Microsoft Withdraws Its Bid for Yahoo!
I’ve just seen this news on the New York Times website. Looks to be the first mention of it. No doubt more will come flooding in over the next week or so months, so I’ll update with more links as decent articles come along…
New York Times: Microsoft Withdraws Its Bid for Yahoo
New York Times: Microsoft’s Letter to Yahoo
The Guardian: Yahoo takeover
Microsoft: Microsoft Issues Statement Regarding Yahoo! (talking again, possibly buying parts of Yahoo rather than the whole company?)
The Guardian: Merger hopes revived after Microsoft talks resume
The Guardian: Google may be Yahoo’s white knight
Read Write Web: Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, and Facebook: War of the Worlds II
The Guardian: Yahoo spurns Microsoft for advertising deal with Google