The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a formal investigation into the online advertising deal between Google and Yahoo, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
Information provided by anonymous sources say that the Justice Department’s antitrust investegation will be seeking documentation from both Google and Yahoo as well as other large internet and media companies.
Under the deal announced by Google and Yahoo last month, Yahoo has the option to display Google ads adjacent on Yahoo Search results pages and on the pages of its publishing partners in the United States and Canada. The two companies also committed to make their instant messaging networks interoperable.
The Google-Yahoo deal is nonexclusive, meaning that Yahoo is free to enter into similar deals with Microsoft or other companies.
The two have delayed the deal 3 months to allow the antirust review to take place and ensure the deal is acceptable.
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