September 29, 2008

Technology and News Publications Interview Partner for Insight on Google/Yahoo Partnership

Will consumers will be harmed by an agreement that apparently reduces competition between Yahoo and Google? The U.S. Justice Department and the European Commission are considering a rejection of the deal on anticompetitive grounds. Meanwhile Yahoo and Google are making cases in Washington to argue on behalf of their deal and try to win over support.

The scope of the dilemma is broad; business and technology publications have contacted Dorsey's Chris Karagheuzoff to lend insight on the issue.

E-Commerce Times: "It is true that there are few guideposts for the competitive authorities."   Read the full article here. 

Quoted in a second article here: Advertisers no doubt are worried that the transaction will ultimately result in fewer options and higher prices as Google -- when it comes to online search advertising -- essentially swallows Yahoo. "But by no means does there appear to be any consensus, at least among lawmakers, that the partnership is necessarily anticompetitive, and that a suit to block it won't ultimately stifle online market growth and innovation," he said.

Marketwatch:  "'What a lot of legislators have raised concerns about aren't antitrust issues, they're privacy issues."  Read the full article here.