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Science and Technology
Thu, September 22, 2011
Wed, September 21, 2011
White House Hosts Yahoo! in First-Ever Hispanic Online Roundtable with President Obama
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), the premier digital media company, will live-stream the first-ever Hispanic-focused online roundtable with President Barack Obama, giving people the opportunity to submit questions to the president on the issues that are important to them.
Moderated by Jose Siade, Yahoo!a™s editor-in-chief for U.S. Hispanic and Latin America, the live roundtable will be webcast from the White House on September 28, and will focus on issues that matter to Hispanics, including the economy, education, health care, and immigration, as well as many other important issues.
Yahoo! will moderate the session and ask questions from Yahoo! users. AOL Latino / HuffPost Latino Voices and MSN Latino will also participate in the roundtable.
People can submit their questions to President Obama from now until Monday September 26 at 6 p.m. EDT by visiting [ Yahoo! en Espaol Respuestas ] or [ http://espanol.docs.yahoo.com/pregunta-presidente/ ].
The White Housea™s aOpen for Questions With President Obamaa or aEl Presidente Obama Te Respondea will air live in Spanish and English on [ Yahoo! en Espaol ] and can be watched by visiting [ http://espanol.docs.yahoo.com/presidente-responde/ ] or whitehouse.gov/live. An archived version will be available to Yahoo! viewers worldwide.
Yahoo! is one of the most visited online destinations, reaching more than 75% of the U.S. Hispanic population, according to comScore (August, 2011).
About Yahoo!
Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) is the premier digital media company, creating deeply personal digital experiences that keep more than half a billion people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the globe. And Yahoo!'s unique combination of Science + Art + Scale connects advertisers to the consumers who build their businesses. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, visit the pressroom ([ pressroom.yahoo.com ]) or the company's blog, Yodel Anecdotal ([ yodel.yahoo.com ]).
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