Yahoo! Entertainment News FAQ
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Our goal is to make Yahoo! News as comprehensive as possible, and from
time to time we add sources to make your news more complete. Currently,
our entertainment content is provided by the following sources:
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Reuters Online Report.
This feed brings you an in-depth look at the top stories of the day gathered
from more than 160 bureaus worldwide. Updates three times each
day.
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E! Online. News and commentary from
the Internet's definitive entertainment source. Updates once a day.
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Hollywood Reporter. Top-notch
information from one of Hollywood's most respected newspapers. Updates
once a day.
If you're looking for a news source that we don't currently offer,
be sure to check Yahoo!'s News and
Media category for other news sites.
Yahoo! News provides a limited archive of articles for you to browse. In
entertainment news, sources are archived for the following lengths of time:
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Reuters: 7 days
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Hollywood Reporter: 7 days
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E! Online: 90 days
Use the archive dates at the bottom of the index page to see stories from
the archive. If you're looking for stories that are too old for our archive,
please check our Full
Coverage section for an archive of sources on major news stories. Also,
Lexis-Nexis offers their news
archives for a fee, and you can find many other services in our News
and Media category. Unfortunately, we cannot provide Reuters stories
that are more than seven days old.
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can be obtained only by contacting Reuters directly at the following
addresses:
We get lots of letters from people asking, "Can you send me articles on...."
The answer is: you can get those articles yourself, with our search function. Using the search box on our news pages, you can retrieve all
the articles we have on a particular topic. In Enterainment news, Reuters is the only source that can be searched. We hope to have other sources searchable soon. Sorry, but we cannot
send news articles to you by e-mail!
If you're looking for more information than we have in our news section,
or if you want to see websites related to your topic, you need to search
the main Yahoo! site. Use the search
box to retrieve all the websites we have listed for your topic.
The feature boxes along the left side of the page give you access to other
Yahoo! content while you browse our news pages. In Entertainment News you
will see the following features:
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Daily Feature: Each day we'll show you the top five money-makers
in a different entertainment field: Broadway tickets (Mon.); U.S. movies
(Tues.); prime-time TV shows (Wed.); Billboard singles (Thurs.); movie
rentals (Fri.); books (Sat.); and North American concerts (Sun.). Click
on the "more" link under the top five to see the full list.
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Yahoo! Full Coverage - whether it's breaking news or a continuing
story, the Yahoo! editorial staff scours the web for the best stories on
a particular topic. You'll see the top three stories of the day displayed
here, with a link to many more.
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Yahoo! Net Events - our comprehensive list of news events and chats
on the web each day. You'll see the very best displayed on the news page,
with a link to hundreds more.
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Yahoo! Categories - check out these Yahoo! categories for more news
sources and information.
We appreciate feedback about the news we post on our site. When you see
factual or typographical errors, or when you wish to state an opinion about
Reuters content, please contact the news providers directly:
Generally, errors in formatting are the result of an error in the news
feed received by Yahoo!. These problems usually resolve themselves when
we get a new batch of stories. If formatting errors persist, please notify
us at reuters-admin@yahoo-inc.com.
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of our feeds don't update overnight or during the weekend. If it still looks like there's a problem, notify
us at reuters-admin@yahoo-inc.com.
All company press releases and news stories available on Yahoo! originate
from other sources. We cannot take individual press releases and add them
to our service. If you are interested in having your company's press releases
show up on Yahoo!, contact PR
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Wire. For a fee, either of these services will make sure hundreds of
news services are aware of any company announcements.
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