A worldwide association of newspapers asks regulators to block the Google Yahoo deal, even as its U.S.-based member says it has taken no position on it.In the early hours of Monday morning, the World Association of Newspapers posted a lengthy communique on its Web site calling the Google-Yahoo advertising partnership anti-competitive and urging regulators to block the deal. According to its Web site, the World Association of Newspapers represents 76 national newspaper associations and more than 18,000 publications in five continents. Its communique led to flurry of headlines that essentially said “Newspapers Around World Oppose Yahoo-Google Ad Deal.”
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Newspapers Worldwide (Minus U.S.) Oppose Google-Yahoo Deal
A worldwide association of newspapers asks regulators to block the Google Yahoo deal, even as its U.S.-based member says it has taken no position on it.