Microsoft exec pours cold water on plan to pay publishers to leave Google
A senior Microsoft executive seemed to dismiss the likelihood that it would pay newspaper owners to remove their content from…
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Will Bing pay big for news listings?
Microsoft’s talks with newspaper publishers over paying them to de-list from Google so it can index their stories suggests a…
ByNews Corp looks at moving web content to Microsoft
Microsoft has held talks with News Corporation over plans that would see the Rupert Murdoch-owned company being paid to stop…
ByDigital ad revenues are still growing, but the signs of distress are everywhere
How vulnerable is digital advertising? In the US, a company called ValueClick — the second-largest online ad network in the…
ByIf US newspapers resemble the Irrawaddy delta, is Google’s Eric Schmidt planning an airlift?
Eric Schmidt, the chief executive of Google, is not what you’d call a loose cannon. This is a man who,…
ByGoogle monopoly: Techcrunch founder backs Microsoft as saviour
If we’re seeing the beginnings of a proper debate about Google’s dominance (monopoly?) in the UK, something similar seems to…
ByMicrosoft/Yahoo talks collapse; AOL looks to tie up with Microsoft; Yahoo continues talks with News Corp
Journalists working for MSN and Yahoo won’t be joining forces any time in the near future, after Microsoft announced over…
ByDigital 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…
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