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Yahoo Finance / Bloomberg

U.S. business-news, market-oriented center

Owned byYahoo Finance is part of Yahoo Inc., owned about 90% by funds managed by Apollo Global Management and about 10% by Verizon. Bloomberg News is part of Bloomberg L.P., a private company about 88% owned by founder Michael Bloomberg.
FundingYahoo Finance is funded mainly by advertising, plus premium subscriptions and affiliate and brokerage partnerships. Bloomberg News is funded mostly by the Bloomberg Terminal, a high-priced subscription data service, which subsidizes the newsroom. It also earns revenue from enterprise data, Bloomberg Law, TV and radio, and consumer subscriptions.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Yahoo Finance launched in 1997 as part of Yahoo and became one of the most-visited financial sites in the U.S. Yahoo was bought by Verizon in 2017 and merged with AOL, then sold in 2021 to Apollo Global Management, which holds about 90% with Verizon keeping about 10%. Reports in 2026 have discussed a possible Yahoo IPO, but no filing was found. Yahoo Finance mixes original reporting, video and syndicated or wire content, aimed at retail investors. Bloomberg L.P. was founded in 1981 by Michael Bloomberg, who built it around the Terminal; Merrill Lynch held a minority stake until Bloomberg bought it back in 2008 for about $4.4 billion. Bloomberg News, led by editor-in-chief John Micklethwait, is known for market and economic reporting and some investigative work. It drew criticism in 2019 when it said it would not investigate Michael Bloomberg or his Democratic primary rivals during his presidential run, while continuing to cover President Trump. Bloomberg Opinion is separate from the newsroom and carries a range of views, often pro-market and centrist. Both outlets tend to frame administration actions such as tariffs, Federal Reserve pressure and sanctions in terms of market and economic effects, not ideology.

Sources

  1. Yahoo Finance - Wikipedia
  2. Yahoo - Wikipedia
  3. Yahoo Refinances Apollo Acquisition Debt With $1.6 Billion Loan, Bond Sale - Bloomberg
  4. Who owns Yahoo? Ownership structure explained (2026)
  5. Bloomberg L.P. - Wikipedia
  6. Merrill Sells Stake In Bloomberg To Bloomberg LP For $4.425 Billion - CBS News

Profile compiled 2026-10-13; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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