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Details are hard to find, but I've heard that the price tag for the Yahoo deal was high due to a bidding war with Bing.
by greenokapi 10y ago
Details are hard to find, but I've heard that the price tag for the Yahoo deal was high due to a bidding war with Bing.
- fweespeech 10y agoYeah, iirc, that was the case as well which is why I'd assume Bing.
- biot 10y agoDetails are in the article. Yahoo needed to overcome Google's guaranteed payments of $300M/year, thus the $375M/year amount and favorable exit clause in the event of a Yahoo acquisition.