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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Verizon Buys Yahoo

    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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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 25, 2016 • 1 min read

    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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    3 of 5
    A Rocky Start to the Democratic National Convention
    1. 0:30Are Democrats United?
    2. 11:01On the Ground at the DNC
    3. 18:50Verizon Buys YahooYou’re reading this
    4. 26:35Social Media and Body Image
    5. 41:10Wildfires and Global Warming
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