Approval of Yahoo board of directors restarts AOL incorporates negotiation

October 4, 2008

Beijing time on September 24 message, foreign media reports, occupy personage of know the inside story to divulge, zhou Er decides Yahoo board of directors, start the amalgamative negotiation with AOL afresh.

In Yahoo August after shareholder plenary meeting, radical investor blocks Er · Yi Kan (· of Frank of the CEO before Carl Icahn) , Weiyakangmu Biangdi (the CEO before Frank Biondi) and Nextel Partners writings brush · investigates general about (John Chapple) joins in formally Yahoo board of directors. Zhou Er, new directorate was held first the conference, discuss Yahoo future to develop the strategy.

Say according to personage of know the inside story, yahoo board of directors has been approved start the amalgamative negotiation with AOL afresh. But at present, both sides has not launch active negotiation. As resist the one share that Microsoft buys a plan, yahoo and AOL today spring ever had discussed amalgamative matters concerned. But as Microsoft exit, bilateral negotiation drops in temperature with each passing day.

· of Jeff of CEO of times China accept Bikesi (Jeff Bewkes) ever expressed last week: “Hope to finish AOL as early as possible tear apart the job. “Wanner declares the era last month, the plan is at the beginning of next year AOL dial with advertising Wu is torn apart for door of two greater part.

After tearing apart, times China accept dials business sells probably or incorporate with other company. As to advertisement and Internet business, personage of know the inside story says, AOL still is holding informal negotiation with Yahoo and Microsoft.

Nevertheless, yi Kan is accepting last week when interviewing, ever said: “Yahoo still wants to rise jointly with Microsoft, otherwise two companies are strangled likely by Gu Ge. “But at present, microsoft and Yahoo did not launch a negotiation.