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Was Jerry Yang pushed, or did he jump?

It was inevitable that Jerry Yang would lose the role of chief executive at Yahoo.There were questions asked about his suitability from the minute Terry Semel steeped down in June last year because of perceived inexperience. He...

EFE Dow Jones News Goes Live: Local Market Veterans Appointed To Lead Editorial Team - EFE Dow...

Dow Jones & Company, a News Corporation company (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV), and Spain's Agencia EFE today launched the new EFE Dow Jones News service, a joint Spanish-language news service for financial professionals,...

BSkyB Mobile TV Comes To 3 UK, Data Tariff Required

BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is adding its channel lineup to 3's mobile TV offering in the UK. The satcaster's channels were already available through services offered by Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone and in O2's now-finished mobile TV trial...

Stars walk the red carpet for "Australia" premiere

Red carpets were rolled out in Sydney and the dusty outback on Tuesday for the world premiere of the epic movie "Australia" which aims to showcase the rugged continent, its history and indigenous people to the world.

BSkyB to raise $600 million in bond issue

Satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC said Tuesday it plans to raise $600 million in a bond issue to refinance existing debt and acquire new businesses. BSkyB, whose biggest shareholder is Rupert Murdoch's...

Stars walk the red carpet for "Australia" premiere

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Red carpets were rolled out in Sydney and the dusty outback on Tuesday for the world premiere of the epic movie "Australia" which aims to showcase the rugged continent, its history and indigenous people to...

Shares hit fresh four-year low

THE share market has closed at a fresh four-year low today, with more than $34 billion wiped from the value of the ASX. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said Macquarie Bank's interim profit...

Rupert Murdoch: Journalists Must Regain Trust

There is little secret that the main stream media had a major crush on Presidential candidate Barack Obama. They denied it, but in the early days after his election, there is more of an analysis of the effect this media...

Yahoo's Peter (Chernin) Principle-And Other CEO Choices (at AllThingsD)

Posted at 12:12 AM PT on November 18, 2008 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 that its...

Yahoo CEO Search: Some Possible Names: Miller, Chernin, Freston, Rosensweig and Others

Now that Yahoo’s board has finally found its balls to try and replace Jerry Yang, here are some names they should and probably are considering: -- He has considered taking up the top media position within Yahoo as one point,...

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