Today, Forbes is reporting that Microsoft is in negotiations with Yahoo for a possible acquisition that could be worth $50 billion. According to the report, Microsoft is feeling greater pressure to compete in the online advertising space. Just recently, Yahoo announced its acquisition of online advertising firm Right Media for $680 million. While this is far from Google’s $3.1 billion expense on DoubleClick, it does indicate that Yahoo is already quite a force in online advertising.
I’ll reserve comment because who knows what the actual goings-on are. It seems too far-fetched to even be a consideration, but who thought AMD would ever purchase ATI? It’s going to be interesting if Microsoft pursues this.
Edit: It appears that talks might no longer be going on.
Source: Daily Tech