Digital briefs: Microsoft, Huffington, Blinkx, Joost, Fox, AOL, YouTube, iPlayer

Microsoft is reported to be “seriously reconsidering” its £21bn bid for Yahoo and concerned about the search giant’s valuation. The Daily Telegraph claims Microsoft could reduce its offer or pull out.
The FT looks at the Huffington Post’s role in reporting the US presidential election race.
The search for an audience for web-based television is gathering pace, with Joost, Babelgum and Blinkx all competing for online eyeballs, says the FT.
But web TV provider Joost is reported to be scrapping plans to expand outside the US, after it attracted fewer big-name broadcasting clients than it had predicted, according to the Sunday Times.
Fox Interactive Media, the division of News Corp that includes MySpace, is expected to miss its $1bn online advertising target this year, according to the FT.
The Independent follows a day in the life of AOL Europe chief executive Dana Dunne
Web experts are warning that the growing popularity of YouTube, the BBC iPlayer and other bandwidth-hungry services could bring the internet to a grinding halt, according to the Guardian.