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based music services including premium Internet radio and music subscription services. Nissan Live Sets is the
latest offering of exclusive artist features, incorporating original artist performances with social networking
elements, allowing users to submit photos, blog and interact with the artists. Yahoo! Music also promotes user
generated content through programs such as Get Your Freak On, where fans can submit their own videos of their
favorite artists and Yahoo! Music edits together the best clips. With a library of more than two million songs, the
Yahoo! Music Unlimited (“YMU”) service is available to users for a low monthly or annual subscription fee. With
YMU users can build personalized music libraries, transfer tracks to portable devices, purchase permanent
downloads, access commercial-free Internet radio stations, develop personalized music recommendations based
on ratings and musical tastes, as well as share and discover music with friends through Yahoo! Messenger.
Yahoo! Movies and Yahoo! TV offer free entertainment services which include compelling and exclusive video
content such as trailers, clips and never-before-seen extras, entertainment news, photo galleries, and reviews.
Yahoo! Movies features paid-for film promotions for major movie studios, including Disney, Sony, Warner Bros.,
Universal and Fox. Yahoo! Movies also provides coverage of the Oscars and other Red Carpet events. Yahoo! TV
partners with key television networks, producers and content creators to provide users a deeper, more engaging
experience with their favorite programs including a best of breed, comprehensive guide to Fall TV which features
exclusive full-length episodes and clips of the season’s hottest shows. Additionally Yahoo! TV partners with Mark
Burnett Productions to produce and host “The Apprentice” website on Yahoo! TV. Releases for 2006 included
“THE 9”, a daily collection of some of the most popular content on the Internet, packaged in a format that makes it
easy for viewers to get a quick download of what’s hot on the Web every weekday morning. In addition, in the
fourth quarter of 2006, we launched the Talent Show, an eight week competition to discover original talent on the
Internet and to bring original, high quality user generated video content to our users.
Yahoo! Games offers free classic board, card, arcade and word games along with downloadable games, game
strategy guides, shopping guides, gaming news, tournaments, leagues and reviews on computer and console
videogames. Our integration of games with Yahoo! Messenger allows users to see what games their friends are
playing and join the game through Yahoo! Messenger. Yahoo! Games also offers a variety of fee-based premium
game downloads.
Yahoo! Kids, formerly known as Yahooligans, is a free entertainment and educational Internet guide designed for
children ages six to twelve. Yahoo! Kids offerings include games, reference materials and movie information.
Additionally, in 2006, Yahoo! Kids expanded its content to include a “study zone” section with resources for
classroom and after class exploration.
Communications, Communities and Front Doors
Our Communications, Communities and Front Doors offerings provide a wide range of communication services to
users and small businesses including those that extend a wide range of Yahoo! services beyond the browser and
across a variety of devices and through our access alliances. We offer some services free of charge to our users and
also provide some of our services on a fee or subscription basis. Our offerings include the following:
•Communications — Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger with Voice
•Communities — Yahoo! Communities and Yahoo! Photos
•Front Doors — Yahoo! Front Page and My Yahoo!
Communications
Yahoo! Mail is a free global service available in over 20 languages that provides users with a full-featured e-mail
experience including industry-leading spam and virus protection, significant free storage and attachment size
capacity, advanced search capabilities, and robust address book functionality. In addition to our basic e-mail
service, for a subscription fee we offer Yahoo! Mail Plus, a premium mail service providing a number of premium
features, including personalized spam filter, additional storage capacity, graphical ad blocker, and personalized
stationery. In 2006, we extended the reach of the beta version of Yahoo! Mail which provides a faster experience
with enhanced functionality, such as drag and drop e-mail organization and message previews in addition to other
enhanced features to a wider audience of Yahoo! users around the world.
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