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Yahoo: Going private?
Between the Lines —
... Former AOL Chief Jonathan Miller is looking in the couch cushions to raise enough money to buy a part–if not all of Yahoo. According to the Wall Street Journal , Miller has been talking to private equity folks and sovereign wealth funds to buy Yahoo for about $20 to $22 a share. Miller would have to raise about $28 billion to $30 billion. This report has trial balloon written all over it. And the Journal notes that Miller would have trouble raising the dough. However, going private would probably be a good idea. Yahoo could restructure, revamp and not worry about making ...
Yahoo! soars on report that former AOL CEO wants to buy
BloggingStocks —
... The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Miller has been talking to the only people who have any money left to invest right now, deep-pocket private equity investors and sovereign wealth funds. Miller would like to purchase the whole Yahoo! enchilada at $20 to $22 per share, for a total value of $28 to $30 billion. ...
BREAKING: Ex AOL CEO Miller Trying To Raise Funds To Buy Yahoo: Report; Or Is It For His Own Fund?
paidContent —
... Jon Miller, former CEO of AOL and now one of the founders of VC firm Velocity along with Ross Levinsohn, is in the process of raising funds to try and buy Yahoo, reports WSJ, citing sources. The story says he has been trying to do it for months. Our sources say that WSJ might be reading too much into this: he and his partners at Velocity has been presenting to investors all across the globe, including ...
Jonathan Miller Said to Pursue a Yahoo Stake
ClickZ News Blog —
... Former AOL chief executive Jonathan Miller is raising money to support a potential bid for Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal has heard from sources. According to the story: ...
Forget Microsoft, Miller may make a run at Yahoo himself
VentureBeat —
... about the Microsoft and Yahoo deal after all. Former AOL chief executive Jonathan Miller is apparently attempting to raise money to make a run at buying a piece of — or all of — Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal now reports. ...
WSJ: Jonathan Miller courting investors for possible Yahoo buyout
The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0 —
... , is again in the headlines. This time, the former AOL CEO is said to be drumming up investors to purchase all or part of Yahoo, according to unnamed sources quoted by The Wall Street Journal. ...
Ex-AOL CEO Wants to Buy Yahoo for $30 Billion
Search Engine Journal —
... Jonathan Miller, the former AOL CEO, is making a powerplay to buy part of Yahoo or raise the money to acquire the entire company reports Jessica Vascellaro of the Wall Street Journal. According to the (other) Journal, Miller is talking to private investors and gathering other forms of funding in an effort to obtain Yahoo for $20 to $22 a share; which would mean raising somewhere around $30 billion in order to do so. ...
Ex-AOL CEO May Have A Mind To Buy Yahoo
WebProNews Feed —
... Jon Miller said to be raising money Jon Miller knows a few things about Internet companies and large amounts of money; he was the CEO of AOL for around four years, and is a founding partner of the Velocity Interactive Group investment firm. So try to at least not fall out of your chair laughing when we say he might attempt to buy Yahoo. Assuming a new report is at all true, Miller's not making the effort alone, of course. Jessica E. Vascellaro , citing "people familiar with the matter," writes, "Mr. Miller has been talking to private equity investors and sovereign wealth funds ...
Corporate Wolves Circle Yahoo's Goose
WebProNews Feed —
... to audition for the role of the new CEO, and that Miller himself whose candidacy as an Icahn-backed alternative board member was withdrawn due to his noncompete agreement with AOL was tapping foreign investors to raise money for a different bid on Yahoo, this one as reported also severely overpaying at an offering of $30 billion. Then again, he may have just been raising money ...
Another Bogus Yahoo Takeover Story - The WSJ Gets It Wrong
TechCrunch —
... Today’s Wall Street Journal story talking about yet another takeover attempt of Yahoo is incorrect, say our own sources. And unlike ...
Another Bogus Yahoo Takeover Story - The WSJ Gets It Wrong, And This Time People Lost Money
TechCrunch —
... Today’s Wall Street Journal story talking about yet another takeover attempt of Yahoo is incorrect, say out own sources. And unlike ...
Miller-Time for Yahoo?
Portfolio.com: Tech Observer —
... Miller is so confident that he can turn Yahoo around that he's out raising money from sovereign wealth funds and other investors in hopes of actually buying the company outright and taking it private, according to the Wall Street Journal. Miller currently runs venture capital shop Velocity Interactive Group. ...
Jonathan Miller Raising Money To Buy Yahoo!? Not Likely, WSJ
Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews —
... The WSJ fueled a rumor that Jonathan Miller is working with private equity companies to assemble a $28-$30 billion deal to buy out Yahoo! Yahoo!’s stock price went up to $11.50 per share as a result. Is this deal actually true though? I have my doubts. ...
Another Day, Another Questionable Yahoo Story Rocks the Stock
BoomTown —
... The stock seesaw for Yahoo–fueled this time by a story in The Wall Street Journal claiming that former AOL CEO Jon Miller was seriously buttonholing private equity firms for money to buy the Internet giant–continues. ...
Update: Miller NOT Gunning for Yahoo
Portfolio.com: Tech Observer —
Sam Gustin writes: Several reports now say that Jonathan Miller, routinely mentioned as a possible successor to Yahoo's outgoing chief executive Jerry Yang, is out raising money, but for his venture capital fund, not for a potential buyout of Yahoo, as the Wall Street Journal reported. Read my colleague Jeff Bercovici's post on how not just one but two Murdoch papers got it wrong. Related Links Murdoch Papers Spar Over Yahoo Buyout First Bytes: RIM, Yahoo, Twitter, Facebook, Apple ...
Murdoch Papers Spar Over Yahoo Buyout
Wired: Epicenter —
... Yesterday, the Journal sent markets scurrying with this online bulletin:
Former AOL chief Jonathan Miller is talking to investors about raising
money to purchase all or part of Yahoo Inc., a long-shot deal that
signals that investors' interest in the troubled Internet property has
yet to subside....Mr. Miller believes he can fashion a deal that would
be worth about $20 to $22 a share to Yahoo shareholders, these people
say, which would involve raising about $28 billion to $30 billion.
The full report appears ...
