Yahoo! Dumps 'Brand Universes'
NEW YORK Yahoo! has scrapped its plan to create dozens of destinations for consumers to celebrate brands.
Dubbed “Brand Universes,” the sites were intended to tap into the allure of hot brands like those in technology and entertainment by creating one-stop shops featuring user-created videos, bookmarks, photos and reviews. Yahoo! launched the first of these properties in late 2006 with one celebrating the Nintendo Wii.
A Yahoo! rep said the destinations did not fit into the broader strategy laid out by CEO Jerry Yang for Yahoo! to be the “starting point” of consumer Internet activity.
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