Into extra innings...
Microsoft Corp., positioning itself for a new run for Yahoo Inc.'s search business, has approached other media companies in recent days about joining it in a deal that would effectively lead to Yahoo's breakup, say people familiar with the discussions.
Microsoft has held discussions with Time Warner Inc. and News Corp., among others, say people involved in the talks. In the past, Microsoft has floated an arrangement under which it would acquire Yahoo's search business and another partner, such as News Corp.'s MySpace or Time Warner's AOL, would combine forces with what remained of Yahoo. News Corp. is the owner of Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
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Yahoo, it has meanwhile emerged, may have been more eager than it initially let on to sell the company in one piece. In mid-May -- weeks after Microsoft withdrew its bid -- Yahoo offered to sell itself to Microsoft for about $33 a share, a price Yahoo had earlier rejected, say people familiar with the talks. Microsoft rebuffed the advance.
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