Facebook Might Sell to Yahoo

The Wall Street Journal says today that Facebook is in serious negotiations to sell to Yahoo! for somewhere around $1 billion. The paper reports (subscription) that the start-up has been in talks with Microsoft and Viacom but talks with Yahoo! are the most substantial.

I think that Yahoo! would be a wonderful new owner and would build it out right. After all, who can create communities of scale better than Yahoo?

If this happens, the three co-founders could do well -- we figure that they will get a payout of something in the nine-figure range. Not bad for two college-drop outs and a 2006 graduate. I interviewed co-founder Chris Hughes in July in Palo Alto, and I reposted the interview in consideration in today's interest in Facebook. He gives a good overview of the company and its meteoric rise. Chris just graduated from Harvard in May!

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[joshnow4u]

hes young hes hot and he has a brain. im up for marriage! =D

[depsecdef]

he's sp hot

[rockintherain]

adsadkjsdgs he's so eloquent and brilliant and attractive and badass

[joejacksonriley]

@betraysex and he is gay...

[betraysex]

God,hes amazing!

[Skyhighblu]

@marzkizer lol they have access to everyone's information on fb. creepy good thing i do not have this lol.

[BksFaBoLouS]

guess some people are meant to be brilliant

[SuperDziugas]

hes fucking rich :o

[matthewdriftking]

@joshnow4u Haha ;)

[dennis3380]

youll marry a gay....... LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[dennis3380]

hes GAY!!!!