p2p news / p2pnet: All kinds of glitz, bells and whistles, often with little genuine value, are aimed at YOU as a member of the fickle surfing public ; )

The idea is to capture your attention and the latest effort comes Yahoo which is trying to spin a Reality type thingy your way.

It’s hired Richard Bangs, a partner in a US adventure travel firm to, “create multimedia packages about exotic - and sometimes dangerous - expeditions on mountains, rivers and islands around the world”.

Whoooeeee!

“Bangs’ initial package will debut Monday and revolve around a climb up the Eiger in Switzerland," says the Associated Press. “The five-part serial follows the journey of John Harlin III, whose father died on the Eiger 40 years ago,” it says, quoting Yahoo’s vp of content Scott Moore as saying, in all seriousness:

"We are trying to define the next generation of Internet media.”

Heh.

The strategy is, “designed to set Yahoo apart from its biggest rivals - Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.’s MSN and Time Warner Inc.’s AOL …..”

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See:-
Associated Press - Yahoo expansion takes adventurous turn, October 23, 2005

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