The story issued in today’s edition of Wall Street Journal in regards to yet another Yahoo takeover attempt was incorrect. And unlike the story released by The Times over this weekend, which was almost similarly fabricated (with both publications News Corp.-owned), this one had direct effects on the market.

The story released today has Jonathan Miller, former CEO of AOL, out to pitch private equity fund for raising $28 - $30 billion in an attempt to acquire Yahoo.

Miller, in association with his partner at Velocity Interactive Group, Ross Levinsohn, was also holding the center stage in the weekend story released by The Times.

Sources reveal that while Levinsohn & Miller have been maintaining regular contacts with Microsoft & Yahoo shareholders and executives for months in regards to the future of Yahoo, they haven’t yet made any discussions with private equity funds for raising capital in order to take over the organization.

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Is it possible that Yahoo would merge with AOL to keep Microsoft out of the picture? While this may sound like a silly idea for a company the size of Yahoo, it has been a topic of great discussion this past week. When it comes down to it, Yahoo needs to make some sort of move before Microsoft decides to step things up in an attempt to take over the company via a proxy battle.

This is an interesting rumor to keep an eye on for several reasons. First and foremost, AOL offers a lot of content through a number of services. This would fit in well with Yahoo’s goal of increasing their performance in the online advertising world. While Google is the king of this world right now, a Yahoo-AOL merger could definitely mean bad news for the company.

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