Verizon writes off most of Yahoo purchase
2017:
The closing of the deal, which Verizon first announced in July for a purchase price of $4.83 billion, had been delayed as the companies assessed the fallout from two data breaches that Yahoo disclosed last year.
Source: Verizon sought $925 million discount for Yahoo merger, got $350 million
Verizon folded Yahoo into a new business unit it named Oath.
2018:
As a result, the Company expects to record a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of approximately $4.6 billion ($4.5 billion after-tax) in the fourth quarter of 2018. The goodwill balance of the Oath reporting unit was approximately $4.8 billion prior to the incurrence of this impairment charge.
SEC Filing Item 8.01 – Other Events
Basically, Verizon has written off nearly the entire purchase price of Yahoo, as a loss.