As if there aren't enough rumors and speculation floating around about the future of Yahoo right now, Jupitermedia CEO Alan Meckler thinks Yahoo should buy Dow Jones.  I ran across the story at Seeking Alpha and followed the links back to Meckler's original blog post.

Meckler asserts that Yahoo's real strength is as a media company and a financial institution, not a search engine.  Hypothetically speaking, Meckler says that if he were in charge of Yahoo he'd capitalize on those strengths by purchasing Dow Jones.  He thinks a purchase in that arena would separate Yahoo from Google and turn it into a "true media company powerhouse".

I have nothing against Yahoo, per say.  But I think they need major help.  I think they need to get their own ducks in a row before they venture out and buy other companies to screw up.  A Dow Jones purchase at this time would spread the company even thinner than some think it already is.  Once things are working smoothly again inside the walls of Yahoo's current operation then, and only then, should they consider any kind of major corporate acquisition.

That is my idea for today.