“Given the success of DailyMail.com and Elite Daily, we have been in discussions with a number of parties who are potential bidders for Yahoo,” a spokesman said.
The Daily Mail newspaper and its globally popular online news website, as well as US website Elite, are owned by British media publishing giant Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT).
Sunday’s Wall Street Journal had reported that the Daily Mail was in discussions with a wide group of interested companies regarding a possible bid for Yahoo.
The Wall Street Journal, which cited people familiar with the matter, said there were half a dozen private equity firms to help finance a possible bid.
Struggling Yahoo has been briefing prospective buyers of its core assets, according to previous US media reports that indicated the list of suitors also included US telecommunications titan Verizon, Google-parent Alphabet, and Time Inc.
Yahoo has set a Monday deadline for preliminary bids.
Again citing sources, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Daily Mail’s potential Yahoo bid could take one of two forms.
