Building on its acquisition earlier this year, Yahoo has launched the Yahoo Contributor Network, a new platform allowing people to publisher their creative content on the Web portal. In buying
Associated Content last May, Yahoo gained a supply of 2 million articles, photos, videos and audio works from some 400,000 freelance contributors.
"Associated Content has been known for
maintaining the industry's largest contributor base, and with the launch of the Yahoo Contributor Network, we've added scale and reach that sets us apart from any other crowdsourced media platform,"
said Luke Beatty, vice president and general manager, Yahoo, in a statement.
The rebranded freelance platform also sets performance payment guidelines for content featured on Yahoo sites and
includes a dashboard for tracking how each contributor's work performs. Read more here.