The Justice Department has opened a formal antitrust investigation into a deal struck last month that would allow Internet titan Google to provide some search advertising for Yahoo, according to sources familiar with the inquiry.Investigators are planning to demand documents not only from Google and Yahoo, but also from other large companies in the Internet and media industries, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/01/AR2008070102622.htmlInvestigators ramp up inquiry into Yahoo’s ad link with Google
The US department of justice has begun a formal investigation into competition concerns surrounding an advertising tie-up between the two biggest global players in internet searches, Google and Yahoo.Officials want to know whether the revenue-sharing deal risks creating an effective monopoly for the two companies which, between them, account for almost three out of four of the world’s online searches.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jul/03/microsoft.microsoftYahoo/Google deal under investigation
US anti-trust regulators have opened an investigation into Yahoo’s search advertising partnership with Google to examine if the $800m (£403m) a year deal restricts competition in the market.Justice Department investigators behind the anti-trust probe will take evidence from Google, Yahoo and other large companies in the internet and media sectors, according to a report in today’s Washington Post.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/02/googlethemedia.yahooMicrosoft held talks to find Yahoo buy-up partner
Microsoft has held discussions with companies including News Corporation and Time Warner about a joint deal to buy and split Yahoo, according to a US media report.Under the new deal Microsoft would take Yahoo’s search business while another partner, such as News Corporation’s MySpace or Time Warner’s AOL, would inherit the rest of the internet company’s operations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/02/microsoft.yahoo
Google Ad Deal Is Under Antitrust Scrutiny, Microsoft Looking Again at Yahoo
The Justice Department has opened a formal antitrust investigation into a deal struck last month that would allow Internet titan Google to provide some search advertising for Yahoo, according to sources familiar with the inquiry. Plus, Microsoft has held discussions with companies including News Corporation and Time Warner about a joint deal to buy and split Yahoo.