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Yahoo! has created many partnerships over the past eighteen months that are reflective of the paradigm shift toward openness occurring across the online media landscape. Multi-year partnerships with premium publishers, the Newspaper Consortium, as well as the Yahoo!-Google services agreement all are part of Yahoo!'s more open approach.

"As Yahoo! partners with publishers to extend the reach of our network, we have formed the Digital Advisory Council to identify innovative ways to improve advertiser performance, particularly in anticipation of the rollout of Yahoo's new advertising management platform in the coming months," said Hilary Schneider, executive vice president, Yahoo! U.S.

The Council will serve as a vehicle for soliciting feedback and will supplement Yahoo!'s daily conversations with advertisers. Active discussion with key customers is an important pillar in making Yahoo! a partner of choice, particularly during a time when competition for ad dollars is as robust as ever. Yahoo!'s Digital Advisory Council will first meet in the fourth quarter of this year.

"Opening up Yahoo! is a key part of our strategy, and we want to help advertisers understand how they can benefit from this approach," Schneider added. "At the same time, there has been confusion and misinformation surrounding Yahoo!'s agreement with Google, which represents another key milestone in opening up our network. As questions emerge about how Yahoo! will implement this agreement, the Advisory Council will provide a forum for us to engage in a dialogue with key customers on those issues."