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Yahoo! Finance expands network with video clips

By Andrew Redfern @ 12th December 2007 6:39 pm

CNBC and Yahoo! today announced an agreement to distribute content from CNBC, CNBC Europe, CNBC Asia, and CNBC.com to Yahoo! Finance users in the United States and worldwide.

The announcement represents CNBC’s first global online alliance, and Yahoo!’s first global finance video agreement.

Under the terms of the agreement, CNBC will provide video clips from its global networks and articles from CNBC.com.

The content will be available to Yahoo! Finance users in the U.S. (http://finance.yahoo.com), and will also be available to Yahoo!’s 21 international financial news sites.

The video clips will encompass commentary and analysis of the day’s top business stories, pre-market opening buzz, interviews, investing and stock-picking segments from CNBC programs including “Mad Money w/Jim Cramer” and “Fast Money” and international market news and analysis from CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia.

“This agreement brings together two global market leaders to meet the growing demand for online business and financial information,” said Mark Hoffman, CNBC President.

“This alliance draws on the strength of CNBC’s global assets and expands the reach of our unparalleled content to Yahoo! Finance’s worldwide user base. It reaffirms our commitment to providing fast, accurate, actionable and unbiased information to our audience.”

“In an increasingly globalized economy, it’s essential that Yahoo! Finance offer investors news from the major global financial markets,” said Scott Moore, senior vice president and head of media, Yahoo!.

“The addition of CNBC video content will help Yahoo! Finance users from around the world make more informed financial decisions.”

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