Mayer will draw her own Yahoo road map
Shock. Awe. Wow. Huh? All valid reactions to the last-minute plot twist in Yahoo’s search for its third CEO in the past 10 months: the hiring of Google star Marissa Mayer as president and CEO. Read more »
It’s official: Levinsohn interim Yahoo CEO, Loeb in
Scott Thompson’s mythical computer science degree not only took him down as CEO, it forced a board change, gave shareholder Daniel Loeb a way in and made the focus on how the company is run — not what it is doing. Can Ross Levinsohn change that? Read more »
Yahoo CEO: Must be clearer about what we won’t do
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Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson’s Q1 call with investors and analysts was a lot more big picture and buzzwords than details but we did get a few fine points, including plans to close 50 properties and a promise to focus on Yahoo’s own assets. Read more »
What The Analysts Asked Yahoo Today, And How The New CEO Responded
The markets didn’t punish Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) today when it announced it would appoint a payments technology specialist, Scott Thompson, as i… Read more »
Yahoo May Finally Launch Digital Newsreader Livestand As Soon As This Week
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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has been no stranger to the apps rush that has swept through the mobile world, and now there are signs that it is looking… Read more »
Carol Bartz Speaks: ‘These People F*cked Me Over’
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Forget the heated discussions over Carol Bartz’s graceless e-mail in response to a graceless firing by phone. A whole new round is about to… Read more »
Updated: Yahoo Stock Watch: Investors React Favorably To Bartz’s Exit
Carol Bartz’s exit is the best thing to happen to Yahoo’s stock in a week.
Update: Yahoo’s stock closed at 13.61 on Wednesday afternoon, up… Read more »
How Bartz Didn’t Help Yahoo Mobile
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From her moment signing on as CEO, to the moment she informed her staff of her dismissal via an iPad, mobile has been a persistent force dur… Read more »
Here’s The New Yahoo Leadership Structure (For Now)
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More than an hour after the news broke that Carol Bartz was out as CEO of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), the board finally has weighed in with details… Read more »
Updated: Bartz Out At Yahoo; Fired Over The Phone
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Push has finally come to shove at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO). Kara Swisher reports that Carol Bartz is out at Yahoo and that CFO Tim Morse is interi… Read more »
Yahoo Board Backs CEO Bartz Amid Questions From Testy Shareholders
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The big question at Yahoo’s annual shareholder meetings over the last couple of years has been when the clock will run out on Carol Bartz. T… Read more »
Yahoo’s Levinsohn: ‘I’m Not Crazy’
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Three Junes ago, Ross Levinsohn and his investment partner Jon Miller were caught up in the drama of Yahoo as Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) tried t… Read more »
@ D9: Alibaba’s Jack Ma: ‘Peace Talks Are Always Difficult’
Alibaba Group CEO Jack Ma wants Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and SoftBank to give up some of their stake in the Chinese internet company. “We want to… Read more »
Yahoo’s Bartz Acknowledges ‘Issues’ In Search
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz acknowledged during the company’s earnings call Tuesday that the company’s search operations were “encoun… Read more »
@ MWC: Bartz: Our Secret Sauce Is An Editorial Team That’s Always Watching
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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz today said an army of editorial curators, not algorithms, who are “always watching” were the “secret sauc… Read more »
Bartz: ‘Do I Look Like A Wimp? I Am Here To Stay’
Asked by Fox Business about a “cacophony of analysts screaming and yelling about her grace period is over, is she going to go” Yahoo (NSDQ:… Read more »
The Case For Carol Bartz
Mark May is a managing director and senior internet and digital-media research analyst at Needham & Company, LLC, a full-service growth-comp… Read more »
Yahoo Explains Its Sales Shortfall
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz acknowledged during the company’s conference call that neither the company’s search ad business or its di… Read more »
The Quotable Bartz: Yahoo Annual Meeting Edition
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz got the typical — “your China policy needs reworking” — and not so typical — “you should go into polit… Read more »
Carol Bartz On ‘The Internet Of One’
There are plenty of sexy quotes in the May Esquire interview of Carol Bartz and then there’s her explanation of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and the t… Read more »
Yahoo CEO Bartz’s Total Compensation Package In 2009: $47 Million
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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz made $47 million in total compensation last year, according to Yahoo’s just-filed proxy statement. That i… Read more »
Carol Bartz Has Some Advice For Google
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Plenty of people have pointed out that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) makes almost all its money from search. But given that Google’s revenue jumped 19… Read more »
Yahoo’s Bartz: “Large Advertisers Came Back”
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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz portrayed the company’s quarterly financial results as “solid” during Yahoo’s earnings call — pointing t… Read more »
Yahoo’s Bartz: Company Would ‘Absolutely’ Entertain Buyout Offers
A notable exchange during Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz’s rather rowdy appearance on CNBC’s Power Lunch today. Moderator: “Is Yahoo bet… Read more »
4A’s Roundup: Yahoo’s Bartz Talks Data; Huffington Beyond The Paywall
Marketers and agency execs began gathering for the 4A’s Transformation 2010 conference in San Francisco to go over the current challenges to… Read more »
Changing Colors: Is Bartz The Critic Turning Into Bartz The Defender?
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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 t… Read more »
Yahoo’s Bartz: ‘Things Seem To Be Returning To A Normal State’
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Some cautious optimism from Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz who said that the company’s business improved significantly during the fourth… Read more »
Interview: Brad Garlinghouse, President, AOL Internet and Mobile Communications
Until now, most of Tim Armstrong’s hires since he joined AOL (NYSE: TWX) as CEO have been in advertising or the business side, including a n… Read more »
It’s Official: Yahoo-Microsoft Announce 10-Year Search/Ad Pact
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Updated: The 18-month Microsoft-Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) saga finally enters a productive phase (regulators willing) with a 10-year global search… Read more »
@ D7: Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Tries Image Shift
Forget the quips being twittered about. Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz wasn’t at D7 for a stand-up routine. She was here to undo the dam… Read more »
