The U.K.’s Daily Mail has emerged as a suitor for Yahoo Inc.’s assets, joining a wide group of interested companies said to include telecom giant Verizon Communications Inc. as an April 18 deadline for preliminary offers nears.

Daily Mail, the British newspaper and global tabloid website, said on Monday that it is in preliminary talks with other investors to launch a bid for Yahoo, confirming a report on Sunday by The Wall Street Journal.

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