Yahoo! is in talks to buy a controlling stake in France Telecom’s online-video site Dailymotion, according to people familiar with the talks, in what would be Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer’s first major deal since taking over the Web pioneer last year. Yahoo could buy as much as 75 percent of Dailymotion as part of an ownership structure that is under consideration, these people said.
The site could be valued at around $300 million, one of these people said, and would help Yahoo! gain a bigger toehold in online video in parts of Europe and Asia.