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# Yahoo Expands Media Division With Large Santa Monica Colorado Center Hub
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/123105-story-20051231-5/
- Published: 2005-12-31T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T08:28:44.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, Santa Monica, #archive-import

the largest and most expensive for Santa Monica in recent years.

Yahoo already had three smaller offices in Santa Monica with a total of 200 employees. However, the company’s new center is intended for the growth of its media division, which handles Yahoo’s news, finances, sports and online entertainment services. As many as 700 employees are expected to be added to the payroll in the next few years.

Colorado Center is surrounded by other media companies that have been moving and expanding for more than a decade. MTV, Universal Music, Sony Music, Revolution Studios, Lucas Productions and Bruckheimer Films are some of the bigger companies within a half mile.

Yahoo will make the shift into its site over a three-year period, beginning with the move into 64,671 square feet which occurred in August. Many of the employee transfers, who are parents, moved with their families from Sunnyvale, Calif.

When determining the location for its new hub, Yahoo wanted to be located in an area that could draw the best and brightest talent. Yahoo also wanted to be close to their contact partners in the media industry. Santa Monica was chosen over Century City, Playa Vista, Westwood and West Los Angeles.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 31, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/123105.pdf?ref=smdp.com)