Yahoo Beefs up IM: Better Integration With Games

Only Service to Offer Customized Radio, Avatars, Audibles

Sunnyvale, CA - April 26, 2004 -- Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - News), a leading global Internet company, today announced the newest public beta version of its popular Yahoo!(r) Messenger (http://messenger.yahoo.com) service. Leading the instant messaging industry in time spent per user(1), Yahoo! Messenger continues to drive innovation in the instant messaging marketplace by introducing unique features and deeper integration with Yahoo! services including LAUNCHcast, Yahoo! Games, Yahoo! AddressBook, and Yahoo! Search.