Maria Sansone's time hosting "The 9" on Yahoo pretty much spanned the Web 2.0 era. From July 6, 2006, two months before Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion, to March 20, 2008, the same month Bear Stearns collapsed, Maria took 4 minutes every day to run down a list of nine stories her producers culled from the Web.

Probably the best thing about the show was the blog not officially affiliated with it. Called "What's Maria Wearing?," it answered just that question.

Here's how Yahoo explained the show 26 months ago:

These days, Maria hosts Pop Tub Daily, a show on YouTube that's not much different from "The 9" at all. Here's an episode from this week: