Yahoo: The Rise And Fall Of An Internet Pioneer

By Dominic Rushe, The Observer

Jan. 20, 2012 - 11:52 PM EDT Jan. 20, 2012 - 11:52 PM EDT

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When Jerry Yang’s family moved from Taipei to San José, the billionaire Yahoo founder was just 10 years old. Fatherless by the time he was… Read more »

Jerry Yang Has Left the Building; Resigns From Yahoo, Alibaba Boards

By Staci D. Kramer

Jan. 18, 2012 - 3:53 AM EDT Jan. 18, 2012 - 3:53 AM EDT

photo: Getty Images/ Alex Wong

Investors won’t have Jerry Yang to blame anymore. In a stunning move announced after the markets closed, the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) co-founder r… Read more »

Yahoo Shareholder Third Point Demands Yang Leave Board, Wants Two Seats

By Staci D. Kramer

Nov. 5, 2011 - 3:53 AM EDT Nov. 5, 2011 - 3:53 AM EDT

photo: Getty Images/ Alex Wong

One result from all the talk that Jerry Yang wants to take Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) private: a truly ticked off key shareholder. Daniel Loeb, whos… Read more »

Yahoo’s Interim CEO: ‘We Are Not In Limbo’; Yahoo’s Board: Well, Sort Of

By Staci D. Kramer

Sep. 24, 2011 - 10:30 AM EDT Sep. 24, 2011 - 10:30 AM EDT

With all the attention on Groupon, HP (NYSE: HPQ), AOL (NYSE: AOL) and Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), it might have been a good idea for Yahoo (NSDQ:… Read more »

Yahoo Founders To Sell Shares

By Joseph Tartakoff

Feb. 12, 2010 - 5:12 AM EDT Feb. 12, 2010 - 5:12 AM EDT

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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) founders Jerry Yang and David Filo (pictured, in 1998) are cutting back their holdings in the company. In a filing with t… Read more »

@ D7: Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Tries Image Shift

By Staci D. Kramer

May. 28, 2009 - 3:38 AM EDT May. 28, 2009 - 3:38 AM EDT

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 »

Ad Industry React: No Quick Fixes Expected For Post-Yang Yahoo

By David Kaplan

Nov. 19, 2008 - 6:24 AM EDT Nov. 19, 2008 - 6:24 AM EDT

The news that Jerry Yang would be stepping aside as CEO of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) cheered investors, but online ad industry execs aren’t sure mu… Read more »

Jerry Yang To Step Down As Soon As Yahoo Board Finds Replacement

By Tameka Kee

Nov. 18, 2008 - 12:06 PM EDT Nov. 18, 2008 - 12:06 PM EDT

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang will step down from his post as soon as the board finds a suitable replacement, and BoomTown broke the sto… Read more »

Yahoo React: Analysts Expect Board To Get Aggressive On MSFT, AOL Deal

By David Kaplan

Nov. 18, 2008 - 11:21 AM EDT Nov. 18, 2008 - 11:21 AM EDT

Yahoo’s stock had another down day — its last trade dropped $0.19 to close at $10.63 — but it could have a nice lift as word of Jerry Yang… Read more »

Yahoo CEO Search: Obama-Like Immediate Priorities

By Rafat Ali

Nov. 18, 2008 - 8:51 AM EDT Nov. 18, 2008 - 8:51 AM EDT

As soon as Yahoo’s new CEO takes over, he/she will have a herculean task ahead to right the ship, not unlike the challenges our President-El… Read more »

Yahoo And Yang’s Greatest Hits: History In Links

By Amanda Natividad

Nov. 18, 2008 - 8:07 AM EDT Nov. 18, 2008 - 8:07 AM EDT

Looks like *Yahoo* will have to re-draw their org chart. Again. Jerry Yang announced he would step down as CEO of the company and we’ve sugg… Read more »

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

By Rafat Ali

Nov. 18, 2008 - 7:36 AM EDT Nov. 18, 2008 - 7:36 AM EDT

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 consideri… Read more »

Jerry Yang To Step Down As Soon As Yahoo Board Finds Replacement

By Tameka Kee

Nov. 18, 2008 - 7:08 AM EDT Nov. 18, 2008 - 7:08 AM EDT

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang will step down from his post as soon as the board finds a suitable replacement, and BoomTown broke the sto… Read more »

Jerry Yang’s Advice To Microsoft — Buy Yahoo

By Staci D. Kramer

Nov. 6, 2008 - 10:50 AM EDT Nov. 6, 2008 - 10:50 AM EDT

Now that quasi-white knight Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is out of the picture, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang has some advice for… Read more »

Jerry Yang’s Memo About Yahoo Layoffs: Uncertainty For Next Several Weeks

By Rafat Ali

Oct. 22, 2008 - 3:10 AM EDT Oct. 22, 2008 - 3:10 AM EDT

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang has sent out a memo outlining the cost cutting and layoffs at Yahoo, announced with its Q3 earnings today… Read more »

Yahoo Recount: Yang, Bostock Still On Board But Disapproval Much Higher Than First Reported

By Joseph Weisenthal

Aug. 6, 2008 - 2:04 AM EDT Aug. 6, 2008 - 2:04 AM EDT

The recount is in at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and the decline in support for key figures was not trivial at all. The percentage of shares withheld… Read more »

Vote Counter Confirms Yahoo Error; Outcome Unaffected, But…

By Joseph Weisenthal

Aug. 5, 2008 - 9:59 PM EDT Aug. 5, 2008 - 9:59 PM EDT

Mistakes were in fact made in counting Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) shareholder vote. Tabulator Broadridge Financial Solutions has confirmed that “t… Read more »

Live: Yahoo Annual Meeting: Of Moral Pygmies, And This “Internet Opportunity”

By Rafat Ali

Aug. 1, 2008 - 10:01 PM EDT Aug. 1, 2008 - 10:01 PM EDT

Briefly met Jerry Yang prior to the meeting, and he seemed very relaxed. Only about 100 people in the room…thin. Roy Bostock, the most act… Read more »

Yang Sends Out Latest Talking Points; Microsoft ‘Sets Record Straight’

By Joseph Weisenthal

Jul. 14, 2008 - 11:16 PM EDT Jul. 14, 2008 - 11:16 PM EDT

Following the latest skirmish, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang has sent out his latest talking points to Yahoo management. The gist: Yahoo… Read more »

Yang Stops By Congress To Smooth Path For Google Deal

By Joseph Weisenthal

Jun. 19, 2008 - 4:38 AM EDT Jun. 19, 2008 - 4:38 AM EDT

While Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) waits to begin its ad deal with Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Jerry Yang went to DC to chat with some of the company’s fierc… Read more »

Icahn To Yahoo’s Board: Severance Plan A ‘Doomsday Machine’ Worthy Of James Bond

By Joseph Weisenthal

Jun. 4, 2008 - 11:01 PM EDT Jun. 4, 2008 - 11:01 PM EDT

He promised it was coming in yesterday’s interview with the Wall Street Journal, and now he’s delivering. Carl Icahn has sent an open letter… Read more »

Icahn Seeks Yang’s Removal At Yahoo; Yahoo ‘Not Aware’ Of $40 Offer

By Joseph Weisenthal

Jun. 3, 2008 - 11:34 PM EDT Jun. 3, 2008 - 11:34 PM EDT

This is not much of a surprise, given that he’s proposing a totally new board slate, but Carl Icahn is pushing to have Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CE… Read more »

@ D6: The Defiant Yang: I Bleed Purple

By Rafat Ali

May. 29, 2008 - 2:25 AM EDT May. 29, 2008 - 2:25 AM EDT

The best and slightly desperate part from Yang yet, in his keynote Q&A at the D conference: “The perception of us being a company under sieg… Read more »

@ D6: Yahoo’s Yang and Decker: It Is Like You Break Up With Your Girlfriend in High School

By Rafat Ali

May. 29, 2008 - 2:05 AM EDT May. 29, 2008 - 2:05 AM EDT

Updated with video clips, after the jump, courtesy of AllThingsD:

The most anticipated keynote interview is on now: Jerry Yang and Sue Dec… Read more »

Google On MSFT-YHOO: We’d Hire Yang; Would Work With Them Again

By Robert Andrews

May. 20, 2008 - 2:55 PM EDT May. 20, 2008 - 2:55 PM EDT

Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) top trio met in the UK last night to discuss revived Microsoft-Yahoo talks. Earlier yesterday, CEO Eric Schmidt gave h… Read more »

Yang To Yahoos: Stay Focused; Still Open To Strategic Alternatives

By Joseph Weisenthal

May. 16, 2008 - 4:28 PM EDT May. 16, 2008 - 4:28 PM EDT

Just when Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) thought it could get back to putting their heads down, here’s CEO Jerrry Yang again, reminding the Yahoo team t… Read more »

The Day After: Yang Still Open To Deal; Angry Instiutionals; Shareholder Lawsuits Start

By Rafat Ali

May. 6, 2008 - 4:15 AM EDT May. 6, 2008 - 4:15 AM EDT

Not that this is a surprise, since analysts have been saying since this weekend that the “no” is not the final no. Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Je… Read more »

Yahoo: Susan Decker’s Salary Shoots Up; Yang Still At $1 Salary

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 8, 2008 - 4:20 AM EDT Mar. 8, 2008 - 4:20 AM EDT

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has just filed an 8-K with SEC, detailing 2008 compensation for its top execs:
– President Susan Decker’s base salary fo… Read more »

Yahoo’s Yang, Decker Tout Apex Program, Downplay Microsoft At IAB Conference

By David Kaplan

Feb. 26, 2008 - 3:30 AM EDT Feb. 26, 2008 - 3:30 AM EDT

Yahoo will debut its long-tested Apex advertising program sometime during the the second half of this year, the company’s top execs told the… Read more »

Yahoo Officially Rejects Microsoft Bid: ‘Not In Best Interests’: Yang Explains To Yahoos

By Staci D. Kramer

Feb. 11, 2008 - 8:05 PM EDT Feb. 11, 2008 - 8:05 PM EDT

Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) statement: “Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO – News), a leading global Internet company, today said the Yahoo! Board of Directo… Read more »

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Yahoo: The Rise And Fall Of An Internet Pioneer

Jerry Yang Has Left the Building; Resigns From Yahoo, Alibaba Boards

Yahoo Shareholder Third Point Demands Yang Leave Board, Wants Two Seats

Yahoo’s Interim CEO: ‘We Are Not In Limbo’; Yahoo’s Board: Well, Sort Of

Yahoo Founders To Sell Shares

@ D7: Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Tries Image Shift

Ad Industry React: No Quick Fixes Expected For Post-Yang Yahoo

Jerry Yang To Step Down As Soon As Yahoo Board Finds Replacement

Yahoo React: Analysts Expect Board To Get Aggressive On MSFT, AOL Deal

Yahoo CEO Search: Obama-Like Immediate Priorities

Yahoo And Yang’s Greatest Hits: History In Links

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

Jerry Yang To Step Down As Soon As Yahoo Board Finds Replacement

Jerry Yang’s Advice To Microsoft — Buy Yahoo

Jerry Yang’s Memo About Yahoo Layoffs: Uncertainty For Next Several Weeks

Yahoo Recount: Yang, Bostock Still On Board But Disapproval Much Higher Than First Reported

Vote Counter Confirms Yahoo Error; Outcome Unaffected, But…

Live: Yahoo Annual Meeting: Of Moral Pygmies, And This “Internet Opportunity”

Yang Sends Out Latest Talking Points; Microsoft ‘Sets Record Straight’

Yang Stops By Congress To Smooth Path For Google Deal

Icahn To Yahoo’s Board: Severance Plan A ‘Doomsday Machine’ Worthy Of James Bond

Icahn Seeks Yang’s Removal At Yahoo; Yahoo ‘Not Aware’ Of $40 Offer

@ D6: The Defiant Yang: I Bleed Purple

@ D6: Yahoo’s Yang and Decker: It Is Like You Break Up With Your Girlfriend in High School

Google On MSFT-YHOO: We’d Hire Yang; Would Work With Them Again

Yang To Yahoos: Stay Focused; Still Open To Strategic Alternatives

The Day After: Yang Still Open To Deal; Angry Instiutionals; Shareholder Lawsuits Start

Yahoo: Susan Decker’s Salary Shoots Up; Yang Still At $1 Salary

Yahoo’s Yang, Decker Tout Apex Program, Downplay Microsoft At IAB Conference

Yahoo Officially Rejects Microsoft Bid: ‘Not In Best Interests’: Yang Explains To Yahoos

Yang To Yahoos: No Decision Yet; ‘Microsoft Interest Highlights The Tremendous Strength”

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