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The owner of Britain’s Daily Mail is in early discussions over a bid for the ailing U.S. Internet company Yahoo.
The Wall Street Journal first reported Sunday that the media company is speaking with private equity firms about an offer.
A spokesman for DailyMail.com said that, given the success of that site and Elite Daily, it has “been in discussions with a number of parties who are potential bidders.” He said the talks are in a very early stage and that there is no certainty any transaction will take place.
Yahoo did not respond to a request for comment.
The company is under intense pressure to revive its revenue growth, and activist investor Starboard Value, a big stakeholder, is pushing for a change in leadership.
Earlier this year Yahoo cut 15 percent of its workforce, 1,700 employees, along with branches of the company that CEO Marissa Mayer deemed unworthy of continued support.
French tourism rose in 2015 despite attacks
PARIS >> The overall number of tourists visiting France in 2015 rose marginally compared with the year before, despite the two deadly attacks in Paris in January and November.
Government figures released Friday shows that 84.5 million tourists visited continental France, an increase of 0.9 percent compared with 2014.
The Nov. 13 attacks in which 130 people died had a negative impact, with a drop of 15 percent in the numbers of foreign visitors traveling to Paris in November and December. Before that massacre, two shooters had stormed the office of a satirical newspaper in January, killing a dozen people.
The largest increase was among tourists coming from Asia, whose numbers grew by 22.7 percent. The number of American tourists also increased considerably, by 15.2 percent compared with 2014.
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