Yahoo approaches Hulu about possible acquisition

This is really quite sad. In 1999, Yahoo bought the streaming media company (not just video, but radio/sports/original content/etc) I worked for, broadcast.com. They then proceeded to slowly drive the property into the ground, to where now, there's so little of it left it's pathetic.<p>If they had really grasped on to what we were doing back then, and ran with it, Yahoo would have come out ahead of YouTube, Google Video, and, I could imagine, many of the current streaming radio players out there now (lastfm, rdio, etc).<p>But that didn't happen. They silently killed off what they spent so much on to buy.

Is Hulu even an acquisition target at <i>any</i> reasonable price? I always felt the media co backers of Hulu(Viacom, Time Warner etc.) want to keep it independent and use it more to progress their corporate cause than make a return by selling Hulu.<p>I'd put Hulu as one of the least likely companies to be acquired.

I haven't really loved Hulu, in fact just today I canceled my premium free trial with them... but they don't deserve <i>that!</i> Nobody deserves death-by-acquisition-by-Yahoo.

I read the title and half expected an article about Yahoo! asking Hulu to save them.

This can only end badly with AOL acquiring Hulu and running 10+ minutes of ads per 23 min show.<p>Yes I realize this is about Yahoo but I don't think they can afford it.

Does anyone else think Hulu would be a good acquisition for Google, especially now that they have Google TV? It would've been better if they bought Netflix a while ago, but Hulu seems to be like the next best thing. Plus, it's based on ads and everything.

It seems like Yahoo has decided to bet on their Connected TV brand, with this bid for hulu and recent acquisition of IntoNow makes it pretty clear. This may be a better direction for their display ad business instead of generic internet services.

Yahoo simply isn't going to be able to buy themselves out of the hole they've made. Honestly, I'd be surprised if they could muster an offer that Hulu would find appealing.

Well, Hulu comes pre-neglected, so it will fit right in to Yahoo's portfolio management.

I personally think Yahoo is Corporate greed at its highest. Nothing good has come from Yahoo management and higher ups. The only good that has come have been from developers. To me personally, I think Yahoo is all about money now. Hulu would make another target to rake in profits and then dismiss or run into the ground like other commentors.

As a talent acquisition to get a hold of Jason Kilar, CEO of Hulu, I'd love to see this happen.<p>Kilar gets online media, gets working with the content providers, gets ad driven content businesses.

Am I the only one who doesn't understand why Yahoo is even still around? Since at least three years I have only heard about Yahoo products because they were canceled.

Can we have it the other way around?

Hulu to buy Yahoo? Impressive.

If Yahoo acquires Hulu, does that mean it will come to Canada? Pleasee!!!