View all newsletters
Sign up for our free email newsletters

Fighting for quality news media in the digital age.

  1. Ads & Marketing
February 24, 2008

Business briefs: Reed Elsevier, Yahoo-Microsoft

By paulmcnally

Rivals to Yahoo! and Microsoft are expected to voice their concerns that a merger of the two companies would give the group too much power. According to the Times, combined Microsoft and Yahoo! would control three quarters of the webmail and instant messaging market and around a quarter of all online advertising. The Sunday Telegraph, meanwhile, says Microsoft has promised Yahoo! staff it has no plans for mass job cuts if its takeover succeeds.

Senior executives at data firm ChoicePoint are set to receive multi-million-dollar windfall payments after Reed Elsevier offered to buy the firm for £2.1bn this week. Reed announced the acquisition on Thursday, along with the proposed disposal of B2B magazine publisher Reed Business Information, as part of a move towards subscription-based services and away from ad-funded businesses. (Financial Times)

Content from our partners
MHP Group's 30 To Watch awards for young journalists open for entries
How PA Media is helping newspapers make the digital transition
Publishing on the open web is broken, how generative AI could help fix it

Email pged@pressgazette.co.uk to point out mistakes, provide story tips or send in a letter for publication on our "Letters Page" blog

Select and enter your email address Weekly insight into the big strategic issues affecting the future of the news industry. Essential reading for media leaders every Thursday. Your morning brew of news about the world of news from Press Gazette and elsewhere in the media. Sent at around 10am UK time. Our weekly does of strategic insight about the future of news media aimed at US readers. A fortnightly update from the front-line of news and advertising. Aimed at marketers and those involved in the advertising industry.
  • Business owner/co-owner
  • CEO
  • COO
  • CFO
  • CTO
  • Chairperson
  • Non-Exec Director
  • Other C-Suite
  • Managing Director
  • President/Partner
  • Senior Executive/SVP or Corporate VP or equivalent
  • Director or equivalent
  • Group or Senior Manager
  • Head of Department/Function
  • Manager
  • Non-manager
  • Retired
  • Other
Visit our privacy Policy for more information about our services, how New Statesman Media Group may use, process and share your personal data, including information on your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications.
Thank you

Thanks for subscribing.

Websites in our network