Reported that 'Yahoo +', which summarizes Yahoo's paid services, will start



American news site Axios announced on March 23, 2021 that 'the media division of Verizon Communications, a major telecommunications operator, will introduce a subscription service called' Yahoo + 'at its affiliated Internet service company Yahoo. I'm considering that. ' Yahoo + is a variety of paid services developed by Yahoo, such as 'Yahoo! Mail Plus' that excludes advertisements from Yahoo! Mail and 'Yahoo Finance Plus' that enhances information on

Yahoo! Finance, a financial service. It is expected to be a bundle of services.

Verizon to center media arm around new subscription platform Yahoo + --Axios
https://www.axios.com/verizon-media-subscription-yahoo-plus-05a8abb3-d871-4870-8bba-161a394e8cf1.html

Verizon Set To Debut 'Yahoo +', Let's Hope It's Better Than Its Last Subscription Service
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2021/03/verizon-yahoo-plus-subscription-service

You probably haven't used Yahoo in a while, but what if it cost you money? --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/23/22346935/verizon-yahoo-plus-subscription-platform-rebrand-online-media

'Yahoo is the future of our consumer brand,' Joanna Lambert, head of consumer business at Verizon Media, Verizon's media division, told Axios. The majority of Verizon's media business as a service of Yahoo re-branding , and showed a policy to renew a variety of services of Yahoo, which already suffer from more than 3 million subscribers as Yahoo +.



Below are specific examples of services that are planned to be provided as Yahoo +.
-Yahoo Fantasy Plus: A paid version of Yahoo Fantasy that provides information on baseball and American football.
-Yahoo Finance Plus: A financial information service provided as

'Yahoo Finance Premium'.
-Yahoo Mail Plus: In addition to the ad-free email service, customization functions such as disposable addresses and enhanced blocking functions have been added.
-Yahoo Plus Protect: Device insurance such as smartphones provided in partnership with insurance company Asurion.
-TechCrunch: 'ExtraCrunch,' a membership-based news service for TechCrunch, a tech news site.
・ Tastemakers: A service that allows you to use Yahoo's premium features at no additional charge.

Yahoo has already developed paid services with various services, and those services may be automatically granted by subscribing to Yahoo +, or Yahoo +'s own premium function will be added to each service. There is also. In addition, a system is planned in which the discount rate for other services bundled with Yahoo + will increase each time you subscribe to a paid service, but the balance between Yahoo + and each service and the fee system are at the time of article creation. Unknown. Verizon plans to eventually unify Yahoo's paid services into Yahoo +.


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According to a survey by Comscore, a market research firm that specializes in Internet usage, Verizon Media has recorded the fourth largest traffic in the United States after Google, Facebook, and Microsoft. 'We're proud of a huge scale that no other media company has,' Lambert said. 'The question is how to guide its users from free users to paid service subscribers.' , Yahoo + showed the idea of maximizing the company's economies of scale.

Overseas media Android Tech News said about Yahoo + 'Because Verizon already has many users of paid services, Yahoo + is a wise decision. By adding new services to the subscription service, more Expected to subscribe to users, but pricing details haven't been decided yet, so it's unclear if this service will be worthwhile, but at least better than the failed Verizon video streaming service Go90. There is no doubt that it will be a thing. '

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