Yahoo! News today launches Hot Zone, former CNN international correspondent Kevin Sites’ reports on global conflicts using video, audio and blogs.
While denying that it is becoming a traditional news organization, Yahoo! also announced that it’s hiring nine authors of financial best-sellers to write financial columns for Yahoo! Finance. Ben Stein, Robert Kiyosaki and Stephen Covey are among them, and the company plans to hire as many as 30.
Yahoo! Sports already features original commentary from a team of writers, including the former pro basketball players Clark Kellogg and Steve Kerr.
Investors Liked the News
Yahoo! avoided raiding MSM media staff, most likely to avoid conflict with partners who provide news content to the site. The company says it hopes to boost advertising and readership among 20 to 30 year-olds who tend to get their news online.
Investors liked the idea. Shares of Yahoo were up 28 cents at $32.41 on the Nasdaq.
Yahoo! News Adds More Original Content – Stock Rises
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