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Sorry Google; Verizon chooses Microsoft (from Corporate Dealmaker)

So much for surprises. According to Bloomberg, Verizon Communications Inc. CEO Ivan Seidenberg gave attendees at a Citigroup Inc. conference Wednesday a heads-up on who he's choosing for a mobile Web search partner.While previous reports showed Verizon was talking to Google Inc. about sharing ad revenue, Seidenberg said Microsoft...

Posted on January 7, 2009 2:20 PM

Verizon's Seidenberg on content acquisitions (from Corporate Dealmaker)

"When are you going to go vertical?" is a question that Verizon Communications Inc. CEO Ivan Seidenberg (pictured) hears frequently.Seidenberg said at the Dow Jones & Co. and Nielsen Co. Media and Money conference in New York that he receives queries about whether Verizon will make like the cable...

Posted on October 14, 2008 4:57 PM

Verizon's valuation discipline shows trend among strategics (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Give Ivan Seidenberg and his team at Verizon Communications Inc. credit. Though Alltell Corp. was highly attractive as an addition to Verizon Wireless, they also had a well calibrated sense of what the company is actually worth to them and their shareholders. So last year, when debt-fueled private equity buyers...

Posted on June 6, 2008 11:03 AM