phranque - 10:29 am on Apr 30, 2007 (gmt 0)

from ny times [nytimes.com]:

Yahoo plans to acquire Right Media, a privately held company that runs an advertising marketplace, in part to bolster its position as a seller and broker of ads outside its own sprawling network of Web sites, the companies’ chief executives said yesterday. Yahoo, which bought a 20 percent stake in Right Media last October, will pay approximately $680 million, in equal parts of stock and cash, for the remaining interest in the company, which is based in New York. “The acquisition, to us, is a key step toward executing our long-term vision to build the leading advertising and publisher ecosystem both on and off the Yahoo network,” Terry S. Semel, Yahoo’s chief executive, said in an interview. The deal is to be announced today and is expected to close in three months.