Yahoo! Won't Staff Up Like AOL

Forbes interviewed Yahoo! media VP Jimmy Pitaro about the portal’s attempts to create massive amounts of content via its purchases of Associated Content and The Upshot. Most of the interview was discussing the practice of using algorithms to decide what to write about, but Pitaro did get asked a question about Yahoo’s hiring plans.

Writer Lacey Rose asked Pitaro whether Yahoo will hire at a similar rate as AOL, which now has well over 1,500 writers on its payroll.

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