Jerry Yang

Yahoo chief executive steps down

Yahoo has said Jerry Yang will step down as chief executive as soon as the board finds a replacement, sending its shares up 4 per cent on hopes his departure will clear the way for a deal with Microsoft. Yang - who will return...

Yahoo co-founder Yang quitting as chief executive

SAN FRANCISCO Yahoo Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang is stepping down as chief executive, ending a rocky reign marked by his refusal to sell the Internet company to Microsoft Corp. for $47.5 billion - more than triple Yahoo's current...

Bad Management: Why Managers Make Poor Decisions

Sydney Finkelstein's new book Think Again identifies four biases that lead otherwise savvy managers astray. Cases in point: Dick Fuld, and Stanley O'Neal Why do smart, powerful executives make really dumb decisions? But while...

Event report: IAB Engage

IAB Engage 2008, the Internet Advertising Bureau’s annual industry conference held last week, and looked at who is in control of online advertising. The event featured a Cabinet Minister, pirate author, Yahoo!’s founder, ITV...

Without Google's help, Yahoo's options limited

SEATTLE - Without Google's muscle behind it, Yahoo's chances for digging out of a long slump are looking even poorer, making it appear more likely that the company will turn to Microsoft or AOL to help weather the economic...

Search Engine News Wrap-up November 16

So much to read and so little time. It’s good Pandia is doing all the reading for you! Here are some of the essential search engine news articles from this week: For Yahoo’s CEO, News Keeps Getting Worse Yang made no...

Chernin's Contract Negotiations Ongoing With News Corp; How About Leading Yahoo? (paidContent.org)

Friday November 14, 7:34 pm ET By Rafat Ali News Corp COO Peter Chernin is still in negotiations with his company about extending his contract beyond June next year, and isn't sure whether he wants to stay there long term,...

O'Brien: Will Yahoo run out of time before its new open strategy has a chance to work?

The doom and gloom that seems to follow Yahoo everywhere these days overshadows the most dramatic and exciting transformation of any company in Silicon Valley. Yahoo is reinventing itself as one of the most open Web sites. Lots...

Carl Icahn-ic: Shareholder Activist Talks About His Quest to Improve Boardrooms (Are You...

What does Carl Icahn, the billionaire activist shareholder who waged war on Yahoo and now sits on its board, really think? "...I really think current boards and managements are killing the country," he said in an interview...

Weekend Update 11/14/08 [Digital Daily]

Safe to say that the mood of last week--with its anticipation of change--is a distant memory. A different kind of anticipation permeated the tech and online media industries, one more reminiscent of April 2000. There was news...

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