DISQUS

The times has figured out that people are going to other sites to connect and comment on stories. Politics creates passion in some folks and that means millions of page views for the Times if they develop the right system.

If you already didn't think those types of tricks would void your warranty you were living in some customer service dream world.

If they can figure out how to cut out all the crap search results they'll win the search race when they get bought out by Yahoo (likely buyer if their software actually works).

Looks like holding out a few months got the guys twice as much plus some jobs at Disney. Maybe thats what they wanted all along? I really doubt it was the charity aspect. I think it was the valuation.

But Pete, did you line up all day just to hand someone $500?

Like you stated if the numberrs actually stand up the deal is great for Yahoo as long as they don't mess things up to much (real revenue-good stuff). The very focused audience is great for ad sales. They'll save some decent cash on the back-end tech costs since Yahoo should easily be able to incorporate that into their network.

This is great buy by Yahoo. Not only is the price not crazy (bonus actuall revenue) but the audience is already being delivered. The content is great and very focused for ad sales. Smart move by Yahoo hopefully they don't mess it up in the longterm.

I think Jerry might not have been liking this move which might have forced his move back into the picture at Yahoo last week.