Yahoo Hires Stern for Senior Partnership and Biz Dev Post

Maybe he can get their toolbar or widgets, or whatever else unfairly bundled back into other companies products again. Of course, with their new buddies MS hanging around, people might start to see that tactic as monopolistic this time. He had better build some strong, honest relationships with big players soon. Otherswise, Yahoo won't be able to monetize. It doesn't matter how big the audience gets if you can't fleece them you used to. Seems their ability to make money through questionable marketing practices is dwindling fast. More users and products just means more rev lost if Yahoo can't turn a buck from all that web property and people they are supposedly sucking in. Instead of getting a bigger slice of the pie, Yahoos might just end up with it all over their faces. Mmmmm, peanut butter flavored!

Having worked with Raymond, I am sure that this will further accelerate Yahoo's downward spiral. He's the single biggest phony I have met in my career, he was utterly useless at Intuit, and I've heard that his stint at Presto was a complete disaster (got fired by the board after wasting tens of millions of dollars). Way to bring in a winner, Carol!