BEUC, a European consumer rights group, is just another body in the long line of companies objecting to Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick. The group outlined ad selection as well as privacy issues as their main concerns with the deal.
Jim Murray, director of BEUC, wrote in a warning to the EU commission “may have a negative impact on the selection of online content available to consumers and on privacy,” and added, “Through its acquisition of DoubleClick, Google could monopolise the online advertising business, thereby restricting competition and raising privacy concerns over control of data.”
As the opponents of this acquisition are growing …read more

The biggest headline yesterday was from the British TIMESONLINE who announced that News Corp explores swap of MySpace site for Yahoo! stake. According to the article, News Corp who owns Myspace, will be willing to give Myspace away in return for a 30 per cent stake in Yahoo. This means a return of $12.3 billion for their $580 million investment only 2 years ago.
Myspace is currently working exclusively with Google for powering its search feature as well as ad platform and a Yahoo takeover may mean a big blow for Google, considering Myspace is the one of the most visited …read more