Microsoft & News Corp versus Yahoo?

KingAlanI writes: "http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/10/technology/10google.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin The New York Times website is reporting that Microsoft is trying another angle in its bid for Yahoo: joining up with another behemoth, Murdoch's News Corporation. This is still very much in the preliminary stage, if anything,b ut an important development to consider. Conversely, the idea of Yahoo working with fellow Web giant Google, in a plan to counteract Microsoft's takeover plan, is also discussed."