Yahoo CEO Search: Obama-Like Immediate Priorities
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-Elect faces, but for the scale of issues. Among them:
– Its ongoing talks with AOL/Time Warner,
– Reviving any hopes of talks with Microsoft.
– Any other possible combinations with the likes of MySpace/News Corp (NYSE: NWS) and others.
– The collapsed advertising/search deal with Google (NSDQ: GOOG), and any remnant hopes of reviving it in any limited form.
– The looming jobs cuts (1,500 for now) and possibly more to come.
– Decisions on which product lines to keep or close.
– Decisions on spin-offs, if any.
– Decisions on international arms in Japan and other countries.
– Trying to retain and revive Yahoo’s lead in display/branded advertising. Advertisers and media planners still love the reach.
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He is one of the 10%– maybe he can take another 10-15% with him (including Hillary & Sue Decker who have done just as much to destroy shareholder value.)
Let's talk about possible new CEOs:
1-Tom Freston
2-Dan Rosensweig
3-Jon Miller
4-Meg Whitman (now that she lost the other campaign)
5-Carly Fiorinia (see point 4)
Talks with Comcast? Is that to far off the mark? Broadens ad ops and is so comsumer oriented.