The U.K.’s Daily Mail has emerged as a suitor for Yahoo Inc.’s assets, joining a wide group of interested companies said to include telecom giant Verizon Communications Inc. as an April 18 deadline for preliminary offers nears. Daily Mail, the British newspaper and global tabloid website, said on Monday that it is in preliminary talks with other investors to launch a bid for Yahoo, confirming a report on Sunday by The Wall Street Journal. ...
The Yahoo Mail is reported to be in preliminary talks with private equity firms to make a bid for Yahoo , expressing interest in the company 's news and media properties . The takeover , which would see the complete acquisition of Yahoo by a private equity firm , could result in the formation of a new company combining Yahoo 's news and media properties with Dailymail.com and Elite Daily . If successful , the Yahoo takeover could significantly boost the presence of the Daily Mail in the US , which had 66.7 million unique US visitors in February .