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Yahoo! announces two key staff appointments to co-ordinate e-commerce and distribution in Europe
Yahoo! appoints Amanda-Jane Daniels as Director, E-commerce, Europe and Sanjeev Gandhi as Director, Distribution, Europe

LONDON, - July 20, 1998 - Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), the world’s leading Internet media company, has announced the appointments of Amanda-Jane Daniels and Sanjeev Gandhi to co-ordinate Yahoo!’s commercial strategy in Europe, with emphasis on e-commerce and distribution. Amanda-Jane and Sanjeev will work closely with Fabiola Arredondo, Managing Director, Europe, to create a focused approach towards assisting partners to extract maximum online revenues, and distribution of the product.

Fabiola Arredondo, Managing Director, Europe comments, "Amanda-Jane’s and Sanjeev’s knowledge and understanding of their fields will positively drive the further development of our European business. Their appointments reflect Yahoo!’s ongoing commitment to build on our leading position in European markets, where we will continue to bring the benefits of the brand to our partners."

Amanda-Jane joined Yahoo! from BBC Worldwide, where she was Head of Sales for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India and was responsible for all programme licensing, co-production and publishing activity across the region. Amanda-Jane also launched the first BBC branded television slots and was instrumental in developing local joint venture channels.

Sanjeev joined Yahoo! from BBC Worldwide, where he was General Manager of BBC Prime, and previously Strategic Development Manager for Worldwide Television. He was responsible for developing new commercial cable and satellite channels initially in the UK, and later in Latin America and Europe - the former in partnership with Flextech Television, and the latter as part of a global joint venture to launch factual channels with the Discovery Channel. Prior to the BBC, Sanjeev spent seven years as a consultant with the Global Telecoms Practice at Coopers & Lybrand.

About Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is a global Internet media company that offers a network of branded Web programming that serves millions of users daily. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the single largest guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach, and is one of the most recognised brands associated with the Internet. Yahoo! Inc. provides the targeted Internet resources and communications services for a broad range of audiences based on demographic, key-subject and geographic interests. Yahoo! is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has European offices in London, Paris, Munich, Stockholm and Milan.

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Yahoo! UK & Ireland
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kater@uk.yahoo-inc.com

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