Microsoft and Yahoo announced a 10-year search partnership in July 2009, shortly after Carol Bartz took over as CEO after Jerry Yang. Microsoft is to rebrand its advertising arm as part of a deeper partnership with Yahoo.
Thompson’s deal was valued at $27 million (while Carol Bartz's deal was worth $44.6 million). Literally. One Yahoo was inspired to create a “Hope” poster reminiscent of the iconic Shepard Fairey posters created during the 2008 presidential campaign...
But only 18 months later, Yang stepped down to be replaced a few months later by Carol Bartz. Google's 20th employee resigned from Google yesterday afternoon over the telephone. She starts her new job as Chief Yahoo first thing Tuesday morning.
Carol Bartz had failed to turn the company around by the time she was fired over the phone and famously referred to the Yahoo board as “doofuses” who had “f***ed her over. Tim Morse took over for Bartz in the interim, Thompson was hired to fill the...
The company has been through two chief executives, since then, with Carol Bartz being the most recent to depart, having to failed to turnaround Yahoo. Yahoo has confirmed it is cutting 2,000 staff from its payroll as the one-time Internet star aims...
That process has proved challenging for Yahoo, though, with former chief executive Carol Bartz fired last September for failing to turn the company around. Yahoo's woes continue after it confirmed it will lose the head of its labs unit, Prabhakar...
Yahoo has struggled in recent years to capture its former success, with previous CEO Carol Bartz fired and replaced by ex-PayPal chief Scott Thompson, while founder Jerry Yang has also left the company.
Yang served as Yahoo's CEO from June 2007 to January 2009, when Carol Bartz was hired, following the controversial rejection of a Microsoft buyout. Jerry Yang is leaving Yahoo, the company he co-founded with David Filo in 1995.
That at first might seem an odd pedigree for a person running an online media giant - not to mention uncomfortably similar to his predecessor Carol Bartz's own tech, rather than media, industry background.
Marc Andreesesn has been discussed as a possible CEO since Carol Bartz was fired. The Silver Lake consortium is one of a number of parties bidding for a minority stake in Yahoo, but their offer has a number of factors that makes them a major...
Morse declined to answer questions about when the board would find a new CEO, nor why Bartz was fired when the company's performance was exceeding expectations. Then-CEO Carol Bartz said the Q2 ding was the result of turmoil among the sales force...
Other factors that may derail the sale include Yahoo’s instability following the firing of Carol Bartz. Google made the highest bid for streaming video site Hulu, reportedly around $4 billion, more than double what it paid for YouTube, Business...
Yahoo says there are more changes planned, which I assume means this time next year – assuming there still is a Yahoo search as we know it, especially in light of the firing of Carol Bartz and rumors of a Yahoo sale.
Carol Bartz, who was fired by Yahoo over the phone last week, resigned from Yahoo’s board of directors Friday. Here’s a recap of the latest in the ongoing Yahoo/Bartz saga. Bartz vs. Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock told Bartz, who became Yahoo’s CEO in...
Shortly after Carol Bartz was unceremoniously fired over the phone, Snoop tweeted, “Im takn over as tha CEO of Yahoo. Which, if it really is Tim Morse (highly doubtful, calls to Yahoo for confirmation not returned at time of publication), would be...
Yahoo Chairman of the Board Roy Bostock fired CEO Carol Bartz over the phone today. Both were apparently on planes heading in different directions when the information was given to Bartz, All Things Digital reported.
Bringing Carol Bartz on board as Yahoo's CEO in 2009 was meant to be part of a major turnaround for the company, but Yahoo's market share continues to flounder. Despite criticism, however, Bartz received support from the board of directors and won...
Yahoo CEO Bartz Says Alibaba Compensation Talks Progressing - BloombergWants compensation for last summer's spinoff of Alipay. Today Google celebrates the 6th birthday of Youtube and one year of owning AdMob.
CEO Bartz gets larger bonus, but total compensation falls sharply - MarketWatch Here's a roundup of today's other search news and headlines from around the web. Search Industry News Google Probe Said to Be Focus of Calls to Companies by FTC...
Tech CEO Approval Ratings: Schmidt Goes Out On A High, Bartz Falls - TechCrunch Here's a roundup of today's other search news and headlines from around the web, sorted by category. Search Industry News
