Update: Hulu Bids
Posted by Steve Fravel on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 · 
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If the list of bidders in the proposed sale of Hulu are Google, Yahoo, Dish Network and Amazon, which company would you likely pick to have made the highest bid? If you selected Google you’d be correct, although there is a “but” after the price pledged. Google has placed conditions on the bid that may make it less attractive than the next largest bid. Read more
Frontier and Yahoo! Extend Partnership
Posted by Jesse Ward on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 · ·
Late last week, Frontier Communications Corp. announced that it had expanded its partnership with Yahoo! in a deal that will provide new online experiences to Frontier’s broadband subscribers in 27 states.
Later this year, Frontier customers will be upgraded to a co-branded Frontier-Yahoo! email portal powered by Yahoo! Mail. In addition to traditional e-mail service, Frontier’s subscribers will have access to Yahoo!’s digital content through co-branded websites that will be integrated with the email service. Since the Yahoo! page is customizable, Frontier also will be able to integrate upcoming new products and features.
Facebook Attracts 35% of Internet Users
Posted by Jesse Ward on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 · ·
Despite widespread concerns about privacy, 540 million Internet users worldwide visited Facebook in April 2010, or 35.2% of the entire population of Web users, this according to new data from Google. Users clicked on 570 billion Facebook pages in April.
The data is released by Google’s DoubleClick Ad Planner, which rates the 1,000 most popular sites on the Web (excluding Google, YouTube and Gmail). Read more
Microsoft and Yahoo Join Forces against Google
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, August 3, 2009 · ·
Microsoft and Yahoo struck a long-anticipated search deal last Wednesday under which Microsoft’s Bing search engine will power Yahoo’s search, and Yahoo will sell premium search advertising services for both companies.
The 10-year deal, which applies only to search, provides Microsoft will have an exclusive license to Yahoo’s core search technologies, as well as the ability to integrate them into Bing. Of note, Yahoo will maintain its own brand on its owned-and-operated search pages; Bing will be listed on those pages as having “powered” Yahoo’s search results. Further, both companies also will continue to be managed separately, maintaining distinct display ad sales teams. Read more