It looks like the Web giant has
shifted its focus back to acquiring and licensing material to enhance its position as a content leader. Under the now-departed Lloyd Braun, Yahoo's strategy was to create Web content that competes
directly with the TV networks. Now, Yahoo is licensing content from NBC, ABC and Fox, which is how it built up its news and finance divisions. (Yahoo is ranked first on the Web in both
categories.)
"We are very serious about leading in the media space," Scott Moore, Yahoo's senior vice president of news and information affirms. Meanwhile, the company's media division is still undergoing a monumental shift: Braun's departure was followed by the resignation of executives who ran its music, health and food Web sites. Yahoo's other problem is an audience that skews older than Web 2.0 sites like Facebook and YouTube.