●ＹAHOOによるフェースブックの買収交渉

ＹAHOOによるフェースブックの買収交渉ですが進んでいるようです。しかし買収の話は昨年から出たり消えたりしており、結構、紆余曲折がありました。　YAHOOはYAHOO360が若者に受けなかった、その結果、若者の支持を失いつつあると総括しています。フェースブックの今年の広告収入は0.5億ドル以下ですが、来年は1億ドルになると予想されています。

でもフェースブックが指定地域で誰でも参加できる登録制度（これまでは大学や高校、会社のメールアカウント保持者に限定）に変更したことは評判悪いですね。

▼Yahoo Woos a Social Networking Site

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/technology/22facebook.html

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For Yahoo, an acquisition of Facebook would solve many problems. Yahoo has been trying, with little success, to build its own social networking service called Yahoo 360. Its brand is not seen as relevant by younger people, something the company has been trying to fix. Most of all, its growth has been slowing, increasing the gap between Yahoo and Google, which has become the largest Internet company.
Yahoo is losing its grip on the younger demographic,・said Jordan Rohan, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets, who said he thought that Yahoo should buy Facebook, even at a high price. it needs to buy its way out of this.・
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Yahoo itself has been inconsistent about its pursuit of Facebook. It made an offer last summer, then withdrew it in July, the day after it announced disappointing second-quarter earnings. And Yahoo, which has prided itself on financial discipline, is still unsure exactly how much it wants to pay for such a small business. Facebook will have revenue of less than $50 million this year, according to two people briefed on the company痴 finances, and hopes to take in more than $100 million next year. It has been profitable.
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山崎秀夫 / 日本ナレッジマネジメント学会専務理事