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[YAHOO LETTERHEAD]
July 3, 2008
BY EDGAR
Mr. Mark Kronforst, Accounting Branch Chief
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Mail Stop 4561
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Re:
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Yahoo! Inc. |
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Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2007 |
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Filed February 27, 2008 |
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File No. 000-28018 |
Dear Mr. Kronforst:
Yahoo! Inc. (the Company) has received the Staffs comment letter dated June 30, 2008, concerning
the above referenced Form 10-K. The comment letter asks us to provide our written responses within
10 business days or to tell the Staff when we will provide our responses. Our counsel, Robert
Plesnarski of OMelveny & Myers LLP, spoke to Accounting Branch Chief Mark Kronforst and requested
and received an extension of time so that we can devote the appropriate time and resources to
consider the Staffs comments and to complete our responses. We expect to provide our responses to
the comment letter by no later than July 25, 2008.
The Company hereby represents that:
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the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; |
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staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) from taking any action with respect
to the filing; and |
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the Company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the
Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
Please contact the undersigned at (408) 349-3300 with any questions or comments regarding this
letter.
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Respectfully submitted,
Yahoo! Inc.
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/s/ BLAKE JORGENSEN
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By: |
Blake Jorgensen |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |
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cc:
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Christine Davis, Assistant Chief Accountant |
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Stephanie I. Splane, VP, Corporate Legal Affairs
and Deputy General Counsel |
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Robert T. Plesnarski, Esq., OMelveny & Myers LLP |