<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
News	O
is	O
a	O
news	O
website	O
that	O
originated	O
as	O
an	O
internet-based	O
news	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
a	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Articles	O
originally	O
came	O
from	O
news	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Associated	O
Press	O
,	O
Reuters	O
,	O
Fox	O
News	O
,	O
Al	O
Jazeera	O
,	O
ABC	O
News	O
,	O
USA	O
Today	O
,	O
CNN	B-Architecture
and	O
BBC	O
News	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
allowed	O
comments	O
for	O
news	O
articles	O
until	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
when	O
commentary	O
was	O
disabled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2011	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
had	O
expanded	O
its	O
focus	O
to	O
include	O
original	O
content	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
plans	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
major	O
media	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Amazon-owned	O
marketing	O
data	O
collection	O
company	O
(	O
Amazon	B-Application
Alexa	I-Application
)	O
claimed	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
hired	O
former	O
Today	O
Show	O
and	O
CBS	O
Evening	O
News	O
anchor	O
Katie	O
Couric	O
as	O
Global	O
Anchor	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
3	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Verizon	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Verizon	O
Media	O
would	O
be	O
acquired	O
by	O
Apollo	O
Global	O
Management	O
for	O
roughly	O
$5	O
billion	O
,	O
and	O
would	O
simply	O
be	O
known	O
as	O
Yahoo	B-Application
following	O
the	O
closure	O
of	O
the	O
deal	O
,	O
with	O
Verizon	O
retaining	O
a	O
minor	O
10%	O
stake	O
in	O
the	O
new	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
debuted	O
on	O
June	O
12	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
with	O
little	O
fanfare	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
press	O
release	O
being	O
published	O
on	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
launch	O
,	O
MediaWeek	O
reported	O
that	O
Yahoo	B-Application
is	O
hoping	O
to	O
skew	O
more	O
toward	O
a	O
female	O
demographic	O
with	O
omg	O
!,	O
and	O
that	O
Unilever	O
,	O
Pepsi	O
,	O
and	O
Axiata	O
(	O
Celcom	O
&	O
XL	O
)	O
will	O
be	O
the	O
sole	O
official	O
sponsors	O
of	O
the	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
heavy	O
publicity	O
on	O
Yahoo	B-Application
's	O
front	O
page	O
and	O
with	O
its	O
partnerships	O
,	O
readership	O
took	O
off	O
,	O
with	O
four	O
million	O
readers	O
logging	O
on	O
to	O
omg	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
would	O
become	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
increase	O
reader	O
trust	O
,	O
in	O
September	O
2022	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
News	O
(	O
which	O
aggregates	O
articles	O
from	O
many	O
other	O
sources	O
)	O
acquired	O
The	O
Factual	O
,	O
a	O
startup	O
that	O
uses	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
to	O
rate	O
the	O
credibility	O
of	O
individual	O
articles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
developed	O
an	O
application	O
that	O
collects	O
the	O
most-read	O
news	O
stories	O
from	O
different	O
categories	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2019	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
News	O
ranked	O
sixth	O
among	O
global	O
news	O
sites	O
,	O
ahead	O
of	O
Fox	O
News	O
and	O
behind	O
CNN	B-Architecture
,	O
according	O
to	O
Alexa	B-Application
.	O
</s>
