Really, though, the decision to give Yahoo Screen the digital axe is probably because of shows like Community, not despite them. As we reported back in October, Yahoo lost $42 million through its video division last year, at which time the CFO specifically called out Community for not bringing in as much advertiser money as the company hoped it would. Variety‘s report doesn’t specifically blame Community for killing an entire streaming service, but all of that money it lost must have factored into the decision.
Now, Yahoo Screen may be dead (and it will be dearly missed), but its precious content will live on, buried in the various sections on the normal Yahoo site. Variety notes that any streamed concerts, for example, will now appear under Yahoo’s music section instead of on Yahoo Screen. As for Community, it’s now located in the TV section, and all you need to do in order to watch it is go to Yahoo, click “More Yahoo Sites,” click “TV,” click the ellipses under the search bar, and then click “Watch Community.” It’s as easy as one, two, three…and then four and five, which isn’t really that much worse from when it was on Yahoo Screen.
