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Google-Yahoo: DOJ Would Have FIled An Antitrust Lawsuit; Competition Concerns Trumped Anything Else
paidContent — ... agreement." And on that competition, this chilling effect: " Had the companies implemented their arrangement, Yahoo!'s competition likely would have been blunted immediately with respect to the search pages that Yahoo! chose to fill with ads sold by Google rather than its own ads, and Yahoo! would have had significantly reduced incentives to invest in areas of its search advertising business where outsourcing ads to Google made financial sense for Yahoo!" The full statement is here. Our streamlined mobile ...

Justice Department Harassment Kills Google-Yahoo! Deal
Technology Liberation Front — ... The Justice Department’s two-step on the grave of the deal gets it precisely wrong both in terms of defining the relevant market and in terms of the effect on competition and innovation. ...

Sorry, Jerry — now if you’ll just hand that life jacket up here to the guys in the boat …
GMSV — ... We’re of course disappointed that this deal won’t be moving ahead. But we’re not going to let the prospect of a lengthy legal battle distract us from our core mission. That would be like trying to drive down the road of innovation with the parking brake on. Google’s continued success depends on staying focused on what we do best: creating useful products for our users and partners.” For Google, pushing forward would have guaranteed grief. The Justice Department said today it had warned the parties that an antitrust suit was ready to go , on the grounds that “if implemented, ...

DoJ Dances on Google/Yahoo Grave
Wired: Epicenter — ... Google's decision to unilaterally withdraw its proposal "eliminates the competitive concerns identified during our investigation and eliminates the need to file an enforcement action...," the DoJ said in a statement. "The arrangement likely would have denied consumers the benefits of competition –- lower prices, better service and greater innovation," it said. ...

DOJ: We Were Going To Sue Over GOOG/YHOO Deal
BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily — ... So, to get the real story on the disintegration of Yahoo’s (YHOO) advertising outsourcing deal with Google (GOOG), you need to read the release today from the Department of Justice. What the DoJ says, basically, is that they were poised to file suit to block the deal. And they also made it clear that they have their eyes on Google and their dominant position in the search market. ...

Google-Yahoo deal: Washington doesn’t understand us
Between the Lines — ... ” For that I can’t blame them - but the importance of the tech industry in this country cannot be understated. Consider this excerpt from the Department of Justice’s press release about Yahoo and Google ending their proposed deal: Google and Yahoo! are search engine companies. A search engine allows people to search for information on the Internet. In response to a search request (or query), a search engine presents a Web page listing links to other Web pages that are relevant to the query. Those listings consist of so-called “natural”or “algorithmic” results of the search ...

The Real Reason Google Walked Away From Yahoo Search Deal (GOOG)
Silicon Alley Insider — ... After Google walked away, the DOJ released a statement saying that it had informed the companies it was planning to file suit. The release did not specify how close Google came to getting sued, however, and Google's explanation for why it walked didn't mention the government's explicit intention: ...

Obama's antitrust nominee: "Microsoft is so last century"
The Microsoft Blog — ... economy will "continually see a problem -- potentially with Google" because it already "has acquired a monopoly in Internet online advertising," she said. "When all our enterprises move to computing in the clouds and there is a single firm that is offering a comprehensive solution," Varney said, "you are going to see the same repeat of Microsoft." Varney's view is clearly good news for Redmond, which already seemed to be in favor with the Bush Justice Department. Google and Yahoo abandoned their advertising deal last fall after the Department of Justice said it would file an ...