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Yahoo Has Begun Talks on a Possible Purchase of The Online Video Website Hulu
May 10, 2013Yahoo has begun talks on a possible purchase of the online video website Hulu, the Dow Jones news site AllThingsD has reported. The move comes after the French government blocked Yahoo's effort to take a controlling stake in another ...
Tags: Yahoo Eyes, Dailymotion Bid
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Levinsohn Took Over Yahoo in May
Dec 28, 2012Ross Levinsohn, who served as Yahoo's interim CEO for about two months until the company hired former Google executive Marissa Mayer on July 16, will leave the company on Tuesday. Levinsohn took over Yahoo in May during one of the darkest ...
Tags: Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo, CEO, Marissa Mayer
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Yahoo's Revenue Dropped Slightly But Earnings Rose During The Third Quarter
Dec 27, 2012Yahoo's revenue dropped slightly but earnings rose during the third quarter, the first complete one under the helm of new CEO Marissa Mayer. Revenue came in at $1.2 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30, down 1% year on year. Subtracting ...
Tags: Yahoo, revenue, earnings, third quarter
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Yahoo Has Appointed Henrique De Castro as Chief Operating Officer
Dec 26, 2012Yahoo has appointed Henrique de Castro as chief operating officer (COO), just three months after appointing another Google executive, Marissa Mayer as chief executive officer (CEO). De Castro is to oversee global sales, operations, media ...
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Yahoo Announced New Versions of Its Yahoo Mail in The First Major Product Overhaul
Dec 21, 2012Yahoo has announced new versions of its Yahoo Mail in the first major product overhaul since Marissa Mayer became CEO. As well as revamping standard Yahoo Mail, Yahoo has released new versions of the web mail service for smartphones and ...
Tags: Yahoo, Yahoo Mail, web mail service, tablets, IT industry
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Marissa Mayer Outlined a Broad Range of Areas in Which The Company Needs to Improve
Dec 20, 2012Marissa Mayer, participating in her first Yahoo earnings conference call since becoming CEO, outlined a broad range of areas in which the company needs to improve. “It was an active and solid quarter with some nice ...
Tags: CEO, conference, earnings call, Google, Marissa Mayer, Yahoo
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Yahoo and Facebook Settled a High-Profile Patent Dispute with a Deal
Dec 18, 2012Yahoo and Facebook announced Friday they have settled a high-profile patent dispute with a deal that analysts said would likely be good for both sides. As part of the agreement, Yahoo and Facebook have signed a cross-licensing deal ...
Tags: Yahoo, Facebook, patent dispute
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Yahoo Appointed Google Executive Marissa Mayer as Chief Executive Officer
Dec 17, 2012Yahoo has appointed leading Google executive Marissa Mayer as chief executive officer, ending months of speculation. The surprise move comes just over a week after interim Yahoo CEO Ross Levinsohn helped end a patent battle with Facebook ...
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Marissa Mayer Is Continuing Her Efforts to Rebuild The Company's Management Team
Dec 16, 2012Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is continuing her efforts to rebuild the company's management team by recruiting ex-Google colleague Henrique de Castro as chief operating officer(COO). Brought in to oversee global sales,operations,media and ...
Tags: Yahoo, Ex-Google, Marissa Mayer, Henrique de Castro
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Yahoo Will Replace CFO Tim Morse This Fall in What May Be The Latest Move by Marissa Mayer
Sep 25, 2012Yahoo will replace CFO Tim Morse this fall in what may be the latest move by recently appointed CEO Marissa Mayer to put her own mark on the company's leadership. Morse will be replaced by Ken Goldman,who has more than 25 years of ...
Tags: Yahoo, CFO, Marissa Mayer, financial slump
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Yahoo Global Media Head Ross Levinsohn,Has Resigned From The Company
Jul 31, 2012Yahoo global media head Ross Levinsohn, who until two weeks ago was tipped as the next chief executive, has resigned from the company. He was appointed interim CEO in May after Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson resigned over inaccuracies ...
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Yahoo's Global Media Head Acted as Interim CEO
Jul 31, 2012Ross Levinsohn(pictured),Yahoo's global media head,has left the company after losing out on the CEO job to former Google executive Marissa Mayer. Yahoo's global media head acted as Interim CEO after Scott Thompson quit as the company's ...
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Yahoo&Facebook Have Ended Their Four-Month Patent Battle%Formed an Advertising Partnership
Jul 9, 2012Yahoo and Facebook have ended their four-month patent battle and formed an advertising partnership. In March,Yahoo sued Facebook for infringing 10 patents ahead of the social network's planned public listing. The following ...
Tags: Yahoo, Facebook, Partnership, Collaborate