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Google chief softens on timeline for ad deal with Yahoo! (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Back in mid-September, Google Inc. chief executive Eric Schmidt said his company was unwilling to wait much beyond Oct. 11 to launch its advertising revenue-sharing partnership with Yahoo! Inc. The tech companies agreed to wait until that date for the Department of Justice to complete a review of the deal....

Posted on October 7, 2008 9:37 AM

AOL's content/ad biz beefed up by Bewkes (from Corporate Dealmaker)

On the eve of possible dealmaking for the two pieces of AOL LLC -- the struggling dial-up business and the more promising content and advertising side -- it's a good time to recap what Time Warner Inc. CEO Jeffrey Bewkes has been doing to build the content and ad business. Since Bewkes took over, AOL spent $850 million...

Posted on August 4, 2008 10:43 AM

Corporate executives and their political contributions continued (from Corporate Dealmaker)

On Monday, I posted on the political donations of executives from Anheuser-Busch Cos., Google Inc., Electronic Arts Inc. and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. But that was just a fraction of what I turned up plugging names into this campaign search tool at Huffingtonpost.com. All told, I searched about 20 corporate...

Posted on July 1, 2008 11:20 AM

Yahoo! strategic alliance exec the latest to leave (from Corporate Dealmaker)

It seems the exodus of executives from Yahoo! Inc. isn't over. According to published reports, Chris Bolte, senior vice president of strategic alliances, is the latest to depart. Yahoo! has so far refused to confirm or comment on the wave of resignations -- five in the past week-and-a-half alone --...

Posted on June 23, 2008 11:12 AM

Are 'hostile' deals the tip of an iceberg? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Are we seeing more unsolicited takeover proposals these days? It sure seems like it. NRG Energy Inc.'s bid for Calpine Corp., revealed late Wednesday, is just the latest example. Other pursuits-in-progress include Staples Inc.'s bid for Corporate Express NV of Amsterdam, United Technologies Corp.'s offer for Diebold Inc., Electronic Arts...

Posted on May 22, 2008 11:27 AM

How far will Staples go? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

It may not have the glitz or financial heft of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo! Inc., but the story line of Staples Inc.'s unsolicited $2.3 billion bid for Corporate Express NV of Amsterdam is so far hitting the same dramatic high points. That is months of unsuccessful attempts...

Posted on May 14, 2008 12:36 PM

More on Microsoft's multifront war (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Good post over on paidContent Thursday on the theme we explored here on Monday -- namely, whether it's reasonable to think Microsoft Corp. can succeed in so many different businesses at once. The idea of splitting up Microsoft isn't original to either of us, of course, but it's one we'll...

Posted on May 9, 2008 3:04 PM

Piecing together Microsoft and Yahoo! (from Corporate Dealmaker)

As we like to say here at Corporate Dealmaker: It's never too early to start thinking integration. So with the Microsoft Corp.-Yahoo! Inc. battle flaring up, we couldn't help but give it some thought. OK, we know this is a battle that will no doubt carry on for months, what...

Posted on April 7, 2008 11:51 AM

Yahoo! dealmaking continues as Microsoft hovers (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Microsoft Corp.'s hostile $44.6 billion takeover play for Yahoo! Inc. hasn't dampened the Internet giant's appetite for innovative startups. In February, just days after Microsoft announced its intentions, Yahoo! closed a deal to buy Israel-based FoxyTunes, a Firefox plugin that allows users to control music players...

Posted on April 2, 2008 4:44 PM

JotSpot acquisition sets up Google Sites (from Corporate Dealmaker)

While advertising remains its main revenue source ($16.4 billion in 2007), the folks at Google Inc. are taking another bite from Microsoft Corp.'s core software business. They just launched Google Sites, "an application that makes creating a team Web site as easy as editing a document." The new application doesn't...

Posted on February 28, 2008 9:50 AM

A MySpace music venture with the record labels? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Last week, the rumor mill was churning out reports that Yahoo! Inc. would defend against the Microsoft Corp. bid by selling a minority stake to News Corp., which would spin out Web properties into Yahoo!. That deal would also contain an equity investment from Fox Interactive Media, which includes MySpace....

Posted on February 20, 2008 5:36 PM

While Microsoft chases Yahoo!, its top M&A man is packing to leave (from Corporate Dealmaker)

If Microsoft wins Yahoo! by the end of this month, the deal will happen on the watch of its top M&A executive, Bruce Jaffe. But if not, not--since, as previously reported here, Jaffe, the company's corporate vice president for corporate development, is leaving at the end of February. Maybe Jaffe,...

Posted on February 1, 2008 10:25 AM