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Blogosphere Lights Up As Jerry Yang Steps Down
WebProNews Feed —
... stock price. Shares have risen about 12.6 percent in pre-market trading on the official announcement that the search for a new CEO is underway. Yes, Jerry Yang will be stepping out of that role as soon as his shoes can be filled. In the meantime, he'll be helping with the search, as the decision does appear at this point to have been mutual between Yang and Yahoo's board of directors. And afterwards, Yang will hang around as Chief Yahoo and a member of the board. So what's next? Kara Swisher 's compiled a list ten possible job candidates. Peter Chernin, News Corp's COO, is ...
Who'll replace Jerry Yang? Chernin hot, Decker not [Yahoo]
Gawker: valleywag —
... Why would the President and COO of News Corp. take a job running Yahoo? Money, of course, but does Yahoo have that much? Nonetheless, relentless Yahoo blogger Kara Swisher reports that Peter Chernin is "the No. 1 choice of most inside and outside Yahoo." Swisher says Yahoo's current President, Sue Decker, is being "considered" for the job, which in Valleyspeak means she's not being considered at all. Kara lists ...
Yahoo seeks new prince to take the purple reins
GMSV —
... . If the master plan is counting on coaxing Redmond into taking a some serious stake, analysts say, the company may want to bring aboard a respected manager in a transitional role. If the plan is to stand firm and work a turnaround, the board may opt for some star power. Among the names being bandied about : ex-AOL CEO Jonathan Miller, whose non-compete agreement expires in March; News Corp. President and COO 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 ...
Will a Microsoft veteran become Yahoo CEO?
The Microsoft Blog —
... development and marketing of Microsoft's consumer online services, including Live Search and MSN.com. Kara Swisher at All Things D, who mentions Johnson as a possibility, says that Johnson and Yang, who is participating in the search for his replacement, have a good relationship. > Brian McAndrews, the senior vice president of the advertiser and publisher solutions group at Microsoft. He was CEO of digital marketing firm aQuantive until it was acquired by Microsoft in August 2007. He ...
What A CEO Will Cost Yahoo!
Forbes.com: Technology News —
... to a slew of lesser tech and media execs have been bandied about the blogosphere as potential candidates for the job. While it's too early to know who will become Yahoo!'s (nasdaq: ...
Everyone's Pick For Yahoo CEO
Silicon Alley Insider —
... Writes BoomTown's Kara Swisher: "Obviously, the dream CEO for Yahoo is News Corp. President and COO Peter Chernin. Chernin has the right resume: Experienced at running large and complex organizations; savvier than most in media about the Internet; able to make the kinds of dramatic decisions needed; and, perhaps best of all, signaling- ...
From Peter Chernin to Mark Cuban: Picking Jerry Yang’s Replacement
Between the Lines —
... thought about advertising first, before taking off. And guess what it figured out: Just put three minutes of commercials in a TV show. Viewers will remember them better — and advertisers will be happier, as a result. But he’s no shoo-in. Current Yahoo chief Susan Decker and former Yahoo chief Dan Rosensweig have to be considered, thinks Kara Swisher of AllThingsD. In fact, she has a very long list of candidates that includes Tim Armstrong of Google and Meg Whitman, formerly of the John McCain campaign. And, oh, yeah, eBay. Serial Net entrepreneur Marc Andreessen of Netscape, ...
Filling Yahoo's CEO vacancy
Outside the Lines —
... Kara has been all over the story. She thinks that News Corp. Chief Operating Officer Peter Chernin could be the man. Chernin has spent the last 12 years by the side of Rupert Murdoch and may be leaving his embrace. Kara also evaluates a number of other possible candidates in the video below and in this ...
Weekend Update, 11/21/08
Digital Daily —
... as soon as the Yahoo board can find a suitable replacement. Digital Daily argued that it was perhaps the best thing Yang could have done for the troubled company. Early trading on Tuesday saw a ...
