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Link: Yahoo! CEO’s Priority →

Newly appointed CEO Marissa Mayer: Companies are all about people and the companies with the best talent win. Joining was an easy decision, because the strength of Yahoo!’s talent and the whole team here is apparent. We will continue to … Continue reading

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Link: Google’s Marissa Mayer Becomes Yahoo’s Chief →

Marissa has a huge challenge, but she has a lot of experience too. She has been at the helm of many key projects, including News and the unified search bar (she has patents for both). I was most intrigued that … Continue reading

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Link: Yahoo! Pushes Thompson Out the Door →

Kara Swisher points out a few other key mistakes Thompson has made during his tenure, but a false résumé shouldn’t have been the thing that pushes the company over the edge. In any case, it is a welcome sight to … Continue reading

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Link: Yahoo CEO says he never provided a resume →

Normal job application rules don’t apply in high level position hunting — especially when headhunters were looking for someone to run a company..  

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Link: Yahoo Lays off 2,000 Employees →

Kara Swisher, who has been all over this series of unfortunate events for Yahoo!: The layoffs touch all units of the company, but the hardest hit is the product division, which is headed by Blake Irving, as well as its … Continue reading

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Link: Yahoo! Appoints Former PayPal President →

Roy Bostock, Yahoo! Chairman of the Board: Scott brings to Yahoo! a proven record of building on a solid foundation of existing assets and resources to reignite innovation and drive growth, precisely the formula we need at Yahoo! His deep … Continue reading

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Link: Henry Blodget’s Modest Proposal to Yahoo! →

Henry Blodget, CEO of SAI: It’s not an instant miracle cure, of course. Fixing Yahoo will take time. But it is, if we do say so ourselves, the sort of plan that Yahoo has been sorely lacking for the last … Continue reading

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Link: AllThingsD: Carol Bartz Out at Yahoo →

Kara Swisher has the scoop: The situation around the departure is unclear, but Bartz has had a very rocky tenure in her 30 months at the company.

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Link: Revisiting Milgram’s Thought Experiment →

With the advent of Facebook and faster communication, it makes sense that the number of steps has decreased since Milgram’s original conjecture. I personally picked up someone from Budapest, but I instantly knew who to contact that may lead to … Continue reading

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