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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Verizon Buys Yahoo

Hosted by Madeleine Brand Jul. 25, 2016

Telecom giant Verizon announced this morning that it wants to buy Yahoo for nearly $5 billion. This is the second fading tech company Verizon has purchased recently; last year, they acquired AOL. Why are they buying companies that were popular years ago, and how do we judge the tenure of Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s much-ballyhooed CEO?

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Guest:
Kara Swisher - Recode

Host:
Madeleine Brand

Producers:
Matt Holzman, Anna Scott, Jolie Myers, Christian Bordal, Sarah Sweeney

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