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The Yahoo-AOL Jabberfest Continues Ad Infinitum (Plus Some Jerry Yang Chitter-Chatter on Video)
kara.allthingsd.com - 11/16/2008
The Yahoo-AOL Jabberfest Continues Ad Infinitum (Plus Some Jerry Yang Chitter-Chatter on Video)
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Last week–in a clear sign that BoomTown has spent way too much face time in front of the idiot box–I compared the endless bickering back-and-forth between Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to the annoying push-me-pull-you antics of Ross and Rachel on the ...
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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Yahoo’s Jerry Yang to Step Down, As a Search for New CEO Commences
kara.allthingsd.com - 11/17/2008
Yahoo’s Jerry Yang to Step Down, As a Search for New CEO Commences
— kara.allthingsd.com — 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.  ... (more) Yahoo’s Jerry Yang to Step Down, As a Search for New CEO ...

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Yahoo’s Peter (Chernin) Principle–And Other CEO Choices
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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Weekend Update 11/14/08
Digital Daily — ... to find a head for its digital business, and Yahoo/AOL’s failure to make anything happen in the ongoing yawn-fest of a non-acquisition. ...

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