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As BoomTown Said, Microsoft’s Jeff Dossett Joins Yahoo–As Audience Head
kara.allthingsd.com - 11/3/2008
As BoomTown Said, Microsoft’s Jeff Dossett Joins Yahoo–As Audience Head
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About a month ago, BoomTown reported that MSN executive producer and general manager Jeff Dossett (pictured here) was contemplating joining Yahoo. Microsoft (MSFT) released a statement that day saying Dossett was indeed stepping down from his MSN duties, as I had posted, but noted that he ...
googleblog.blogspot.com - 11/5/2008
Official Google Blog: Ending our agreement with Yahoo!
— googleblog.blogspot.com — In June we announced an advertising agreement with Yahoo! that gave Yahoo! the option of using Google... to provide ads on its websites (and its publisher partners' sites) in the U.S. and Canada. At the same time, both companies agreed to delay ... (more) Official Google Blog: Ending our agreement with Yahoo!

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yhoo.client.shareholder.com - 11/5/2008
Yahoo! Inc. - Press Release
— yhoo.client.shareholder.com — Yahoo! Announces Termination of Services Agreement by Google SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov 05, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Yahoo!... Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced that Google has terminated the advertising services ... (more) Yahoo! Inc. - Press Release

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Yahoo’s Scott Moore and Al Warms to Depart This Week
kara.allthingsd.com - 11/3/2008
Yahoo’s Scott Moore and Al Warms to Depart This Week
— kara.allthingsd.com — Aside from upcoming layoffs, it seemed as if Yahoo had staunched the flow of major execs from... the company. Not so, it seems, as several sources with knowledge of the situation confirm that the two top execs of the troubled Internet ... (more) Yahoo’s Scott Moore and Al Warms to Depart This Week

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Gawker: valleywag:  Microsoft exec Jeff Dossett really joining Yahoo after all [Hires]

The Microsoft Blog:  Yahoo hires Microsoft executive

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Microsoft exec Jeff Dossett really joining Yahoo after all [Hires]
Gawker: valleywag — ... Mountaineer, philanthropist, and longtime Microsoftie Jeff Dossett has a new claim to fame: He's brave enough to join Yahoo — but it took a while to convince him. Two months ago, Dossett, who joined Microsoft in 1991, went through a curious back-and-forth: BoomTown's Kara Swisher reported he was ...

Yahoo hires Microsoft executive
The Microsoft Blog — Yahoo Inc. said today it had hired a Microsoft executive, Jeff Dossett, as senior vice president, U.S. Audience. He will oversee Yahoo's media properties throughout the U.S. Dossett -- who joined Microsoft in 1991 -- was an executive producer and general manager for the MSN Media Network. He was responsible for strategy and execution. There had been mumblings before that Dossett was leaving for Yahoo, according to All Things Digital's Kara Swisher . More from the press release ...

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