Comments on: Yahoo! Acquires Rivals: Seemingly Smart Content Move, But Where’s The Peanut Butter?

By: Kaizenlog » Yahoo 22/06/2007

Kaizenlog » Yahoo 22/06/2007 — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:33:57 +0000

[...] Yahoo! Acquires Rivals: Seemingly Smart Content Move, But Where’s … By Tony Hung Hot off the heels of Jerry Yang’s announcement as CEO, it seems like Yahoo! has dominated the tech blog cycles as of late. (If two large stories could be considered “domination”, that is) A rumoured 25% swap to acquire MySpace? … Deep Jive Interests – http://www.deepjiveinterests.com [...]

By: Gary Lee

Gary Lee — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:59:53 +0000

I read somewhere that Yahoo is only 2nd to ESPN in sports content. I would say this is a smart move to get into a market that Google is nowhere close to them in. Need to find that crack and make the most of it!

By: Yahoo Buys Rivals, But Who’s Buying Yahoo?

Yahoo Buys Rivals, But Who’s Buying Yahoo? — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:34:30 +0000

[...] as indicated above, but they have their own acquisition trail. Most recently, that included picking up Rivals.com, a college sports site. The official press release states Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), a [...]

By: Buying things isn’t the hard part » mathewingram.com/work

Buying things isn’t the hard part » mathewingram.com/work — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:44:42 +0000

[...] The New York Times story on the deal says that it is likely to help morale in the media division at Yahoo, whose future has been somewhat up in the air since Lloyd Braun left and the company said it no longer wanted to create its own content. But personally, I don’t find the deal all that interesting. I still think, like many others, that Yahoo needs something dramatic to really shift the focus of the company — something like a Facebook.com acquisition (although it will undoubtedly cost a lot more than the $1-billion Yahoo reportedly offered last year). Tony Hung at Deep Jive Interests asks “Where’s the peanut butter?” [...]