Dave Goldberg and Bob Roback's personal investment firm, Twain Media, acquired mSoft -- reportedly for under $10 million -- and rebranded it as Dashbox.

Investor Carl Icahn Resigns from Yahoo's Board

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 26, 2009 - 10:47am.
San Francisco - Investor Carl Icahn on Friday resigned his seat on Yahoo's (NASD: YHOO) board of directors, the Associated Press reported.

Yahoo Hires Talking Points Memo Writer for Political Blog

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 23, 2009 - 10:42am.
Los Angeles - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) has hired former Talking Points Memo deputy publisher Andrew Golis to head up a new political blog, PaidContent reported. Yahoo maintained that it is not launching a new site or vertical, but rather "ramping up" its original content.

Yahoo, GroupM Team to Work Brands Into Online Programs

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 21, 2009 - 9:32am.
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) on Wednesday announced a partnership with GroupM Entertainment, a unit of advertising giant WPP, to help marketers incorporate their brands into original online programming.

Justice Dept. Seeks More Info on Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 14, 2009 - 8:45am.
Washington - The U.S. Justice Department has requested additional information from Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) and Yahoo (NASD: YHOO), related to their proposed deal that would see Microsoft's Bing search engine power Yahoo search results and the two companies share advertising revenue. Both Microsoft and Yahoo confirmed for CNET News.com that they had received requests from additional information from the Justice Department, and that they would cooperate fully with the requests.

Yahoo Selling Stake in China's Alibaba.com for $150 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 14, 2009 - 8:26am.
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) is selling its 1.4% stake in Chinese online retailer Alibaba.com for $150 million, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Former Yahoo Engineer Launches Yebol Semantic Search Engine

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 11, 2009 - 9:42am.
San Jose, Calif. - Yebol, an Internet search startup founded by a former engineer at Yahoo (NASD: YHOO), said that it has launched its semantic search engine at Yebol.com. The tool utilizes a combination of algorithms and human knowledge to build a unique Web directory for each query, featuring hundreds of links per page. Instead of normal search listings, San Jose, Calif.-based Yebol automatically clusters results into groups of term-specific categories. The company so far has built a "knowledge base" for more than 10 million concepts covering over a billion Web pages.

tags: Yahoo | Search | Yebol |

Yahoo Debuts New Applications for iPhone, BlackBerry

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 9, 2009 - 12:08pm.
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) has introduced three new mobile applications, which are variously available for Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone and RIM's (NASD: RIMM) BlackBerry. Flickr for Mobile, available only for iPhone and iPod touch, is a free application that lets users upload and tag photos and videos. The company also released Yahoo Fantasy Football for Mobile, and a Yahoo Finance for Mobile application available for the iPhone and BlackBerry Bold, Tour and 8900 series.

AOL Taps Former Yahoo Exec to Lead Email and IM Group

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 9, 2009 - 9:07am.
New York - Looking to expand the reach of its email and instant messaging services, Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) AOL has hired former Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) executive Brad Garlinghouse as its president of Internet and mobile communications.
tags: Moves | Yahoo | AOL | Time Warner |

Sony to Support Google in Settlement with Authors

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 31, 2009 - 7:32am.
New York - Sony (NYSE: SNE) intends to file a brief supporting Google's (NASD: GOOG) position in its landmark settlement with authors, over the use of copyrighted works in its massive book-scanning project, Wired.com reported.

Report: U.S. Breaks Web Video Viewing Records in July

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 28, 2009 - 10:12am.
Reston, Va. - Over 158 million U.S. Internet users watched online videos during July -- the largest audience ever recorded -- and streamed a record 21.4 billion videos during the month, according to a report from Internet audience measurement firm comScore.

Yahoo to Acquire Arabic Web Community Maktoob.com

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 25, 2009 - 7:28am.
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) announced on Tuesday that it will acquire Maktoob.com, an online community in the Arab world that counts 16.5 million unique users. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2000, Dubai-based Maktoob started as the first free Arabic-English Web-based email service.

Court: Yahoo's Launchcast Not an 'Interactive' Music Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 21, 2009 - 10:54am.
New York - A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that said Yahoo's (NASD: YHOO) Launchcast is not an "interactive" digital music service, and as such should not be required to pay record labels additional fees to play their songs online, Reuters reported. Yahoo will still pay SoundExchange licensing fees for songs played on its Web radio service, but will not have to negotiate fees with individual labels.

Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo to Oppose Google Book Settlement

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 21, 2009 - 10:03am.
San Francisco - Google's (NASD: GOOG) proposed settlement with authors that would create a massive online database of many of the world's books will see new opposition from the likes of Internet heavyweights Amazon (NASD: AMZN), Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) and Yahoo (NASD: YHOO), The New York Times reported. The companies plan to join the Open Book Alliance, a group that includes the Internet Archive, which is expected to ask the court to block the settlement on the grounds it is anticompetitive.

U.S. Mayors to Face-Off in Yahoo Fantasy Football

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 12, 2009 - 12:33pm.
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Mayors from 11 U.S. cities, including Gavin Newsom of San Francisco and Ron Dellums of Oakland, will take part in an online fantasy football competition this season through Yahoo (NASD: YHOO). Under the Yahoo Sports Mayoral Face-off, the mayors' teams will be matched head-to-head each week of the NFL's regular season, with the winners awarded $15,000 for a local non-profit sports program. Yahoo also will donate $15,000 to the city with the most votes from fantasy fans.

Yahoo Buys OMG.com Domain for $80,000

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 10, 2009 - 11:49am.
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) has purchased the domain name OMG.com for $80,000, according to Domain Name Wire. The company operates a celebrity news service of the same name. The company also recently sold its Contests.com domain for $380,000.

Yahoo Shutters Bix Online Karaoke Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 4, 2009 - 12:36pm.
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) has shuttered its Bix online karaoke service, which the company acquired back in 2006, TechCrunch reports. Yahoo confirmed that it closed the service down on June 30, as "part of the ongoing prioritization efforts at Yahoo, where we are increasing investment in some areas while scaling back in others."

tags: Music | Yahoo | Karaoke | Bix |

Microsoft CEO Defends Landmark Search Deal with Yahoo

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 30, 2009 - 10:41am.
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Despite a chilly reception from some investors, Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer on Thursday defended his company's landmark search deal with Yahoo (NASD: YHOO).