Yahoo! Ex-CEO Terry Semel Job
Hunting in Sun Valley, Google
NOT Buying Facebook, Murdoch
and Business TV, Richard
Morgan Debriefs with
Beet.TVRichard Morgan is back
from the super high level
media mogul retreat hosted by
Allen & Company in Sun Valley
where he was covering the
annual event for The Deal,
where he is a staff

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Yahoo! Ex-CEO Terry Semel Job
Hunting in Sun Valley, Google
NOT Buying Facebook, Murdoch
and Business TV, Richard
Morgan Debriefs with
Beet.TVRichard Morgan is back
from the super high level
media mogul retreat hosted by
Allen & Company in Sun Valley
where he was covering the
annual event for The Deal,
where he is a staff
editor.Richard is a former
editor of Adweek, advertising
columnist for the New York
Observer and author. I worked
with him back in the late
eighties when I published
AdTalk a Web site about
digital media. I caught up
with him yesterday in the
lovely Madison Park, near our
world broadcast center on 22nd
Street.Richard told me that
working in Sun Valley was one
tough reporting job as
journalists were barred from
sessions, meals and even
using the same restrooms.
Geez. However, he met few big
shots including Google
co-founder Sergey Brin, who
denied any interest in Google
acquiring Facebook. That's a
relief :)Richard said that
former Yahoo! boss Terry Semel
was job hunting among the
elite. In my interview with
Richard, he speculates that a
sale of Yahoo! is likely
within six months and the most
likely buyer is Microsoft. We
shall see -- but based on
positive news of the latest
quarterly results and a new
100-day plan, Yahoo! might be
on the upswing and acquisition
could be pricey.Richard also
talks about the expected News
Corporation acquisition of Dow
Jones -- and how this all
plays into business
television. DealScape has a
very good timeline about the
acquisition efforts by
Murdoch.Grab the embed code of
Richard's interview.-- Andy
PlesserComing Clean: The Deal
is a client of Plesser
Holland, the public relations
firm I founded and run with my
good buddy Kent Holland.Posted
on Wednesday, July 18, 2007

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Tags Richard, Morgan, Terry, Semel, Yahoo!, Murdoch, Dow, Jones, News, Corporation