Microsoft and Time Warner Team Up Against Google 137
PlayfullyClever wrote to mention a Reuters report on an online advertising deal between Microsoft and Time Warner. The two companies are teaming up to take on Google's advertising network. From the article: "The [WSJ] said the two companies were now focusing on a deal that would combine their advertising-related assets, with little or no money changing hands. It said they expected to reach an agreement before the end of the year, but that it was still possible that Time Warner's America Online unit could strike a deal with competitor Google instead."
Google Must Be Quaking In Their Boots (Score:5, Funny)
TW/AOL:Losses in the billions.
Microsoft Entertainment/Internet Operations: Losses in the billions
Google have every right to be worried. With the losses these two titans amass, they could well suck up a lot of advertising revenue on the way to losing record billions.
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