The deal doesn’t include the company’s patents at this stage, it does include real estate assets. The non-core sale of intellectual property assets will be sold separately, bloomberg.com reports.
Verizon has been buying up internet and advertising technology companies, including AOL. Yahoo has millions of users, a collection of websites including Flickr, Tumblr and Yahoo Finance and Sports and some digital-ad tech like Flurry and BrightRoll.
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