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Yahoo's Media Chief Charts a Course

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.16.2012

Steve Rosenbaum

I've been a fan of Yahoo since the beginning of time (or at least since Web history began). I've always thought of it as being a media company. Today, Yahoo is being led by the first CEO with real media chops in a very long time.

Former Yahoo CEO Reportedly Diagnosed With Thyroid Cancer

Posted 05.14.2012

Scott Thompson, who stepped down as the chief executive officer of Yahoo Inc. over the weekend, has reportedly been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. ...

CONFIRMED: Yahoo CEO Out After Just 4 Months

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.13.2012

UPDATE: Yahoo confirmed in a Sunday afternoon press release that CEO Scott Thompson will step down, effective immediately. As AllThingsD predicted...

Yahoo CEO Claims He Never Provided A Resume: Source

Reuters | Alexei Oreskovic | Posted 05.12.2012

By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Scott Thompson, at the centre of a row over his educational qua...

Yahoo Investor Demands CEO Be Canned

Reuters | Poornima Gupta | Posted 05.04.2012

By Poornima Gupta SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund investor Third Point demanded that internet company Yahoo Inc fire its ...

Yahoo CEO Faked His Resume, Investor Alleges

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012

* Yahoo calls discrepancy an "inadvertent error" * Third Point also doubts board member's educational record By Poornima...

Watch: 60 Seconds of Social Media

Shawn Amos | Posted 04.09.2012

Shawn Amos

Welcome to this week's "60 Seconds of Social Media." In this episode, we take a look at the troubles facing Internet giant Yahoo and give you a primer on SEO and what it means for your Web site.

Yahoo CEO To Unveil Plan To Save The Company

AP | Posted 04.06.2012

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson plans to tell the struggling Internet company's employees more about his turnaround strategy next week. Tho...

Scott Thompson Named New Yahoo CEO

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 03.05.2012

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo's previous turnaround attempts have flopped under three different leaders with dramatically different backgrounds – ...

Yahoo Reportedly Poised To Choose New CEO

Reuters | Posted 03.04.2012

By Alexei Oreskovic and Yinka Adegoke SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc named PayPal President Scott Thompson as its chief executive ...

Is This Yahoo's Next CEO?

AP | Posted 12.18.2011

SAN FRANCISCO -- The head of Yahoo's online advertising business in North America said Monday he has been too busy trying to bring in more revenue to ...

Interim Yahoo CEO Gets A Nice Big Raise

AP | Posted 11.17.2011

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo has given interim CEO Tim Morse a 25 percent raise for stepping into the leadership void created by the struggling Interne...

8 Tech Execs Who Could Turn Yahoo Around

AP | Posted 11.07.2011

LOS ANGELES (RYAN NAKASHIMA, AP/THE HUFFINGTON POST) -- The search has now begun for a person willing to lead one of the world's most popular Internet...

Yahoo Stock Rises On News Of Ousted CEO

AP | By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 11.07.2011

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo's stock rose more than 5 percent on Wednesday after the company fired its CEO following more than 2 1/2 years of financial leth...

What Yahoo Plans To Do Next

AllThingsD | Posted 11.07.2011

Yahoo is preparing to hire investment bankers and other strategic advisory firms, said sources close to the Silicon Valley Internet giant, as it seeks...

Yahoo CEO Out

AllThingsD | Kara Swisher | Posted 11.06.2011

By Kara Swisher, via Exclusive: Carol Bartz Out at Yahoo; CFO Tim Morse Named Interim CEO on AllThingsD According to sources at the company, Ya...

Yahoo CEO Takes Huge Pay Cut

AP | By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 07.01.2011

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc. cut CEO Carol Bartz's compensation by 75 percent to $11.9 million last year as the Internet company struggled to revive it...

Yahoo CEO Names Yahoo's Biggest Competitor

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

At an event sponsored by Bloomberg Businessweek in New York on Tuesday, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz took the stage and made a startling revelation about Fac...

Yahoo CEO: 'Creepy' Facebook Is Biggest Rival

usatoday.com | Posted 05.25.2011

It's been a long journey from the farms of Minnesota and Wisconsin, where the tart-tongued executive was born and raised, to Yahoo, which is expected ...

Is It Game Over For Carol Bartz?

Fortune Tech | Posted by JP Mangalindan, Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

Yahoo's stock price is abysmal, employee morale is low, and top-level executives are fleeing. What's left? An Internet property slowly limping to its...

Yahoo CEO: 'Do I Look Like A Wimp?' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

It's been rough going for Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz. There have been rumors that AOL may be eyeing Yahoo for a takeover. The company has seen a handful o...

Carol Bartz To Michael Arrington: 'F**k Off'

Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz is known for being outspoken, blunt, and often R-rated with her language. When she took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt today...

Carol Bartz: Yahoo 'Got Boring,' Margins Are 'Pathetic,' CEO Declares

PC World | Sponsored by | Posted 05.25.2011

Bartz, known for her no-nonsense demeanor and spicy vocabulary, spoke with more vehemence than usual, labeling her company's 6 percent operating margi...

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Gives Herself B-Minus Grade In First Year

bloomberg.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Carol Bartz gives herself a B-minus in her first year as chief executive officer of Yahoo! Inc., saying she could have moved faster to reorganize the ...

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Knocks AOL: "We Aim Higher Than That"

Posted 05.25.2011

Yahoo's new ad campaign must have CEO Carol Bartz feeling pretty great about herself. So great she couldn't help taking a jab at AOL. Bartz hates Wal...