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| Commercial? | No |
| Type of site | News |
| Registration | Optional |
| Owner | Yahoo! |
| Created by | Yahoo! |
| Current status | Active |
Yahoo! News is an Internet-based news aggregator provided by Yahoo!. It features Top Stories, U.S. National, World, Business, Entertainment, Science, Health, Weather, Most Popular, News Photos, Op/Ed, and Local news.
Articles in Yahoo! News come from news services, namely Associated Press (AP), Reuters, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Christian Science Monitor, NPR, USA Today, CNN.com, CBC News, Seven News, BBC News, and others.
CBS O&O stations also have local news, weather, and sports reports as well. Included:
- KEYE in Austin, Texas
- WJZ in Baltimore, Maryland
- WBZ in Boston, Massachusetts
- WBBM in Chicago, Illinois
- KTVT in Dallas, Texas
- KCNC in Denver, Colorado
- WFRV in Green Bay, Wisconsin (no longer available)
- KCBS in Los Angeles, California (also has reports from KCAL)
- WFOR in Miami, Florida
- WCCO in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- WCBS in New York City
- KYW in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- KOVR in Sacramento, California (also has reports from KMAX)
- KUTV in Salt Lake City, Utah (no longer available)
- KENS in San Antonio, Texas
- KFMB in San Diego, California
- KPIX in San Francisco, California
Since early 2008, more stations were added, some not being CBS stations:
- KVUE in Austin, Texas (ABC affiliate, replaced KEYE)
- WCNC in Charlotte, North Carolina (NBC affiliate)
- WVEC in Hampton Roads, Virginia (ABC affiliate)
- KHOU in Houston, Texas (CBS affiliate)
- WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky (ABC affiliate)
- WWL in New Orleans, Louisiana (CBS affiliate)
- KTVK in Phoenix, Arizona (Independent station)
- KGW in Portland, Oregon (NBC affiliate)
- WRAL in Raleigh, North Carolina (CBS affiliate)
- KING in Seattle, Washington (NBC affiliate)
- KREM in Spokane, Washington (CBS affiliate)
- KMOV in Saint Louis, Missouri (CBS affiliate)
- KMSB in Tucson, Arizona (Fox affiliate)
Yahoo! has for a long time had message boards for discussions of each news article but on December 19, 2006 closed them.
External links
Bias
- "More on Google News and Yahoo News"
- "Balancing Act: How News Portals Serve Up Political Stories"
- Yahoo! Answers Malaysia: Why does Yahoo News only post negative news about Hillary while only posting positive news about Obama?"
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