google.com - 11/18/2008
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Yahoo's Yang decides he's no longer the right CEO By MICHAEL LIEDTKE 8 hours ago SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Yahoo Inc. shares shot up 11 percent Tuesday as investors took the resignation of CEO Jerry Yang to mean Microsoft Corp. is more likely to make another bid for the ailing Internet company. Yang's ...
thestandard.com - 11/18/2008
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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) ...
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The Real Dan Lyons bails on blogging
kara.allthingsd.com - 11/18/2008
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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 ...
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Yahoo’s Peter (Chernin) Principle–And Other CEO Choices
ycorpblog.com - 11/18/2008
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ycorpblog.com —
As you’ve no doubt already read, I’ve decided
that I will step down from my role as...
Chief Executive Officer after my successor has been selected. Ever since founding Yahoo! with David Filo 13 years ago, I’ve been passionate about this company, its ...
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Stepping down
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Yang's Lowercase Tendencies Might Have Been a Sign
Tech Observer —
... Perhaps viewing this as the last short-stature-letter memo, Yahoo investors sent shares up 11 percent on Tuesday to $11.80 a share. Apparently Yahoo needs a bolder, ...
Jerry Yang: Bad at Bussiness or Politics?
Technology Liberation Front —
... for Terry Semel in June 2007. Since that time Yang, one of the co-founders of Yahoo!, has been seen as the man who couldn’t do anything right. He passed up an offer from Microsoft to buy Yahoo! for $33 dollars a share, claiming the company was worth $37.
Yang then pursued an advertising deal with Google, but on November 5th it was announced that Yahoo! and Google were backing out of the deal due to regulatory stumbling blocks erected by the Department of Justice.
As the AP story on Yang’s resignation states:
Just a few hours after ...
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kara.allthingsd.com 11/8/2008 —
Well, this was certainly predictable–the mindless piling on of Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang now taking place in the blogosphere, in the wake of yet another setback for the troubled Internet company.
This time, it comes after the collapse of the ...
Yang Is Forced Out At Yahoo - No Question About It
furrier.org 11/18/2008 — Mike Arrington has the post up with a release from Yahoo.
There is no question in my mind that Jerry Yang was forced out of town on a “rail”. I hate to see this, but the mob got him. All that value flushed down the market toilet. ...
Yahoo’s Jerry Yang to Step Down, As a Search for New CEO Commences
kara.allthingsd.com 11/17/2008 —
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang will step down from his job as CEO, said sources close to the company, as soon as the board finds a replacement for him, in what sources close to the situation call a joint decision by him and the company’s directors.
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Yahoo's Yang Needs to Go - Tech Check with Jim Goldman
cnbc.com 11/6/2008 — No more mincing words, no more chipping around the edges: Jerry Yang has made a mockery of the vaunted company he helped create. And now he's creating havoc where it otherwise didn't need to be. There's a not so fine line between hubris and fiduciary ...
Yang To Step Down From Yahoo
techcrunch.com 11/18/2008 — Expect Yahoo’s share price to jump tomorrow - Jerry Yang will be stepping down as CEO of the company.
The press release:
Yahoo! Conducting Search for New CEO
Co-Founder Jerry Yang to Step Down Following Appointment of New CEO
and Return ...
Jerry finally steps aside at Yahoo
mathewingram.com 11/19/2008 — Why did it take so long? That’s the only question that remains unanswered when it comes to Jerry Yang and his erstwhile leadership of the company he co-founded, at least as far as I’m concerned. It didn’t really make any sense for ...
Yahoo's Yang says Microsoft deal still best option
reuters.com 11/6/2008 — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - After nearly a year spent seeking alternatives to Microsoft Corp's buyout offer, Yahoo Inc's Chief Executive Jerry Yang said he believes a deal between the two is still the best option for the beleaguered Internet company. ...
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readwriteweb.com 11/7/2008 — Yahoo is obviously going through a rather tough period in its history right now. Last night, at O'Reilly's Web 2.0 Summit , John Battelle interviewed Yahoo's CEO Jerry Yang and asked him about Microsoft's takeover bid, Google's decision to pull out ...
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