Yahoo! is under pressure to streamline its portfolio of assets, too.

The need for clarity and focus is not limited to new media companies only.  Venerable 121-year old retail empire Sears is planning to give a lot more autonomy to its various units, as well.

Sears Holdings Corporation, the publicly traded parent of Kmart and Sears, Roebuck and Co., is the nation’s fourth largest broadline retailer with over $50 billion in annual revenues and approximately 3,800 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada.

Maybe it’s time to spin off StreetMojo.com, MetaMojo.com from WatchMojo.com?

The financial crunch might force a bunch of mergers and acquisitions, but after a heady period of consolidation in numerous other industries, it is possible that we might see some divestments, too.