Comments on: Microsoft Negotiating For Equity Stake In Facebook: Report http://paidcontent.org/2007/09/25/419-microsoft-negotiating-for-equity-stake-in-facebookl-report/ The economics of digital content Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:54:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Moses Kagan http://paidcontent.org/2007/09/25/419-microsoft-negotiating-for-equity-stake-in-facebookl-report/#comment-53380 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:16:25 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2007/09/25/419-microsoft-negotiating-for-equity-stake-in-facebookl-report/#comment-53380 I'd bet neither Google nor Microsoft will end up with the 5% stake being discussed. Instead, I think Facebook will sell the stake to financial investors in order to preserve commercial and strategic flexibility. Check out my blog, moseskagan.com, for a full analysis.

]]> By: Jon http://paidcontent.org/2007/09/25/419-microsoft-negotiating-for-equity-stake-in-facebookl-report/#comment-53379 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:51:55 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2007/09/25/419-microsoft-negotiating-for-equity-stake-in-facebookl-report/#comment-53379 Facebook is just the beginning. Both Microsoft and Yahoo! are doing everything possible to attempt to catch up with Google. The WSJ even reported today that Microsoft is using quiet backroom connections to attempt to get ad firms, Time Warner, and AT&T;to not suppport the Google-Doubleclick deal. NewsVisual did some great maps http://www.newsvisual.com/newsvisual/2007/09/microsoft-ties-.html that show the connections Microsoft has with Time Warner and AT&T;that they may have used to pressure them. If this does work there is the chance that Microsoft might be able to regain some of the online ad market it lost to Google.

]]> By: Staci D. Kramer http://paidcontent.org/2007/09/25/419-microsoft-negotiating-for-equity-stake-in-facebookl-report/#comment-53378 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:08:44 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2007/09/25/419-microsoft-negotiating-for-equity-stake-in-facebookl-report/#comment-53378 Thanks, David. Not sure what happened there but it's been fixed.

]]> By: David Mastio http://paidcontent.org/2007/09/25/419-microsoft-negotiating-for-equity-stake-in-facebookl-report/#comment-53377 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:03:38 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2007/09/25/419-microsoft-negotiating-for-equity-stake-in-facebookl-report/#comment-53377 "Adding to the mix: in late 2006, the NYPost would owe Microsoft a break-up fee if acquired by another company. "

Don't you mean that according to the NY Post, Facebook will owe the fee to Microsoft?

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