kara.allthingsd.com - 11/18/2008
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Well, for sure, Microsoft execs were not doing high-fives after Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang said he was stepping down yesterday, as Yahoo searches for an new CEO to take over.
Well, maybe some small and discreet ones.
That hand-slapping, of course, was the delightful tidbit from the New York ...
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
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
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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Yahoo seeks new prince to take the purple reins
GMSV —
... Peter Chernin; former Fox Interactive Media head Ross Levinsohn; former Nextel CEO and current Yahoo board member John Chapple; and former Microsoft exec and current Juniper Networks head Kevin Johnson, who would have run Yahoo if Microsoft’s takeover bid had succeeded. Microsoft, meanwhile, is biding its time, reportedly still interested not in a takeover, but some sort of search and advertising deal. “They are ready to move, as soon as it becomes clear who is in charge at Yahoo,” one source told Boomtown’s Kara Swisher . “They don’t want to appear too eager, but also don’t ...
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