Lawmakers Express Concern Over Yahoo-Google Deal

Friday, 20 June 2008

Following months of fending off a Microsoft takeover, Yahoo announced last week that they had entered into a non-exclusive advertising agreement with Google. Much in the same way many were concerned about a Yahoo-Microsoft merger, there are already those skeptical of a Yahoo-Google arrangement, including some pretty prominent lawmakers.

Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, wrote a letter to Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang on Thursday, expressing his concern about Yahoo’s recently announced deal with Google:

“I am concerned about how this collaboration will impact competition within the online search advertising industry,” said Barton.

Under the terms of the deal, Google will provide Yahoo with access to AdSense for search and AdSense for content adverting programs on their U.S. and Canadian web properties. The companies have also said that they will work to enable interoperability between their respective instant messaging services. (more…)

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