Yahoo! Taps Braun to Drive Media, Entertainment

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NEW YORK The former chairman of ABC Entertainment Television Group Lloyd Braun is joining Yahoo! on Nov. 15 as head of its media and entertainment division.

Based in Santa Monica, Calif., he will oversee the Web portal’s content relating to movies, TV, entertainment, music, games, finance, news, weather, sports, health and kids.

“The growing consumer demand for compelling content on the Internet and rapid proliferation of broadband is an exciting growth opportunity for Yahoo!, and we are committed to further bolstering what are already the leading content properties on the Web,” said chief operating officer Dan Rosensweig, to whom Braun will report, in a statement.

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