Private equity giant Apollo Management completed its acquisition of Yahoo in a deal valued at $5B in cash. Yahoo (formerly owned by Verizon) will operate as a standalone company under Apollo Global Management. Yahoo CEO Guru Gowrappan... Read More
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Private equity firm Apollo Global Management has acquired Verizon’s media group for $5 billion, the two companies announced Monday. Verizon Media, which includes properties from the former internet empires of AOL and Yahoo, will be rebranded... Read More
Despite the shutdown of Go90, Verizon’s attempt to create mobile-first programming for young audiences, brands and marketers have more options for long-form online video than ever. The three-year-old Go90 never quite figured out how to grab a big... Read More
The industry can stop waiting for Verizon to announce its own subscription over-the-top (OTT) video play. Speaking to Yahoo Finance, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said his company will focus on partnering with an existing OTT provider rather than building... Read More
Verizon will join Amazon as an official NFL streaming partner in 2017. The Wall Street Journal’s Joe Flint reports that Verizon has purchased the rights to exclusively stream the Baltimore Ravens-Jacksonville Jaguars game live on September 24 for a... Read More