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gigaom.com - 11/18/2008

After Yang, What Should Yahoo Do? [GigaOM]

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Jerry Yang, after a tumultuous reign as the chief executive officer of Yahoo(s YHOO), the company he co-founded with David Filo, announced today that he is stepping down from the top slot. The news was first reported by Kara Swisher and later confirmed by Yahoo in a press release. He is ...

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yhoo.client.shareholder.com - 11/18/2008

Yahoo! Inc. - Press Release

— yhoo.client.shareholder.com — Yahoo! Conducting Search for New CEO Co-Founder Jerry Yang to Step Down Following Appointment of New CEO and Return to Former Role as Chief Yahoo! and Board Member SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) today ... (more) Yahoo! Inc. - Press Release

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kara.allthingsd.com - 11/18/2008

Yahoo’s Peter (Chernin) Principle–And Other CEO Choices

— kara.allthingsd.com — Obviously, the dream CEO for Yahoo is News Corp. COO Peter Chernin. And, no surprise, he is the No. 1 choice of most inside and outside Yahoo (YHOO), in the wake of the news late yesterday that its current CEO and Co-Founder Jerry Yang is stepping ... (more) Yahoo’s Peter (Chernin) Principle–And Other CEO Choices

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thestandard.com - 11/18/2008

The Real Dan Lyons bails on blogging

— thestandard.com — First it was Fake Steve Jobs, now it's Real Dan Lyons. A frustrated Dan Lyons told me this afternoon that he is hanging up his personal blog at RealDanLyons.com after his Newsweek bosses made him yank a blog post where Lyons (rightfully) ... (more) The Real Dan Lyons bails on blogging

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Some Ideas for a New Yahoo CEO Initial Actions
Profy — ... It could also be a good idea to discuss and research all the potential benefits and risks of merging Yahoo with Time Warner’s AOL and finally make a decision to stop these lengthy talks without any results. It is hard to predict that two struggling companies merged could form one that would be strong and healthy but I would not eliminate such a scenario entirely. Om Malik called this possibility “tying together two bricks with a spider web and hoping that they will float” and I think it is difficult to find a better comparison. But putting at least some end to ...

Yang's Lowercase Tendencies Might Have Been a Sign
Tech Observer — ... GigaOM notes that Yang was never an inspirational leader, and he never addressed the core issues needed to save the company. ...

What Logs Should Google Buy in a Yahoo Fire Sale?
Google Watch — ... I can definitely see this happening, as can many analysts following the space. Yahoo's synergies with Microsoft are pretty clear. Microsoft would gain mucho search share, the industry's best display advertising (no offense to DoubleClick), and lots of Web properties that would take time to build up and scale out on its own, such as Flickr, del.icio.us, etc. ...

Why Microsoft Should Bid Again — and Yahoo Should Accept [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... in making another acquisition bid for the troubled web company. Was he just bluffing? That should become obvious relatively soon, now that co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang has finally stepped aside, removing what many (including Ballmer himself) saw as one of the main barriers to bringing the two companies together. But that’s not the only reason Microsoft should re-ignite acquisition talks with the company. There are plenty of other good ones why it should do so — and why Yahoo should accept. ...

Everyone's Pick For Yahoo CEO
Silicon Alley Insider — ... Writes GigaOm's Om Malik: "Hopefully they will bring on a no-nonsense, [HP CEO] Mark Hurd-style executive who can stabilize and revive the company by making it leaner, simpler and have it focus on its core competencies. For PE investors, there is also comfort in the fact that Yahoo can at anytime sell its Asian holdings for a ton of cash. They might be able to find some takers for their European properties as well." ...

Filling Yahoo's CEO vacancy
Outside the Lines — ... Whoever takes the job will have to be capable of spiritually healing a wounded company. Too many talented people have left the tent, and he or she will need to attract and bring in first class replacements. Om Malik phrases what Yahoo needs in a CEO simply: "Look outside for someone with spark." Add to that criteria the ability to be decisive in short order and keep the Yahoo board from further compromising the future of company. Jerry Yang may be a co-founder and now former-CEO, but ...

Something about Yahoo [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... at the future of media — through sites like Flickr, the photo-sharing site which turns every person with a digital camera into a news photographer, and Yahoo Buzz, the headline-voting service which opens up the Yahoo homepage to news stories from the smallest of blogs. (via Valleywag) Our previous writings about the Yahoo situation: Yahoo’s Yang has no regrets - he should. With Jerry Yang Gone, What Yahoo should do next? Why Microsoft should bid again - and ...

Maybe Yahoo Was Destined to Flounder [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... More recent, albeit smaller, successes like Flickr, Buzz and Answers demonstrate that such pioneering spirit is still alive in Yahoo, just caged inside a stifling bureaucratic culture. To right itself, Yahoo must make some tough choices. But looking back over the past year, it’s not clear that any of the alternatives open to it would have been much better than the ones it’s already made. ...