News Corp. Appears To Close Door As AOL Opens One To A Potential Deal With Yahoo (Search Engine Land)

Monday News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch seemed to say that he won't be doing a deal with Yahoo, which argued that Yahoo had few options left in its bid to stay independent. However today, in an article in the NY Times , Time Warner Chief Jeffrey L. Bewkes said that he's ready to make a deal and potentially spin off AOL. That could mean a Yahoo-AOL announcement of some sort in the coming weeks. ...