Changing Colors: Is Bartz The Critic Turning Into Bartz The Defender?
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz is known for not pulling any punches when it comes to zinging her company — this fall, she referred to the company’s operating margins as “pathetic” and, last spring, used an unprintable four-letter word to refer to the productivity of some of her employees. But during the company’s earnings call this week, Bartz seemed to transform herself into a big defender of her company’s so-so performance — at one point even comparing Yahoo’s results favorably to “traditional media” (of all industries). Three examples, after the jump.
Bartz on the company’s 10-percent year-over-year drop in revenue:
Most of the S&P 500 suffered with declining revenue last year and includes many of our largest customers. In that (line), Yahoo
This is called Spin. They do not look at engagement instead of page views. Does anyone actually believe this nonsense?
As for declining page views, you can blame Facebook for that I am sure.
Yep. I should have used that word.