Live Blog: Yahoo News at Digital Media Conference
June 26, 2008 by Craig Stoltz
Alam Warms, head of Yahoo News
Election ‘08 news: 50 percent of public getting info online, end of 3-network, major media election. Candidates working on SEO, comment moderation, etc.
“Credible aggregation” is key to draw audience. [Yahoo has biggest online news audience? Note to self: Fact-check later]
Question: Blogs have no fact-checking, little credibility. A: Blogs *can* do important work, fact-checking, etc. Blogs exposed CBS/MSM misreport on GWBush military service.
There is a role for editorial decision at Yahoo News: We have pulled down non-credible stories, make editorial judgments. [Note to self fact-check that one too.]
Yahoo plan–multimedia aggregation with multiple, quality partners. We do lots of A/B testing, usability, simplicity of use. We don’t believe in video ghettos, says Warms.
We can include exclusive content where we think there are gaps.
Did a web-exclusive interview with sitting President, in partnership with Politico, in May.
Good Morning Yahoo, sponsored by Dunkin Donuts, every day. An aggregation of morning content.
No audience quetions? What’s up with that?
It’s funny to see a new media company like Yahoo! attacking the credibility of blogging as a new media news format. Some of the top bloggers have roots in journalism like Peter Rojas or Pete Cashmore.
Is it fair to say that they have less journalistic integrity because they open independent media outlets? I think not.
I want to know how to contact Yahoo to dispute some of their info. that they advertise. How to do this, please? I find nothing that says: Contact Us, or some such jargon. Any help on how to let them know how I feel about what they are saying would be very helpful to me. Can you help please?
Paula
Hi Paula,
This appears to be the link to send our friends at Yahoo a note:
http://feedback.help.yahoo.com/feedback.php?.src=FP-METRO&.from=815_header&.done=http://m.www.yahoo.com
Let us know what you hear back.
Craig