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Good job Yahoo!

In only a couple months, Yahoo managed to not only lose a huge premium on the buyout of the stock, they also inked a deal with Google which will not only NOT help Yahoo! but hasten their death.

The whole  Yahoo Board of Directors along with Jerry Yang should be thrown out of their office and bitch-slapped.  Before Microsofts offer, YHOO was trading at the 20 level.  Microsoft put in a bid of $35.  A very healthy premium in a market getting crushed.  Not only did Yahoo! not jump at the chance to close the deal, but Jerry Yang had nothing but contempt for the offer.  He must have been channeling that girl in his high school that was too hot to notice him.

Mark my worlds.  Yahoo will never hit $33.

Why?  Because Yahoo! inked a deal with Google that makes Yahoo! entirely dependent on Google ads.  It won’t take long for Yahoo users to skip right on past Yahoo and go straight to Google.  After the conclusion of this deal, Google will have left Yahoo! entirely dependent on Google.  At that point, Yahoo will be so weakened that they will either whither away and die, or get picked up at a fraction of todays price.

If I were a Yahoo shareholder (I am not) I’d ditch the shares as soon as possible and watch the carnage.

See Ya Yahoo!  It was nice knowing you!!!

MTV has continued their proud slide into the abyss. MTV has long bragged theirs is the only movie awards show for the young audience. Well, if that young audience is functionally brain dead or in a coma, that might be true.

The reason MTV got into the movie awards business was to give categories and awards that the average movie goer could identify with.

Now there are only 9 awards, and all of them are popularity contests. You know who wins before they even announce it. The rest is bullshit filler done with all the talent you’d expect from skits that have less humor and originality than your shitty high school homecoming sketches.

If that weren’t enough, they drag out their sad MTV made “celebrities.” People whose only talent is fucking up basic job duties and getting fucked by homeless band members with rich parents.  They are held up as Hollywood Stars when they aren’t qualified to work in the craft services department.