Jerry Yang.
So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen Yahoo Directory
Yahoo will be shutting down Yahoo Directory as well as Yahoo Education and Qwiki. The Directory will officially shutter on December 31, 2014.
Marissa Mayer Named Yahoo CEO
Long-time Google executive Marissa Mayer has been named president and CEO of Yahoo. Google's 20th employee resigned from Google yesterday. She starts…
Yahoo Threatens Facebook With Lawsuit Over Advertising Patents
Yahoo has warned Facebook that it will face legal action if the social network doesn't sign licensing deals for patents Yahoo believes…
Jerry Yang Quits Yahoo!
Jerry Yang is leaving Yahoo, the company he co-founded with David Filo in 1995. Yang's resignation from the Yahoo board of directors…
Microsoft’s Yahoo Bid May Have the Right Stuff
The Silver Lake consortium, which includes Microsoft, is one of a number of parties bidding for a minority stake in Yahoo, but…
Microsoft & Alibaba Seeking Partners for Yahoo Bid
A bidding war for a potential buy of Yahoo is in the preliminary stages. While Microsoft, Alibaba, and several purchasing groups ready…
Yahoo Sale Getting Closer?
Goldman Sachs and Allen & Company are helping Yahoo gather the financial information and prepare the due diligence needed prior to a…
So Long, Doofuses! Bartz Gone From Yahoo Board
Carol Bartz, who was fired by Yahoo over the phone last week, resigned from Yahoo’s board of directors Friday. She is due…
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Fired By Phone
Yahoo Chairman of the Board Roy Bostock fired CEO Carol Bartz over the phone today. The struggling company named CFO Tim Morse…
Yahoo’s Split Personality: Let’s Help Them Out
Senior VP Shashi Seth claims Yahoo will always be a search engine, even though CEO Carol Bartz told us that Yahoo has…
Yahoo Turned 15 Today
Yahoo was born 15 years ago – seems longer but then internet years are sort of like dog years. The company incorporated…
Ron Burkle to Quit Yahoo! Board
Burkle will leave after nearly a decade of service. Ron Burkle will not seek re-election to Yahoo!’s Board of Directors at the…
Carol Bartz’s First Year Self-Evaluation: B-Minus
In an interview with Bloomberg, Carol Bartz graded her first year as Yahoo!’s CEO. She gave herself a B minus. That’s probably…
Philosophy and Search: The Big Three Founders and the Philosophers
Does the thinking of Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Yahoo's Jerry Yang and David Filo, and Microsoft's Bill Gates mirror some…
Ballmer Says No to Yahoo Acquisition, Maybe to Search Deal
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has responded to Jerry Yang’s comments about being open to a Microsoft acquisition. Speaking to a group of…
Yang Says Microsoft Deal is Best Bet for Yahoo
Jerry Yang told attendees at the Web 2.0 Summit yesterday that a deal with Microsoft is still the best option for Yahoo.…
Let the Games Begin: Yahoo and Icahn Make it Official
Yahoo has officially appointed Carl Icahn to its board of directors, and board member Robert Kotick has officially resigned. The moves were…
Yahoo Board Meeting: 60 Second Summary
Jim Goldman, who writes Tech Check at CNBC, is live blogging the Yahoo shareholder meeting. The turnout was light and much lower…
Yang to Yahoos: One Team, One Voice
We’re not sure what the long-term implications of the Yahoo-Yang-Icahn settlement will be. In the short term, though, the agreement that ended…
Yahoo’s Yang Rips Microsoft and Icahn
CEO Jerry Yang accused Microsoft of trying to destabilize Yahoo without intending to complete a deal, according to the Wall St. Journal.…
How It Came To This: Virals vs. Microsoft
Microsoft recently published a letter from Kevin Johnson, President of Microsoft’s Platforms & Services Division, to his team. The letter details Microsoft’s…
Yahoo Mails Letter to Shareholders: Full Text
Yahoo mailed a letter to shareholders outlining the reasons the Board believes Microsoft’s proposal significantly undervalues Yahoo and isn’t in the best…
Yahoo Desperately Seeking Suitor
With limited options, Yahoo board members face increased pressure to accept Microsoft’s hostile bid. Yahoo has resisted Microsoft’s advances in the past,…
Yahoo Board, Sans Semel, to Consider Microsoft Bid
Yahoo’s board of directors has issued a statement saying it will evaluate Microsoft’s unsolicited bid to acquire Yahoo for $44.6 billion. Not…
Paid Search Advertising Drives Microsoft Bid for Yahoo
The Microsoft conference call yielded little new information about the details of the Yahoo bid. Steve Ballmer stressed that scale and efficiency…
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