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Microsoft, Verizon ink search deal

By Todd Bishop on January 7, 2009 at 11:53 AM PST

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LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft has beaten out Google and Yahoo for a search deal with mobile giant Verizon, according to a Reuters report today. This was one of the news items the Redmond company was trying to keep under wraps until tonight's Consumer Electronics Show keynote, but Reuters says Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg let the news slip at a Citigroup conference.

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ArmchairQB said:

on January 7, 2009 at 3:30 PM

Isn't this bad news for Medio (unfortunately)?

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John Cook said:

on January 7, 2009 at 5:44 PM

I have emails into the Medio folks to see what it means. No word so far.

John Cook

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John Cook said:

on January 7, 2009 at 6:02 PM

I just heard back from Medio, the Seattle mobile search startup that has been working with Verizon for some period.

They are not commenting on the deal.

You can speculate on what that means. But as reported here, Medio was tied into the Google efforts to win a deal with Verizon

http://tinyurl.com/7yb7e8

John Cook

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