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[Frozenprince]

Like, without name brand recognition what is Yahoo even worth?

 

[Kayhan]

What does Altaba even mean?

It is like an alt account for members of ABBA.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Can someone clarify what Verizon owns and what Altaba owns?

It is like an alt account for members of ABBA.

Yeah like how Kayhan is an alt account for members of NeoGAF

 

[EatinOlives]

So...uh...what is "Altaba" gonna be working on?

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Will this affect Yahoo Japan or are they a separate entity? I know the Yahoo brand is still pretty strong over there.

 

[itwasTuesday]

This news isn't even up on Yahoo! news yet.

 

[Netherscourge]

Alt-ABBA?

Is that like Kid Rock with backup singers?

 

[Baroquemantic]

Wow, that name is turrible.

 

[How About No]

But what will happen to my spam email account

 

[JohnTinker]

That is a spectacularly bad name.

 

[Business]

I used to have a client called Altaba. Name sucks.

 

[StrategyFan]

Like, without name brand recognition what is Yahoo even worth?

verizon gets the yahoo brand

they only bought the 'core business' (or whatever the actual terms of sale were), so there's still a lot of stuff outside the core business that needs to belong to some company not called yahoo. now they have a name for that entity

 

[Kaze Kyou]

Good riddance to Yahoo, but I'm just worried about what it means for my Flickr account.

 

[Kitoro]

I wish I could've bought it and renamed it to Wahoo, converting it to a Klonoa fan site.

 

[itwasTuesday]

 

[Eggbok]

So what does this mean for tumblr.

 

[ReAxion]

surely this is some kind of virtual arson case...

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Pray for Tumblr.

 

[Dr.Acula]

This has got to be some kind of google/alphabet type scenario, right?

 

[Blastoise]

So this is just the name for the holding company (which owns the Alibaba shares). Everything Yahoo related will be given to Verizon.

 

[Teggy]

I hope this means the Yahoo front page is being shut down. They have some shady sources in their feed.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Seems like a horrible idea for a name.

 

[D4Danger]

So what does this mean for tumblr.

rebranding to Altumb

 

[How About No]

Pea.......tear......Griffin.....Peter Griffin! Aw dammit

So what does this mean for tumblr.

They better not touch my favorite lewd artists

 

[The Real Abed]

What about us Mac users? Where's my Commandtaba?

Also, what happens to Tumblr?

 

[Vanillalite]

How long before this company is worthless?

Celebrity CEO miserable failure strikes again.

She made mad bank doe.

 

[Dali]

What does this mean for my email address domain?

 

[Lord Error]

... they really didn't think the Alt+Tab would be a common thing associated with this name?

 

[MikeHattsu]

Hm... Hope they don't mess up Flickr.

 

[Vicetrailia]

Big payday for Mayer, for doing nothing.

 

[sunshine and gasoline]

What a shame that they have to give up the Yahoo name, it is far superior to their new one.

 

[Netherscourge]

Trump should appoint her to head of US Cyber Security.

She can report directly to his son-in-law.

 

[bryehn]

Let me just Alt-tab right out of there.

Shit.

 

[Just_myles]

Does anyone know what will happen to yahoo japan?

 

[chadskin]

Can someone clarify what Verizon owns and what Altaba owns?

The sale does not include Yahoo’s cash, its shares in Alibaba Group Holdings, its shares in Yahoo Japan, Yahoo’s convertible notes, certain minority investments, and Yahoo’s non-core patents (called the Excalibur portfolio). These assets will continue to be held by Yahoo, which will change its name at closing and become a registered, publicly traded investment company. Yahoo will provide additional information about the investment company at a future date.

http://www.verizon.com/about/news/verizon-acquire-yahoos-operating-business

 

[Corleth the Fey]

Just think, some fucko proly got paid millions to come up with that atrocious name.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

oh lol. alt tab away from that shit.

 

[entremet]

She made mad bank doe.

That's a given.

 

[Purkake4]

My Firefox search just spontaneously turned from Google to Yahoo...

 

[aspiegamer]

Like, I get that the brand is nothing like it used to be in its heyday (over a decade ago), but ditching a proven brand name worth billions is still risky as hell. And yeah it sounds like the name of a disease or some medicine. "YouTube Red" is at least funny-awful, but this is awful-awful.

But what will happen to my spam email account

I too am curious! I still use that for ... uh... stuff!

 

[yanipheonu]

Of all the many problems with Yahoo, the name was not one.

Baffling.

 

[hamchan]

Wow that seems incredibly dumb to change such a well known brand.

 

[23qwerty]

Of all the many problems with Yahoo, the name was not one.

Baffling.

Not really? Seems logical Verizon would want the name too.

 

[WillyFive]

That is so incompetent in so many levels it's staggering. The one (1) core thing Yahoo still had left....

 

[Mariolee]

Yahoo makes the stupidest decisions.

 

[Mortimer Brewster]

Time for a MYGA hashtag.

 

[entremet]

Y'all remember Yahoo magazine lmao

 

[Zeus Molecules]

Did Alibaba come up with the name?

What's gonna happen to my Yahoo Fantasy Sports. Guess I shoulda picked ESPN

fuck yahoo fantasy sports app is so much better than ESPN's

 

[Hazmat]

My old email address is now <embarrasinghighschoolshit>@altaba.com.

 

[hipbabboom]

Sounds like a prescription drug.

Ask your doctor if Altaba is right for you.

Altaba makes my stool drip