News Corp. Weighing a Yahoo Bid
The New York Times reports today that News Corporation has emerged as one of several major players weighing bids to acquire Yahoo. The other companies being mentioned are Silver Lake Partners, Microsoft and Alibaba, a Chinese Internet venture.
The most aggressive has been Alibaba — its CEO recently said he was “very interested” in Yahoo — but don’t count out News Corp., it has been making moves:
The media conglomerate has contacted Yahoo and several financial firms, including Silver Lake, according to three people with knowledge of the situation who requested anonymity because the talks were private.
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