Editing Yahoo Internet Life

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[[Image:Yahoo internet life.jpg|200px|thumb|August 2000 issue of ''Yahoo! Internet Life'']]
'''''Yahoo! Internet Life''''' was a monthly magazine published by [[Ziff Davis]], which licensed the name from [[Yahoo!]], the well-known [[web portal]] and [[Web search engine|search engine]] website. It was created and launched by [[G. Barry Golson]], the former executive editor of ''[[Playboy (magazine)|Playboy]]'' and ''[[TV Guide]]''. The magazine was published 1996–2002, and focused on  the emerging [[Internet]] and computer culture of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

==History==
The forerunner of ''Yahoo! Internet Life'' was  started in 1995, when [[Ziff Davis]] invested in [[Yahoo!]] and subsequently published just one issue of ''ZD Internet Life'' (Vol.1 No.1 Fall 1995).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-14-cl-65253-story.html|title=Web Sites Ride the Back of the Print 'Dinosaur' |date=December 14, 2000|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://gizmodo.com/yahoo-internet-life-magazine-is-an-awesome-relic-of-the-509040650|title=Yahoo Internet Life Magazine Is an Awesome Relic of the Dot Com Era|author1=Leslie Horn|date=May 21, 2013|work=[[Gizmodo]]|access-date=August 28, 2016}}</ref> In 1996, along with other publications, [[Dan Rosensweig]] led the relaunch of the magazine as ''Yahoo! Internet Life''(first issue was Vol 2. No.1 Spring 1996)– which had been retooled by Golson –before being appointed Yahoo! [[chief operating officer|COO]], in 2002,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sKj3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT47|title=Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!|last=Carlson|first=Nicholas|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|page=47|date=2015|isbn=9781455556625 }}</ref> with Golson serving as [[editor-in-chief]] until the magazine's demise in 2002.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kelly|first1=Keith J.|title=Troubled Ziff Ends Life of Troubled Magazine|url=https://nypost.com/2002/07/03/troubled-ziff-ends-life-of-struggling-magazine/|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|date=3 July 2002}}</ref> The magazine featured regular columns by film critic [[Roger Ebert]],<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Siskel+And+Ebert+On+Line!+Rate+Best+Movie+Wedsites+For+Yahoo!...-a018565865|access-date=April 4, 2013|title=Siskel And Ebert On Line! Rate Best Movie Websites For Yahoo! Internet Life|date=August 8, 1996|publisher=Ziff Davis|agency=[[PR Newswire]]|work=[[The Free Library]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305061026/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Siskel+And+Ebert+On+Line!+Rate+Best+Movie+Wedsites+For+Yahoo!...-a018565865|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref> and others, and published many reviews of a variety of [[webpage]]s and [[technology|tech]] [[gadget]]s. ''Yahoo! Internet Life'' explored potentially controversial tech-related issues such as pornography and [[peer-to-peer]] technology.

==Alumni==
[[Alanis Morissette]] appeared (apparently topless, with strategically crossed hands) on the cover of its August 2000 "Music Blowout" issue. Its closure was announced in July 2002, and its last issue was published that August.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/07/02/yahoo-life.htm|title='Yahoo Internet Life' ceases publication|date=July 2, 2002|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=April 4, 2013|agency=AP}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/1380251/A+Death+for+Yahoo+Internet+Life.htm
|access-date=April 4, 2013|title=A Death for Yahoo! Internet Life|work=InternetNews|date=July 2, 2002|author=Joyce, Erin }}</ref>

In addition to editor-in-chief Golson, other editors included Angela Gunn, Lisa Holzer, Stevan Keane, [[Ben Greenman]], [[Larry Smith (editor)|Larry Smith]], David Thomas, Ron Bel Bruno, [[Bilge Ebiri]], and Rob Bernstein. The design director was Gail Ghezzi.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://yahoomagazine.com}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19991128040039/http://www.zdnet.com/yil/? ''Yahoo Internet Life''] (via ZDnet) at [[Archive.org]] 1999-2001
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010505185721/http://www.yil.com/index.asp ''Yahoo Internet Life''] (via yil.com) at Archive.org 2001-2002

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