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Yahoo's Next Move: Third-Party Content

Keeping users on site by enabling links to Netflix, Craigslist is goal

By Jim O'Neill, Newser User

Posted Sep 12, 2008 12:04 PM CDT

(Newser) – After struggling through months of takeover battles and sagging stock prices, Yahoo says it’s working to become a web destination for users rather than simply a jumping-off point, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. It plans to add third-party content and newly developed applications on... Read full story »

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