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Update: Microsoft, Yahoo Said To Be Hammering Out $20 Billion Search Buyout
paidContent — ... Update: Levinsohn says that the Times' story isn't true, per VentureBeat: "No truth to it. News to us." Still, there was an awful lot of detail in the Times' report, so we'll stay on this as it unfolds. ...

MSFT and Yahoo: Nom nom nom
mathewingram.com/work — ... MG Siegler at VentureBeat says he ran this report by Levinsohn, who said he had no idea what the paper was talking about. Which would normally put such a rumour to rest pretty quickly, except for a couple of things: The first is that this is a pretty detailed story in the Times of London, a paper not known for running off at the mouth with crazy rumours. If it had appeared in the Daily Mail or the Inquirer or something like that, then I would be dubious. But this particular report has plenty of detail, although there are no sources given (just the usual oblique phrase “it ...

Reports Of New Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal Hard To Believe
TechCrunch — ... The new deal, according to the Times Online, is a complex transaction that involves Microsoft supporting a new management team made up of former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller and former Fox Interactive Media president Ross Levinsohn, who are investing partners at Velocity Interactive Group. Levinsohn, however, tells VentureBeat there is “no truth” to the story. (Although there were rumors a while back that Microsoft wanted Levinsohn and Miller to run Yahoo, which is where this might be coming from). ...

Update: Microsoft, Yahoo Said To Be Hammering Out $20 Billion Search Buyout; Denied
paidContent — ... Update: Levinsohn says that the Times' story isn't true, per VentureBeat: "No truth to it. News to us." Still, there was an awful lot of detail in the Times' report, so we'll stay on this as it unfolds. ...

Sunday Times story on Microsoft/Yahoo deal is 'total fiction' says All Things Digital
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — ... billion)." It says: It is thought that Jonathan Miller, ex-chairman and chief executive of AOL, and Ross Levinsohn, a former president of Fox Interactive Media, have been lined up to lead the new management team. However, Levinsohn has told Swisher it's "total fiction" and "the first time Levinsohn has heard of the plan, he said. Sources at Microsoft and Yahoo also said there was no deal like that in the making at this point in time." VentureBeat also says: "We've reached out to Levinsohn who says of the Times Online report: 'No ...

More sources questioning Sunday Times story on complex Microsoft-Yahoo deal
The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0 — ... on a complex deal being negotiated between Microsoft, Yahoo and other investors. Kara Swisher is quoting Ross Levinsohn saying the report is "total fiction" -- which is essentially what he told VentureBeat yesterday. ...

Disputed Report Says Microsoft To Acquire Yahoo’s Search Business—Any Truth To It?
Xconomy — ... The report was picked up all over, and then quickly disputed. Levinsohn was quoted by VentureBeat as saying “No truth to it. News to us.” The Wall Street Journal’s ...