{"id":697,"date":"2008-01-30T13:49:12","date_gmt":"2008-01-30T20:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daviddalka.com\/createvalue\/2008\/01\/30\/the-yahoo-rumor-that-just-wont-go-away\/"},"modified":"2012-11-23T23:59:45","modified_gmt":"2012-11-24T04:59:45","slug":"the-yahoo-rumor-that-just-wont-go-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daviddalka.com\/createvalue\/2008\/01\/30\/the-yahoo-rumor-that-just-wont-go-away\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yahoo! Rumor That Just Won’t Go Away…"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Michael Arrington<\/a> got put on the spot on Fox Business News and the age old Microsoft\/Yahoo! merger rumor resurfaced. It’s almost as frequent as a Rick Roll YouTube video link.<\/p>\n

I’ve written before about how this Microsoft rumor, which dates back to the days of Terry Semel<\/a>, seems less likely to me than other alternatives such as ATT<\/a>. Not that it’s even a likely event with the right management moves.<\/p>\n

So Dave, why do you think this? Well, it’s commonplace for companies to have long standing alliances before merging. Yesterday, Yahoo! sent out this little noticed press release which stated the following.<\/p>\n

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AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), the nation’s No. 1 wireless and broadband provider, and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced a new multi-year strategic alliance that paves the way for an even richer and more innovative online experience for consumers – whether at home or on the go.<\/em>

This doesn’t mean a Microsoft merger is impossible, I just can’t see a scenario where AT&T isn’t given a chance to match it or initiate it based on 7 years of partnership history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So Michael Arrington got put on the spot on Fox Business News and the age old Microsoft\/Yahoo! merger rumor resurfaced. It’s almost as frequent as a Rick Roll YouTube video link. I’ve written before about how this Microsoft rumor, which dates back to the days of Terry Semel, seems less likely to me than other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yahoo-yhoo"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t