Peter Chernin

Yahoo faces up to life after Jerry

After a turnaround plan that never got off the ground, falling profits and a disastrous reaction to his rejection of Microsoft's advances, Yahoo chief executive and founder Jerry Yang has fallen on his sword after 18 months at...

What A CEO Will Cost Yahoo!

Wendy Tanaka and Mary Jane Irwin, 11.18.08, 06:00 PM EST What will the board have to promise someone to take the job? The tech rumor mill has been abuzz with possible candidates to replace Jerry Yang as chief executive at...

Yahoo Searching for New CEO and an Identity

Economy Watch Live Updates on the Financial Crisis | MORE » As Industry Has Evolved, Web Giant Left Searching for CEO, Identity Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, November 19, 2008; Page D01 The day after Yahoo announced...

Nikki Finke Rails on NBCU's Ben Silverman; 'You Sir, Are No Brandon Tartikoff'

Ben Silverman, co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio and executive producer of NBC's The Office, The Biggest Loser, and ABC's Ugly Betty, appeared on Charlie Rose last night to talk about YouTube...

Now comes the hard part as Yahoo wrestles with a question of direction

"That game is over." If the Yahoo board agrees, it will want an experienced chief executive with a history of deal-making who is also capable of running the online media properties that are left behind. Potential candidates who...

What A CEO Will Cost Yahoo! (at Forbes.com)

Wendy Tanaka and Mary Jane Irwin, 11.18.08, 06:00 PM EST What will the board have to promise someone to take the job? The tech rumor mill has been abuzz with possible candidates to replace Jerry Yang as chief executive at...

Yahoo!s CEO Search Commences [Internet Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha]

Site/blog: Internet Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha Article: Sramana Mitra submits: Here are the candidates according to to Kara Swisher: “While Yahoo’s (YHOO) board has some execs in mind to become CEO, obvious...

Transcript Of Ben Silverman On Charlie Rose

Yes, I feel so much better about NBC bettering its primetime prospects now that I've watched Ben Silverman toss around phrases like "disintermediated from my audience via technology" and "trigger digital activation" on Charlie...

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,...

Idle Chatter: Stop Wearing Purple

Jerry Yang is stepping down as CEO of Yahoo; News Corp. president Peter Chernin is said to be a candidate to replace him. [Portfolio] -Pepsi has dropped its ad agency of the last 48 years, BBDO Worldwide, and shifted its...

1 2 3 4 next »