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WSJ: Jon Miller Raising Cash to Make Run at Yahoo
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Jon Miller doesn't want to just lead Yahoo -- he wants to buy the company. The former CEO of AOL, considered a leading candidate to succeed Jerry Yang as CEO, is attempting to raise the capital to make a run at Yahoo, accordin...
Smart Brief Wednesday, December 03, 2008Report of buyout interest boosts Yahoo stock 7%
SAN FRANCISCO It takes only a glimmer of hope to excite Yahoo shareholders these days.
Investors bid up shares in Yahoo by 7 percent on Tuesday after The Wall Street Journal reported that Jonathan Miller, the former chief executive of AOL, had bee...
Smart Brief Wednesday, December 03, 2008Yahoo shares climb on word of new bid
SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc.'s stock rallied Tuesday on a report that AOL's former chief executive believes he can raise enough money in a worsening recession to buy the struggling Internet company for as much as $30 billion.
The Wall Street Journal ...
Smart Brief Wednesday, December 03, 2008MediaPost Publications - Velocity's Miller Accelerates Fund-Raising, Fuels New Yahoo Speculation - 12/03/2008
Former AOL head Jonathan Miller is reportedly raising money to buy Yahoo, or a portion of the battered and bruised Web giant. The Wall Street Journal broke the news Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The New York Post, however, reported...
Smart Brief Wednesday, December 03, 2008Christiane Amanpour: Shining A Light On Genocide
CNN's chief international correspondent, Christiane Amanpour has covered every major international and humanitarian crisis since the Gulf War. Her new documentary, Scream Bloody Murder, is about genocide — and the people who are working to end mass killing worldwide.
NPR Wednesday, December 03, 2008Report: Former AOL chief exec tries to raise funds to buy Yahoo
Miller, who was abruptly ousted at AOL in 2006 after leading a highly complex and, at the time, initially successful turnaround, has met with private equity investors and sovereign wealth funds to craft an offer of $20 to $22 per share for Yahoo, the...
Smart Brief Wednesday, December 03, 2008Houghton Mifflin Publisher Resigns
Becky Saletan, publisher of the adult trade division, will leave next week in a sign of further unraveling at the publisher.
The New York Times Wednesday, December 03, 2008Advertising: Web Marketing That Hopes to Learn What Attracts a Click
A new breed of companies specialize in creating thousands of versions of the same ad with different colors or type font, trying to determine what ad works for a specific audience.
The New York Times Wednesday, December 03, 2008Edward S. Rogers Jr., Canadian Media Mogul, Dies at 75
Mr. Rogers transformed Canada's first FM radio station into one of North America's most diverse communications and media companies.
The New York Times Wednesday, December 03, 2008Broadway Gets 'Hair'; 'Hair' Gets New Deal
The Broadway revival of "Hair" may serve as the basis for future deals between the Public Theater and commercial producers.
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