Verizon Communications Inc. is reportedly closing in on a deal to acquire Yahoo!’s core business for about $5 Billion. The deal would give Verizon a powerful collection of content and revenue from ad related to that content. Verizon has been buying up Internet and ad technology companies, like AOL, to compete in a mobile advertising market dominated by Google and Facebook. Yahoo! has millions of users, and a collection of websites like Flickr, Tumblr, Yahoo Finance, and Yahoo Sports, including some digital-ad technology like Flurry and BrightRoll.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2016/07/verizon-yahoo-acquisition.html