HALISTER: Time Inc Said to Consider PE Partner for Yahoo Bid: Reuters

Time Inc Said to Consider PE Partner for Yahoo Bid: Reuters

(Bloomberg) -- Time Inc is said to consider partnering with a PE firm on bid for Yahoo’s core Internet assets, Reuters reports, citing unidentified people familiar.
  • Time hopes that Yahoo will allow bidders to form consortia after 1st-round bid submission due April 11
  • Time hasn’t selected any PE as potential partner
  • PE firms weighing bids include Blackstone, KKR, TPG, Apax Partners, Warburg Pincus, Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman
  • Spokespeople for Yahoo, Time and the PE firms declined to comment: Reuters
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YHOO US (Yahoo! Inc)
TIME US (Time Inc)
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