Yahoo in the news

November 14, 2007

INTERNET

Yahoo to pay Chinese families

A week after lawmakers shamed its executives as moral "pygmies," Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday reached an out-of-court settlement with the families of two Chinese journalists thrown into jail for dissidence after the company disclosed their identities to local police.

December 6, 2006

Yahoo's CEO makes big changes at the top

SAN FRANCISCO — A broad restructuring at Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday will result in the departures of the company's chief operating officer and Lloyd Braun, the former ABC television chief who was hired two years ago to bolster the Internet giant's relationships in Hollywood.

Yahoo tests the power of packaging user content

Yahoo Inc. may have missed buying YouTube Inc., but the Internet giant is trying to cash in on the amateur-video craze by layering slick TV-style programming on top of it.

Shows on Web have been more miss than hit

Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg, actor-producer Ashton Kutcher and reality TV impresario Mark Burnett are just a few of the Hollywood heavyweights trying to develop new programs for the Web.

Yahoo seeks spotlight in Hollywood

Watch out, Hollywood. There's a new player in town.

November 14, 2005

Can Yahoo Sign On to Hollywood?

The difference between Hollywood's glitzy sensibilities and the smarty-pants culture of Silicon Valley was distilled in a 20-word e-mail to workers in Yahoo Inc.'s Santa Monica office.

Yahoo seeking its own content

Yahoo Inc. is quietly but aggressively lobbying Hollywood to create programs to be shown exclusively on its network of websites.