Why does Yahoo News show less meaningful world-wide news, and more "audience-based" tips than before?

Question

I'm mostly curious about what drives the decision to show less Worldy news, and more audience/individual-focused bits. The reasoning behind the change, in other words.

Answer 1

Evidently because Yahoo is NOT about Informing People about things that really matter, but prefers to indulge people with the nonsense that doesn't. This is called: "Playing to the Ratings..."  :(  

Answer 2

they'd rather keep people blind with celebrity trash than reveal the truth to them.

Answer 3

It's those little green pieces of paper they call Money. What else.  Audience-based brings in more of it. Wake up and think PPL

Answer 4

It's all about hits and advertising. Most people would rather read a story about a 44 pound cat than unrest in Georgia (Which most of them probably don't realize is a country). As for myself, I have long since decamped to BBC News Online where the celebrity gossip remains securely in the Entertainment section.

Answer 5

Because it's a free country that's why.

Answer 6

Tell me about it....

Same goes for AOL.

I think its because both yahoo and aol have the same owner. Therefore, they show mostly the same news.