Time Warner to consider Google, Microsoft as partners
Elinor Mills Former Staff Writer
Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service and the Associated Press.
A report in the Financial Times says Time Warner's board will meet on Thursday to discuss whether to form a joint venture with Microsoft or sell a stake in America Online to Google. Citing unnamed sources, the paper said "serious discussions" continue with AOL rivals Google and Microsoft, but that talks with Yahoo have ended. A board decision isn't expected for a few weeks, the report said.