Google's Sergey Brin is bummed. MySpace slackers-in-chief Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe probably couldn't taste their breakfast this morning either. It's the day after Microsoft and Facebook's announcement and while we know for the pair it was a salesman's win-win-win, somebody's got to be the lose-lose-loser. But cheer up, Google and MySpace, the verdict is in and it ain't you.

Three years ago today, Henry Blodget and Jessica Reif Cohen gave the AOL/TW merger a big fat "buy" rating. "Wall Street responded favorably today. AOL jumped $7.13 to $56.06, and Time Warner rose $7.25 to $81.06."
Analysts bullish on AOL/TW merger [CNET via Anil]