Verizon Media
E120457
Verizon Media was a digital media and online advertising division of Verizon Communications that encompassed brands like Yahoo and AOL before being rebranded as Yahoo Inc.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1041679 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Verizon Media Context triple: [Oath Inc., successor, Verizon Media]
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A.
DoubleClick Inc.
DoubleClick Inc. was a pioneering online advertising company best known for its ad-serving technology and data-driven targeting, later acquired by Google to strengthen its digital advertising platform.
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B.
Time Warner
Time Warner was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for owning prominent film, television, and publishing assets such as Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN.
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C.
Verizon
Verizon is a major American telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, and related communication services across the United States and globally.
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D.
Cox Internet
Cox Internet is a major U.S. broadband and telecommunications service provider offering high-speed internet and related digital services to residential and business customers.
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E.
Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies is a U.S.-based telecommunications and technology company that provides internet, networking, cloud, and security services to businesses and consumers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Verizon Media Target entity description: Verizon Media was a digital media and online advertising division of Verizon Communications that encompassed brands like Yahoo and AOL before being rebranded as Yahoo Inc.
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A.
DoubleClick Inc.
DoubleClick Inc. was a pioneering online advertising company best known for its ad-serving technology and data-driven targeting, later acquired by Google to strengthen its digital advertising platform.
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B.
Time Warner
Time Warner was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for owning prominent film, television, and publishing assets such as Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN.
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C.
Verizon
Verizon is a major American telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, and related communication services across the United States and globally.
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D.
Cox Internet
Cox Internet is a major U.S. broadband and telecommunications service provider offering high-speed internet and related digital services to residential and business customers.
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E.
Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies is a U.S.-based telecommunications and technology company that provides internet, networking, cloud, and security services to businesses and consumers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
digital media company division
ⓘ
online advertising company division ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| businessModel |
advertising-supported media
ⓘ
software-as-a-service advertising platforms ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusArea |
ad technology
ⓘ
consumer internet brands ⓘ digital content ⓘ |
| formerName | Oath Inc. ⓘ |
| hadPredecessor |
AOL Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
AOL
Yahoo Inc. (original independent company) ⓘ
linked to:
Yahoo
|
| industry |
digital media
ⓘ
online advertising ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| offeredService |
data and analytics services
ⓘ
display advertising ⓘ native advertising ⓘ programmatic advertising ⓘ publisher monetization solutions ⓘ search advertising ⓘ video advertising ⓘ |
| operated |
ad exchange infrastructure
ⓘ
content distribution platforms ⓘ |
| operatedAdvertisingPlatform |
Verizon Media DSP
ⓘ
linked to:
Verizon Media
Verizon Media Native ⓘ
linked to:
Verizon Media
|
| ownedBrand |
AOL
ⓘ
AOL Mail ⓘ
linked to:
AOL
Autoblog ⓘ Engadget ⓘ HuffPost ⓘ MapQuest ⓘ Rivals.com ⓘ TechCrunch ⓘ Yahoo ⓘ Yahoo Entertainment ⓘ Yahoo Fantasy Sports ⓘ Yahoo Finance ⓘ Yahoo Lifestyle ⓘ Yahoo Mail ⓘ Yahoo News ⓘ Yahoo Sports ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Verizon Communications
ⓘ
linked to:
Verizon
|
| parentCompanyTicker | NYSE:VZ ⓘ |
| partOf | Verizon Communications media business ⓘ |
| rebrandedAs | Yahoo Inc. ⓘ |
| successor | Yahoo Inc. ⓘ |
| targetCustomer |
advertisers
ⓘ
consumers ⓘ publishers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Verizon Media Description of subject: Verizon Media was a digital media and online advertising division of Verizon Communications that encompassed brands like Yahoo and AOL before being rebranded as Yahoo Inc.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Verizon Media
linked to: Verizon Media
linked to: Verizon Media
linked to: Verizon Media
linked to: Verizon Media
linked to: Verizon Media