Yahoo! Inc. (2017–present)

{{short description|American technology company}}

{{about|the current incarnation of Yahoo|the previous incarnation that existed from 1995 to 2017|Yahoo! Inc. (1995–2017)|other uses|Yahoo (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Yahoo! Inc.

| former_name = {{plainlist|

  • Oath Inc.
    {{small|(2017–2019)}}
  • Verizon Media
    {{small|(2019–2021)}}

}}

| predecessors = {{unbulleted list|Yahoo! Inc. (1995–2017)|AOL|Altaba}}

| logo = Yahoo! (2019).svg

| logo_size = 250px

| image = AOL_770.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| image_caption = Yahoo! Inc. headquarters, 770 Broadway,
New York City

| type = Joint venture

| industry = {{Unbulleted list|Internet|Media|Technology}}

| founded = {{plainlist|

  • {{start date and age|2017|06|13}} (as Oath)
  • {{start date and age|2019|01|08}} (as Verizon Media)
  • {{start date and age|2021|09|01}} (as Yahoo!)

}}

| location = {{nowrap|New York City, New York, U.S.}}

| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = Jim Lanzone (CEO)

| services = {{Unbulleted list

|Digital media

|Software

|Online advertising

|Online services

}}

| num_employees = 10,350

| num_employees_year = 2019

| revenue = {{Increase}} $7.4 billion (2020){{Cite web |url=https://fortune.com/company/yahoo/fortune500/ |title=Yahoo | 2021 Fortune 500 |website=Fortune |access-date=2021-09-20 |archive-date=2022-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412011207/https://fortune.com/company/yahoo/fortune500/ |url-status=dead }}

| owners = {{ubl|Apollo Global Management (90%)|Verizon (10%)}}

| brands = {{Plainlist|

}}

| subsid = Flurry

| website = {{url|https://www.yahooinc.com/|yahooinc.com}}

| footnotes = {{Cite web |last=Hackett |first=Robert |date=3 August 2016 |title=Read What Yahoo Is Telling Employees About the Verizon Deal |url=http://fortune.com/2016/08/02/yahoo-verizon-internal-faq/ |access-date=9 July 2017 |website=Fortune.com |archive-date=20 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620233959/http://fortune.com/2016/08/02/yahoo-verizon-internal-faq/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Lomas |first=Natasha |title=Latest round of Verizon layoffs at Oath affects <4% of staff globally |language=en |work=TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/16/latest-round-of-verizon-layoffs-at-oath-affects-4-of-staff-globally/ |access-date=2018-02-19 |archive-date=2018-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106193003/https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/16/latest-round-of-verizon-layoffs-at-oath-affects-4-of-staff-globally/ |url-status=live }}

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}}

Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational technology company that focuses on media and online business. It is the second and current incarnation of the company, after Verizon Communications merged the original Yahoo! Inc. and Altaba with AOL in 2017.{{Cite news |last=Lunden |first=Ingrid |date=23 June 2015 |title=Verizon completes its acquisition of AOL for $4.4B |work=Tech Crunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/23/verizon-completes-its-acquisition-of-aol-for-4-4b/ |access-date=7 September 2017 |archive-date=20 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720044842/https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/23/verizon-completes-its-acquisition-of-aol-for-4-4b/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Snider |first=Mike |date=23 June 2015 |title=Verizon completes AOL acquisition, readies mobile video service |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/06/23/verizon-completes-aol-acquisition/29151975/ |access-date=7 September 2017 |archive-date=7 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007022822/https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/06/23/verizon-completes-aol-acquisition/29151975/ |url-status=live }} The resulting subsidiary entity was briefly called Oath Inc.{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=June 19, 2017 |title=Tim Armstrong Unveils Oath: AOL-Yahoo Combo Is as Big as Netflix and Looking to Expand |url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/tim-armstrong-aol-yahoo-oath-netflix-1202470016/ |access-date=June 19, 2017 |website=Variety |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912091342/http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/tim-armstrong-aol-yahoo-oath-netflix-1202470016/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Goel |first=Vindu |date=2017-06-13 |title=Verizon Completes $4.48 Billion Purchase of Yahoo, Ending an Era |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/technology/yahoo-verizon-marissa-mayer.html |access-date=2017-09-07 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2017-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210183631/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/technology/yahoo-verizon-marissa-mayer.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=Chokshi |first1=Niraj |last2=Goel |first2=Vindu |date=2017-04-03 |title=Verizon Announces New Name Brand for AOL and Yahoo: Oath |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/technology/verizon-oath-yahoo-aol.html |access-date=2017-04-04 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2017-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404002605/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/technology/verizon-oath-yahoo-aol.html |url-status=live }} In December 2018, Verizon announced it would write-down the combined value of its purchases of AOL and Yahoo! by $4.6 billion, roughly half; the company was renamed Verizon Media the following month in January 2019.{{Cite web |date=2019-01-07 |title=Oath is now Verizon Media |url=https://www.oath.com/2019/01/07/oath-is-now-verizon-media/ |access-date=2019-01-09 |website=Oath |archive-date=2019-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110133733/https://www.oath.com/2019/01/07/oath-is-now-verizon-media/ |url-status=dead }}

On May 3, 2021, Verizon announced that 90 percent of the division would be acquired by American private equity firm Apollo Global Management for roughly $5 billion, and would simply be known as Yahoo!; Verizon would retain a ten percent stake in the new group.{{Cite web |url=https://www.verizon.com/about/news/verizon-media-be-acquired-apollo-funds |title=Verizon Media to be acquired by Apollo Funds |date=3 May 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183307/https://www.verizon.com/about/news/verizon-media-be-acquired-apollo-funds |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Edmund |last2=Hirsch |first2=Lauren |date=2021-05-02 |title=Verizon Near Deal to Sell Yahoo and AOL |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/business/verizon-yahoo-aol-sale.html |access-date=2021-05-03 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2021-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502235556/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/business/verizon-yahoo-aol-sale.html |url-status=live }} The acquisition was completed on September 1, 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/2/22653652/yahoo-aol-acquired-apollo-global-management-private-equity |title=Yahoo is Yahoo once more after new owners complete acquisition |date=2 September 2021 |publisher=The Verge |access-date=2 September 2021 |archive-date=22 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122214126/https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/2/22653652/yahoo-aol-acquired-apollo-global-management-private-equity |url-status=live }}

History

=Under Verizon (2017–2021)=

The company is headquartered in Manhattan, New York.{{Cite web |title=Office Locations | Our Company | Yahoo Inc. |url=https://www.yahooinc.com/office-locations |website=Yahoo, Inc |access-date=21 April 2024 }} {{As of|2019|December}}, the company employed about 10,350 people.{{Cite news |last=Flynn |first=Kerry |date=December 10, 2019 |title=Verizon Media plans to lay off 150 people this week |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/10/media/verizon-media-layoffs/index.html |access-date=December 11, 2019 |archive-date=December 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211055033/https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/10/media/verizon-media-layoffs/index.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=DiChristopher |first=Tom |date=23 June 2015 |title=Verizon closes AOL acquisition |work=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/23/verizon-closes-aol-acquisition.html |access-date=7 September 2017 |archive-date=7 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007021346/https://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/23/verizon-closes-aol-acquisition.html |url-status=live }}

A year after the completion of the AOL acquisition, Verizon announced a $4.8 billion deal for Yahoo!'s core Internet business, to invest in the Internet company's search, news, finance, sports, video, emails and Tumblr products.{{Cite news |last=Goel |first=Vindu |date=2016-07-25 |title=Verizon Announces $4.8 Billion Deal for Yahoo's Internet Business |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/business/verizon-yahoo-sale.html |access-date=2017-09-07 |issn=0362-4331 |url-access=limited |archive-date=2017-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007022332/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/business/verizon-yahoo-sale.html |url-status=live }} Yahoo! announced in September and December 2016 two major Internet security breaches affecting more than a billion customers.{{Cite news |last1=Goel |first1=Vindu |last2=Perlroth |first2=Nicole |date=2016-12-14 |title=Yahoo Says 1 Billion User Accounts Were Hacked |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/technology/yahoo-hack.html |access-date=2017-09-07 |issn=0362-4331 |url-access=limited |archive-date=2016-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214224401/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/technology/yahoo-hack.html |url-status=live }} As a result, Verizon lowered its offer for Yahoo! by $350 million to $4.48 billion.{{Cite news |last=Fiegerman |first=Seth |date=21 February 2017 |title=Verizon cuts Yahoo deal price by $350 million |work=CNN |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/02/21/technology/yahoo-verizon-deal/index.html |access-date=7 September 2017 |archive-date=7 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007021834/http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/21/technology/yahoo-verizon-deal/index.html |url-status=live }}

The AOL deal and subsequent Yahoo! purchase were led by Verizon's management team, including Lowell McAdam (CEO), Marni Walden (EVP Product) and Tim Armstrong. Walden had been tasked with merging the two entities and delivering on the promise of moving Verizon from an analog to digital platforms business.{{Cite web |last=O'Reilly |first=Lara |date=25 July 2016 |title=This woman has been given the job of merging Yahoo with AOL |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-marni-walden-to-merge-aol-and-yahoo-2016-7?op=1 |website=Business Insider |access-date=30 July 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806090301/https://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-marni-walden-to-merge-aol-and-yahoo-2016-7?op=1 |url-status=live }} Walden exited Verizon in 2017 and as later events revealed, the integration did not deliver the expected value.

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Two months before closing the deal for Yahoo!, Verizon announced it would place Yahoo! and AOL under an umbrella named Oath.{{Cite news |last1=Chokshi |first1=Niraj |last2=Goel |first2=Vindu |date=2017-04-03 |title=Verizon Announces New Name Brand for AOL and Yahoo: Oath |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/technology/verizon-oath-yahoo-aol.html |access-date=2017-09-08 |issn=0362-4331 |url-access=limited |archive-date=2017-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404002605/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/technology/verizon-oath-yahoo-aol.html |url-status=live }} The deal closed on June 13, 2017, and Oath was launched.{{Cite news |last1=Tharakan |first1=Anya George |last2=Shepardson |first2=David |date=13 June 2017 |title=Verizon closes Yahoo deal, Mayer steps down |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-m-a-verizon/verizon-closes-yahoo-deal-mayer-steps-down-idUSKBN194220 |access-date=8 September 2017 |archive-date=13 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113030052/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-m-a-verizon/verizon-closes-yahoo-deal-mayer-steps-down-idUSKBN194220 |url-status=live }} Upon completion of the deal, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer resigned. Yahoo! operations not acquired in the deal were renamed Altaba, a holding company whose primary assets were its 15.5 percent stake in Alibaba Group and a 35.5 percent stake in Yahoo! Japan. After the merger, Oath cut fifteen percent of the Yahoo!-AOL workforce. In 2018, Altaba sold Yahoo! Japan to SoftBank Group.

In April 2018, Helios and Matheson Analytics acquired the Moviefone movie listings website from Oath, in consideration for which Verizon took a stake in Helios and Matheson.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Gerry |date=April 5, 2018 |title=MoviePass Acquires Moviefone to Bolster Film-a-Day Service |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-05/moviepass-teams-with-moviefone-to-shake-up-theater-business |access-date=April 5, 2018 |url-access=limited |archive-date=September 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912233026/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-05/moviepass-teams-with-moviefone-to-shake-up-theater-business |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Carr |first=Flora |date=April 5, 2018 |title=MoviePass Just Bought Moviefone. Here's What It Means for Moviegoers |language=en |work=Fortune |url=http://fortune.com/2018/04/05/moviepass-buys-moviefone/ |access-date=April 6, 2018 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=July 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709180236/http://fortune.com/2018/04/05/moviepass-buys-moviefone/ |url-status=live }}

In April 2018, Verizon sold Flickr to SmugMug, for an undisclosed amount.{{Cite news |last=Siegel |first=Rachel |date=13 August 2019 |title=Tumblr once sold for $1.1 billion. The owner of WordPress just bought the site for a fraction of that. |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/04/20/smugmug-buys-flickr-verizon-oath/537377002/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=10 February 2022 |archive-date=21 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121231804/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/04/20/smugmug-buys-flickr-verizon-oath/537377002/ |url-status=live }}

In May 2018, Verizon and Samsung agreed to terms that would preload four Oath mobile apps onto Samsung Galaxy S9 smartphones.{{Cite web |last=Bode |first=Karl |date=4 May 2018 |title=Verizon Brings Its Oath, Yahoo Bloatware to Samsung Phones |url=https://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Brings-Its-Oath-Yahoo-Bloatware-to-Samsung-Phones-141754 |access-date=25 May 2023 |website=DSLReports |archive-date=25 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525000533/https://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Brings-Its-Oath-Yahoo-Bloatware-to-Samsung-Phones-141754 |url-status=live }} The agreement includes Oath's Newsroom, Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! Finance, and go90 mobile video apps (closed in July 2018), with integration of native Oath advertisements into both the Oath apps and Samsung's own Galaxy and Game Launcher apps.{{Cite web |last=Gartenberg |first=Chaim |date=2 May 2018 |title=Verizon is putting Oath bloatware like Go90 on its Galaxy S9 phones |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/2/17310950/verizon-galaxy-s9-oath-bloatware-phones |access-date=6 May 2018 |website=The Verge |archive-date=6 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506090101/https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/2/17310950/verizon-galaxy-s9-oath-bloatware-phones |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Sloane |first=Garett |date=2 May 2018 |title=Verizon Uses Mobile Might to Get Oath Apps Onto Samsung Phones |url=http://adage.com/article/special-report-newfronts/verizon-mobile-oath-apps-samsung-phones/313354/ |access-date=4 May 2018 |website=AdAge |archive-date=5 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505010400/http://adage.com/article/special-report-newfronts/verizon-mobile-oath-apps-samsung-phones/313354/ |url-status=live }}

On September 12, 2018, it was announced that K. Guru Gowrappan would succeed Tim Armstrong as CEO, effective October 1.{{Cite news |last=Fung |first=Brian |date=12 September 2018 |title=Verizon says Oath CEO Tim Armstrong is stepping down |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/09/12/verizon-says-oath-ceo-tim-armstrong-is-stepping-down/?noredirect=on |access-date=12 September 2018 |archive-date=16 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916034150/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/09/12/verizon-says-oath-ceo-tim-armstrong-is-stepping-down/?noredirect=on |url-status=live }}

On December 3, 2018, the company declared a new set of rules for the Tumblr community that took effect December 17, 2018, banning "adult content". This move raised objections that it harms their LGBTQ community, sexual abuse survivors, sex workers, adult content blogs, and other bloggers.{{Cite news |last=Ho |first=Vivian |date=2018-12-03 |title=Tumblr's adult content ban dismays some users: 'It was a safe space' |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/03/tumblr-adult-content-ban-lgbt-community-gender |access-date=2018-12-04 |archive-date=2018-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204080114/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/03/tumblr-adult-content-ban-lgbt-community-gender |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Heather |date=2018-12-03 |title=How Tumblr's adult content crackdown could alienate users |work=CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/03/tech/tumblr-bans-pornography-adult-content/index.html |access-date=2018-12-04 |archive-date=2018-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204021504/https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/03/tech/tumblr-bans-pornography-adult-content/index.html |url-status=live }} The move came after the Tumblr app was removed from the Apple App Store due to issues with child pornography,{{Cite news |last=Porter |first=Jon |date=2018-11-20 |title=Tumblr was removed from Apple's App Store over child pornography issues |work=The Verge |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/20/18104366/tumblr-ios-app-child-pornography-removed-from-app-store |access-date=4 December 2018 |archive-date=2018-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206202300/https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/20/18104366/tumblr-ios-app-child-pornography-removed-from-app-store |url-status=live }} leading some to speculate that the ban may have been made to regain access to the App Store.{{Cite news |last=Roettgers |first=Janko |title=Tumblr to Ban All Adult Content |agency=Nasdaq |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/article/tumblr-to-ban-all-adult-content-cm1064022 |access-date=4 December 2018 |archive-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204151527/https://www.nasdaq.com/article/tumblr-to-ban-all-adult-content-cm1064022 |url-status=live }}

In December 2018, Verizon announced that it was cutting 10% of Oath's workforce{{Cite news |last=Byers |first=Dylan |date=14 December 2018 |title=Verizon plans to cut 10 percent of Oath staff |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/verizon-plans-cut-10-percent-oath-staff-n948001 |access-date=17 December 2018 |archive-date=17 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217225619/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/verizon-plans-cut-10-percent-oath-staff-n948001 |url-status=live }} and would write down the value of the business by $4.6B. Verizon management blamed competitive pressures and that the business never achieved the anticipated benefits.{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Abby |date=2018-12-11 |title=Verizon will write down $4.6 billion in value of Oath, the unit that combined AOL and Yahoo assets |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-will-write-down-46-billion-in-value-of-oath-2018-12 |access-date=2018-12-17 |website=Business Insider |archive-date=2018-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212164640/https://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-will-write-down-46-billion-in-value-of-oath-2018-12 |url-status=live }} The move wiped out all of the goodwill on the balance sheets that accompanied the acquisitions.{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=11 December 2018 |title=Verizon to Take $4.6 Billion Charge for Oath, Wiping Out Nearly All of Yahoo-AOL Unit's Goodwill Value |url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/verizon-4-6-billion-oath-impairment-charge-yahoo-aol-unit-1203086587/ |access-date=17 December 2018 |website=Variety |archive-date=18 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218010406/https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/verizon-4-6-billion-oath-impairment-charge-yahoo-aol-unit-1203086587/ |url-status=live }}

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On January 8, 2019, Oath was renamed Verizon Media. In August 2019, Verizon sold Tumblr to Automattic, the owner of WordPress.com, for an undisclosed amount that was reportedly less than $3 million.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=20 April 2018 |title=SmugMug snaps up Flickr photo service from Verizon's Oath |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/13/tumblr-once-sold-billion-owner-wordpress-just-bought-site-fraction-that/ |website=USA Today |access-date=13 August 2019 |archive-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922233001/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/13/tumblr-once-sold-billion-owner-wordpress-just-bought-site-fraction-that/ |url-status=live }} In November 2020, Verizon sold HuffPost to BuzzFeed.{{Cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Edmund |last2=Hsu |first2=Tiffany |date=19 November 2020 |title=BuzzFeed to Acquire HuffPost From Verizon Media |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/business/media/buzzfeed-huffpost.html |access-date=13 December 2020 |url-access=limited |archive-date=11 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211171418/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/business/media/buzzfeed-huffpost.html |url-status=live }} in an all-stock deal, remaining minority shareholder in Buzzfeed.{{Cite web |last=Stephen |first=Bijan |date=2020-11-19 |title=Verizon goes 180 on HuffPost, sells it to BuzzFeed |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/19/21575599/buzzfeed-acquires-huffpost-verizon-jonah-peretti-tumblr |access-date=2021-08-17 |website=The Verge |language=en |archive-date=2021-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817160701/https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/19/21575599/buzzfeed-acquires-huffpost-verizon-jonah-peretti-tumblr |url-status=live }}

=As Yahoo! (2021–present)=

On May 3, 2021, Verizon announced that the Verizon Media would be acquired by Apollo Global Management for roughly $5 billion, and would simply be known as Yahoo! following the closure of the deal, with Verizon retaining a minor 10% stake in the new group.{{R|Verizon 2021 deal}} The acquisition was completed on September 1, 2021, with the company now known as Yahoo!{{R|Aquisition by Apollo complete}}

On September 10, 2021, Jim Lanzone, who had been CEO of Tinder, was named CEO of Yahoo!, succeeding Gowrappan.{{cite news |last1=Sherman |first1=Alex |title=Tinder CEO Jim Lanzone will be next CEO of Yahoo following Apollo acquisition |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/10/tinder-ceo-jim-lanzone-will-be-next-ceo-of-yahoo-following-apollo-acquisition.html |work=CNBC |date=September 10, 2021 |access-date=September 15, 2021 |archive-date=September 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915101557/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/10/tinder-ceo-jim-lanzone-will-be-next-ceo-of-yahoo-following-apollo-acquisition.html |url-status=live }}

=Chief Executive Officers=

Three chief executives have led the Yahoo! companies since 2017. They are:

  • Jim Lanzone, CEO of Yahoo! Inc. (2021–present){{cite news |title=Yahoo Names Tinder CEO Jim Lanzone as Its Next Chief |last1=Mullin |first1=Benjamin |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/apollo-taps-tinder-ceo-jim-lanzone-for-top-yahoo-job-11631274301 |date=September 10, 2021 |access-date=November 1, 2021 |archive-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103042948/https://www.wsj.com/articles/apollo-taps-tinder-ceo-jim-lanzone-for-top-yahoo-job-11631274301 |url-status=live }}
  • Guru Gowrappan, CEO of Oath Inc., Verizon Media, and Yahoo! (2018–2021){{cite news |title=Verizon's Oath Has Hired a COO from Alibaba, and Its Top Media Executive Has Left |last=Kafka |first=Peter |work=Recode |url=https://www.recode.net/2018/4/18/17250208/verizon-oath-tim-armstrong-k-guru-gowrappan-coo-simon-khalaf |date=April 18, 2018 |access-date=May 14, 2019 |archive-date=April 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429014913/https://www.recode.net/2018/4/18/17250208/verizon-oath-tim-armstrong-k-guru-gowrappan-coo-simon-khalaf |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Oath will soon be rebranded as Verizon Media Group |last=Carman |first=Ashley |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/5/18064172/verizon-oath-media-group-rebrand |work=The Verge |date=November 5, 2018 |access-date=September 2, 2021 |archive-date=February 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210140648/https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/5/18064172/verizon-oath-media-group-rebrand |url-status=live }}
  • Tim Armstrong, CEO of Oath Inc. (2017–2018){{cite news |title=Oath CEO Tim Armstrong to Leave the Verizon Unit |last1=Al-Muslim |first1=Aisha |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/oath-ceo-tim-armstrong-to-leave-the-verizon-unit-1536781456 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=September 12, 2018 |access-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-date=September 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910040218/https://www.wsj.com/articles/oath-ceo-tim-armstrong-to-leave-the-verizon-unit-1536781456 |url-status=live }}

For the CEOs of the "old" Yahoo!, see Yahoo! Inc. (1995–2017)#Chief Executive Officers.

Brands

Digital media brands under Yahoo! include:{{Cite news |title=Our Brands |url=https://www.yahooinc.com/our-brands |access-date=16 January 2025 |publisher=Yahoo! Inc}}

= Divested =

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  • Flickr (sold to SmugMug in 2018)
  • Moviefone (sold to Helios and Matheson in 2018)
  • Polyvore (sold and merged into SSENSE in 2018)
  • MapQuest (sold to System1 in 2019)
  • Tumblr (sold to WordPress.com owner Automattic in 2019){{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Chance |date=2019-08-12 |title=WordPress owner Automattic to acquire Tumblr for 'nominal amount' |url=https://9to5mac.com/2019/08/12/wordpress-owner-automattic-to-acquire-tumblr/ |access-date=2019-08-12 |website=9to5Mac |language=en-US |archive-date=2019-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812214022/https://9to5mac.com/2019/08/12/wordpress-owner-automattic-to-acquire-tumblr/ |url-status=live }}
  • HuffPost (sold to BuzzFeed in 2020){{Cite news |last=Hagey |first=Benjamin Mullin and Keach |date=2020-11-19 |title=BuzzFeed to Acquire HuffPost in Stock Deal With Verizon Media |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/buzzfeed-to-acquire-huffpost-in-stock-deal-with-verizon-media-11605808800 |access-date=2020-12-08 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=2020-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119180053/https://www.wsj.com/articles/buzzfeed-to-acquire-huffpost-in-stock-deal-with-verizon-media-11605808800 |url-status=live }}
  • Edgecast (sold and merged into Edgio in 2022)
  • Autoblog (sold to The Arena Group in 2024)https://investors.thearenagroup.net/news-releases/news-release-details/autoblog-relaunched-arena-group
  • TechCrunch (Sold to the private equity firm Regent in 2025){{cite web | url=https://www.theverge.com/news/633950/yahoo-selling-techcrunch-regent-acquisition | title=Yahoo is selling TechCrunch | date=March 21, 2025 }}

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It had partial ownership of Moviefone's former parent company, Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc., until its liquidation in 2020.

= Discontinued =

  • Alto Mail (discontinued on December 10, 2017){{Cite news |last=Fingas |first=Jon |date=25 October 2017 |title=Alto Mail is shutting down now that AOL is part of Oath |publisher=Engadget |url=https://www.engadget.com/2017-10-25-aol-alto-mail-shuts-down-december-10th.html |access-date=13 December 2020 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112012335/https://www.engadget.com/2017-10-25-aol-alto-mail-shuts-down-december-10th.html |url-status=live }}
  • AIM (discontinued on December 15, 2017)
  • go90 (closed on July 31, 2018){{Cite web |last=Statt |first=Nick |date=2018-06-28 |title=Verizon is shutting down its original video app Go90 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/28/17516266/verizon-shutting-down-go90-original-video-content-app |website=The Verge |access-date=2018-07-22 |archive-date=2019-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127073438/https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/28/17516266/verizon-shutting-down-go90-original-video-content-app |url-status=live }}
  • Yahoo! Messenger (discontinued on July 17, 2018)
  • Yahoo! Together (discontinued in April 2019)
  • Yahoo! Mobile (discontinued in August 2021){{Cite web |last=Alleven |first=Monica |date=2021-06-18 |title=Yahoo Mobile prepares for shutdown {{!}} Fierce Network |url=https://www.fierce-network.com/operators/yahoo-mobile-shuts-down |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=www.fierce-network.com |language=en}}

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