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"Moreover, with Google developing Internet-based software that directly competes with Microsoft Office, sources said Microsoft has no choice but to go on the offensive.
"The minute you hear Microsoft start arguing against something on antitrust grounds, you know they are desperate and need to do something big," said one source.
Sources said Microsoft is working with Goldman Sachs.
News of Microsoft's latest approach comes as Yahoo!'s new search advertising platform Project Panama is just getting off the ground.
The long-awaited platform posted disappointing first-quarter results, but sources said that was more a function of difficult comparisons to the year-earlier period and less a sign that the system wasn't working. That said, another quarter or two of similar results and investors might begin renewing calls for a sale or for CEO Terry Semel to step down.
As it stands now, a deal between Microsoft and Yahoo! would up the combined companies' share of the all-important search advertising market to 27 percent against Google's 65 percent. It would also narrow the gap in overall online ads with Google to just 13 percent.
More importantly, a deal would create what one source described as "the dominant force on the Internet" in terms of eyeballs. That's an important consideration as more and more content flows online - as the equations goes, eyeballs equal advertising.
Microsoft and Yahoo! also feature complimentary offerings on the content side, with MSN drawing an older audience with its news focus. By contrast, Yahoo! attracts a younger demographic with its entertainment coverage.
Aside from cost savings, a deal would also create opportunities to use Yahoo! content on Microsoft devices, such as making music exclusively provided to Yahoo! Music available on Microsoft's Xbox game console and Zune music player."
Sind doch teils lauter gute Argumente, die dafür sprechen, viel Geld in Bewegung zu setzen (wo sich doch auch Terry Semel retten muss?) (fallen auch ganz nette Prämien ab, für die Verantwortlichen im Hause Gm-S., die das verantworten wollen
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Die Menschen kennen lernen, die handeln:
Terry Semel
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
"Terry S. Semel is the chairman and chief executive officer of Yahoo! Inc, a leading global Internet company. Semel is focused on providing the strategy and vision that will allow Yahoo! to attain its goal to be Internet's leading global consumer and business services company. A globally-respected media and entertainment executive, Semel was named Yahoo!'s chairman and CEO in May 2001.
Previously, Semel spent 24 years at Warner Bros., most noted for his role as chairman and co-chief executive officer where he and his partner, Robert Daly, helped build Warner Bros. into one of the world's largest and most creative media and entertainment enterprises. Like Yahoo!, Warner Bros. reaches billions of worldwide consumers through its vast stable of properties. Semel is credited with building Warner Bros. from a single revenue source generating less than $1 billion to nearly $11 billion total revenues from multiple, diverse businesses in 50 countries.
Prior to Warner Bros., Semel was in charge of Walt Disney's Theatrical Distribution division and previously in charge of CBS' Theatrical Distribution division. Semel is currently on the Board of Directors of Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Television and Radio, Emerson College, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 2005, Semel was granted the UCLA Medal, which is the highest honor bestowed by the university, and the Yale Legends in Leadership Award. Semel holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Long Island University and an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Emerson."
Wobei man meiner Erfahrung nach in 24 Jahren Warner Bros. eigentlich so ganz viel Aufregendes nicht gelernt haben kann... . Wirkliche Unternehmer sind anders. Aber vielleicht auch genau darum... . Nette Nebentätigkeiten noch (bei Managern immer nur aus einem Grunde: Zur Karriereabsicherung... .). Bill gehört MS. Denn kann man nicht entlassen. Da entfällt das.)
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"Moreover, with Google developing Internet-based software that directly competes with Microsoft Office, sources said Microsoft has no choice but to go on the offensive.
"The minute you hear Microsoft start arguing against something on antitrust grounds, you know they are desperate and need to do something big," said one source.
Sources said Microsoft is working with Goldman Sachs.
News of Microsoft's latest approach comes as Yahoo!'s new search advertising platform Project Panama is just getting off the ground.
The long-awaited platform posted disappointing first-quarter results, but sources said that was more a function of difficult comparisons to the year-earlier period and less a sign that the system wasn't working. That said, another quarter or two of similar results and investors might begin renewing calls for a sale or for CEO Terry Semel to step down.
As it stands now, a deal between Microsoft and Yahoo! would up the combined companies' share of the all-important search advertising market to 27 percent against Google's 65 percent. It would also narrow the gap in overall online ads with Google to just 13 percent.
More importantly, a deal would create what one source described as "the dominant force on the Internet" in terms of eyeballs. That's an important consideration as more and more content flows online - as the equations goes, eyeballs equal advertising.
Microsoft and Yahoo! also feature complimentary offerings on the content side, with MSN drawing an older audience with its news focus. By contrast, Yahoo! attracts a younger demographic with its entertainment coverage.
Aside from cost savings, a deal would also create opportunities to use Yahoo! content on Microsoft devices, such as making music exclusively provided to Yahoo! Music available on Microsoft's Xbox game console and Zune music player."
Sind doch teils lauter gute Argumente, die dafür sprechen, viel Geld in Bewegung zu setzen (wo sich doch auch Terry Semel retten muss?) (fallen auch ganz nette Prämien ab, für die Verantwortlichen im Hause Gm-S., die das verantworten wollen
)Die Menschen kennen lernen, die handeln:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
"Terry S. Semel is the chairman and chief executive officer of Yahoo! Inc, a leading global Internet company. Semel is focused on providing the strategy and vision that will allow Yahoo! to attain its goal to be Internet's leading global consumer and business services company. A globally-respected media and entertainment executive, Semel was named Yahoo!'s chairman and CEO in May 2001.
Previously, Semel spent 24 years at Warner Bros., most noted for his role as chairman and co-chief executive officer where he and his partner, Robert Daly, helped build Warner Bros. into one of the world's largest and most creative media and entertainment enterprises. Like Yahoo!, Warner Bros. reaches billions of worldwide consumers through its vast stable of properties. Semel is credited with building Warner Bros. from a single revenue source generating less than $1 billion to nearly $11 billion total revenues from multiple, diverse businesses in 50 countries.
Prior to Warner Bros., Semel was in charge of Walt Disney's Theatrical Distribution division and previously in charge of CBS' Theatrical Distribution division. Semel is currently on the Board of Directors of Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Television and Radio, Emerson College, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 2005, Semel was granted the UCLA Medal, which is the highest honor bestowed by the university, and the Yale Legends in Leadership Award. Semel holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Long Island University and an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Emerson."
Wobei man meiner Erfahrung nach in 24 Jahren Warner Bros. eigentlich so ganz viel Aufregendes nicht gelernt haben kann... . Wirkliche Unternehmer sind anders. Aber vielleicht auch genau darum... . Nette Nebentätigkeiten noch (bei Managern immer nur aus einem Grunde: Zur Karriereabsicherung... .). Bill gehört MS. Denn kann man nicht entlassen. Da entfällt das.)
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