Topic - Wall Street Journal

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Archives, General news, Internet, Finance

Yahoo Shares Leap on Deal Talk

Microsoft said to have approached Time Warner and News Corp. about a plan to split Yahoo assets.
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Media, Internet, Finance

TechSpin: Old Media Still Struggles With Web

Media executives gathered at the Argyle Executive Forum on Leadership in Media in New York, where there was more lamenting over old media's lack of clear business model in the Internet age than forecasting at the confab.
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Media, Finance

TechSpin:Media Moguls Battle Over Print Pub

News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch is reported to be taking on rivals in bid for suburban New York newspaper. Why? Print still makes money.
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Computers, General news, Media, Internet, Finance

Report: Google Enters Facebook Sweepstakes

Microsoft is not alone in pursuing a minority stake in the social-networking phenom and a deal could be imminent, according to reports. The talked about 10 percent stake for $1.5 billion would give Facebook a $15 billion valuation.
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Internet

Free WSJ.com a Risk for Pearson

Rupert Murdoch may make Wall Street Journal's site free, which could compel Pearson to do same with Web version of Financial Times.
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Communications

AT&T, Yahoo Deal Fraying

Telecom giant and portal provider reportedly renegotiate and scale back agreement.
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Media

blinkx Searches Dow Jones Video

Video search provider inks deal to run videos from Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and MarketWatch.
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Media

Google Delivers Newspaper Ads

Search king signs deal with over 50 papers for print ad auctions.
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Internet

Google Finds Life in News Morgue

Once the target of lawsuits from book content owners, the search king finds win-win in news archive.
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General news, Communications

Verizon calling

Verizon is reportedly dialing up numbers for MCI, upstaging Qwest’s bid for the long-distance player.