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Altaba Inc. was a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company based in New York City [2] that was formed from the remains of the first incarnation of Yahoo! Inc. after Verizon had acquired old Yahoo's Internet business. [3] Verizon completed its acquisition on June 13, 2017, and put the assets under a new subsidiary named Yahoo!
The sale will see online media brands under the former Yahoo and AOL umbrellas like TechCrunch, Yahoo Finance and Engadget go to Apollo. Verizon sells Yahoo and AOL businesses to Apollo for $5 billion
(Reuters) -Verizon Communications Inc is getting rid of its media businesses that include iconic brands Yahoo and AOL for $5 billion, ending an expensive and unsuccessful run in the media and ...
AOL and Yahoo are being sold again, this time to a private equity firm. Verizon will sell Verizon Media, which consists of the pioneering tech platforms, to Apollo Global Management in a $5 ...
The company is headquartered in Manhattan, New York. [15] As of December 2019, the company employed about 10,350 people. [2] [16]A year after the completion of the AOL acquisition, Verizon announced a $4.8 billion deal for Yahoo!'s core Internet business, to invest in the Internet company's search, news, finance, sports, video, emails and Tumblr products. [17]
Yahoo's first acquisition was the purchase of Net Controls, a web search engine company, in September 1997 for US$1.4 million. As of April 2008, the company's largest acquisition is the purchase of Broadcast.com , an Internet radio company, for $5.7 billion, making Broadcast.com co-founder Mark Cuban a billionaire.
On Monday, Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) announced an agreement to sell Verizon Media, including Yahoo and AOL, to Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) for a total sum of $5 billion.
Yahoo 360° was a blogging/social networking beta service launched in March 2005 by Yahoo and closed on July 13, 2009. [112] Yahoo Mash beta was another social service closed after one year of operation prior to leaving beta status. [113] Yahoo Photos was shut down on September 20, 2007, in favor of integration with Flickr.