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Enlarge / Yahoo logo at the 2014 International CES conference in Las Vegas. Getty Images | Ethan Miller Verizon is reportedly ready to give up on Yahoo and AOL after spending a combined $9 billion on the once-dominant Internet brands that fell from prominence years before Verizon bought them. “Verizon is exploring a sale of assets including Yahoo and AOL, as the telecommunications giant looks to exit an expensive and unsuccessful bet on… Source link

(Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Less than a decade after it entered the media business through its acquisitions of AOL and Yahoo, Verizon VZ Communications reportedly may be preparing to exit the sector, According to The Wall Street Journal, Verizon is “exploring” whether to unload its media properties, which could fetch a price of $4 billion to $5 billion. According to the… Source link

(Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc is exploring a sale of its media assets, including Yahoo and AOL, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The sales process, which includes private equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc, could yield a price of $4 billion to $5 billion, report said. Yahoo and AOL are the two large brands within Verizon Media, which also owns news publication HuffPost, technology news sites… Source link

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, +0.20%  is exploring a sale of its media assets including Yahoo and AOL, according to people familiar with the matter, signaling a dramatic reversal of the communications company’s once-lofty ambitions in the sector. The sales process, which includes private-equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc. APO, +0.44%,  could yield a price of $4 billion to $5 billion, the people said, assuming there is… Source link

Bloomberg Oil Crown Jewels No Longer Off Limits in Mideast Amid Deal Surge (Bloomberg) — Time was when the Middle East’s petrostates recoiled from using their crown jewels to raise money from foreign investors.Not any more. In the space of a few weeks, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait have all accelerated multi-billion-dollar plans to sell energy assets or issue bonds off the back of them. Capping that trend, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Tuesday… Source link

The sale of media assets Verizon is exploring could yield a price in the $4 billion to $5 billion range, people familiar with the matter said; a Verizon store in San Francisco. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News Updated April 28, 2021 4:42 pm ET … Source link