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Yahoo! News Now Offers Audio Content Yahoo! News Now Offers Audio Content From National Public Radio Visitors to Yahoo! News Now Have Access to the Audio Content of the Day's Top Stories from NPR SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Oct. 26, 1998 -- Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) today enhanced its current news offerings through an agreement with National Public Radio" (NPR"), a membership organization of 604 public radio stations and one of the leading news organizations in the world. While browsing the headlines and information on Yahoo!" News (http://dailynews.yahoo.com), individuals can now hear the day's top stories, as well as world, political, and business stories provided by NPR. According to Media Metrix, Yahoo! News is ranked the No. 1 news site in reach among home users (September 1998). Beginning today, audio content from NPR's award-winning, flagship newsmagazines, Morning Edition" and All Things Considered®, is available to all Yahoo! News visitors. Starting in November, NPR will also host several chats each month on Yahoo! Chat (http://chat.yahoo.com). Chat guests will include NPR hosts and correspondents, as well as noteworthy newsmakers. "By adding NPR's content to Yahoo! News, we're delivering on our commitment to provide our users with a broad and comprehensive selection of news sources," said Brad Rubin, producer of Yahoo! News & Weather. "Users can now check out the day's top stories on Yahoo! News and simultaneously listen to stories on-demand from NPR's award-winning news. This is an innovative approach to getting caught up on the day's events, and Yahoo! is pleased that NPR is a contributor." "We're thrilled about providing NPR programming to Yahoo!'s 40 million worldwide users each month, and hope it will expand their online news experience," said Peter Jablow, acting president and CEO of NPR. "Through Yahoo! Chat, NPR hosts and correspondents will be able to extend on-air stories in interactive discussions with Yahoo! News users." NPR (www.npr.org) serves a growing audience of 13 million Americans each week, and also distributes programming to listeners in Europe, Asia, and Africa via NPR Worldwide", to military installations overseas via American Forces Network and throughout Japan via cable. Listen While You Browse This latest addition to Yahoo! News can be found under the "Audio News" area within the Yahoo! News site. To access NPR's audio content, Yahoo! News users need only to download Real Networks® Player™. Yahoo! News offers news from wire services and premier providers in every category, including headlines, business, technology, politics, world, entertainment, sports, and more. Morning Edition, with host Bob Edwards, draws public radio's largest weekly audience with its in-depth roundup of what made news overnight. All Things Considered, with Noah Adams, Robert Siegel, and Linda Wertheimer, is public radio's standard-bearer, featuring signature NPR commentators from senior news analyst Daniel Schorr to first-grade teacher, Bailey White. About Yahoo! Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is a global Internet media company that offers a branded network of comprehensive information, communication and shopping services to millions of users daily. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the single largest guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach, and is one of the most recognized brands associated with the Internet. The company has 14 international Web properties outside the United States. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, the Asia Pacific and Canada and is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. # # # .
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