Monday, 11 April 2016

A Yahoo-Daily Mail merger could turn the internet into “the worst kind of tabloid”

A Yahoo-Daily Mail merger could turn the internet into “the worst kind of tabloid”

The company that owns the British tabloid the Daily Mail—and its highly trafficked website—is exploring a potential bid for Yahoo with the help of a private equity backer, the Wall Street Journal reports. While the Daily Mail & General Trust is just one of dozens of players that may bid for Yahoo, if the company succeeds, news on the internet may never be the same, pushing the Daily Mail’s trademark brand of incendiary, lightly sourced, heavily borrowed tabloid journalism to more users.
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