Because the Yahoo-Verizon merger is kind of confusing: this is not about the parts (Yahoo.com, Tumblr, Flickr etc.) which are about to merge into Verizon. This

Because the Yahoo-Verizon merger is kind of confusing: this is not about the parts (Yahoo.com, Tumblr, Flickr etc.) which are about to merge into Verizon. This is actually about the spinoff containing the assets which will stay separate. Who eventually is going to run the parts at Verizon (which will not be Mayer) is as of yet unknown I believe.