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the first time considering Microsoft announced its intentions to buy Yahoo, I see a single way the coupling might make (a small bit of) sense. of late yesterday (April nine), Yahoo is now rumored to get considering a merger with AOL (talk about the greatest anti-Microsoft poison capsule!). And Microsoft is claimed to get talking to News Corp. about going in together around the Yahoo acquisition bid. My ZDNet blogging colleague Larry Dignan has the many latest gory information within the tit-for-tat Microsoft-Yahoo saga. every one of these leaks and rumors, the 1 that’s most intriguing to me is the possible Microsoft-News Corp. tie-up. What if the pair does manage to get Yahoo — and then decides to create some kind of independent subsidiary that would combine the assets of Yahoo, MSN and MySpace? wasn’t that long ago that Silicon Alley Insider Henry Blodget was suggesting that a Microsoft-Yahoo partnership might work if the pair spun it off. From Blodgett last May: Microsoft spun out Yahoo-MSN,Office 2010 Professional, the company would be able to recruit the best talent, run it’s own show, and, if necessary, compete with Microsoft (which it would never be able to do freely as a division–this is the primary reason an outright acquisition would be a disaster). The company could have an exclusive technology deal with Microsoft and get 1st crack at all partnerships. Most importantly, existing Microsoft and Yahoo shareholders would benefit from every one of the upside–because they would be the combined company’s single largest shareholders.” (including Blodget) have argued that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer & Co. would never agree to such an arrangement. Just look at how they fought the Department of Justice’s suggestion that they cleave Microsoft into a Windows company and an “everything else” company back from the 90s,Office 2010 Professional Plus Key, they doubters claim. I’d argue that Microsoft in 2008 can be more amenable to spinning off a subsidiary inside name of maintaining the people and the more entrepreneurial culture. Look what happened last year with Bungie. Sure, the Bungie (Halo) folks had to practically mutiny to get themselves unhitched from Microsoft, but they did it. And a number of teams inside the Microsoft Entertainment and Devices division have been acting closer to independent subsidiaries than part of the Redmond juggernaut. (Think Xbox,Office Home And Stude/nt 2010 Key, Zune, Pink,Discount Office 2007, etc.) all the regulatory questions for the moment,Windows 7 Pro, do you think a Microsoft-Yahoo-MySpace combo would work as an independent subsidiary or separate company, bankrolled by Microsoft and News Corp.?