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[jahewson]

Yahoo considers itself a "media" company. And therein lies the problem.

[cant_kant → jahewson]

I read the WSJ, FT, NYT, RCP, and The Hill if I want exposure to the "media". And HN for light entertainment.

There is no way that I would look at inane posturing on Yahoo's blogs.

[vidarh → cant_kant]

That's your choice, but Yahoo's content verticals provides a huge proportion of their overall pageviews and ad revenue. The successful ones, like Yahoo Finance, are still huge.