Kara Swisher

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Yahoo Loses Another Exec (I Know, Déjà Vu!)

These kinds of exec departures are definitely going to get to be more regular as Yahoo’s restructuring looms, so here is today’s adieu: Luis Salazar, VP of global product marketing and business development. He’s well-regarded at the company, and came last year as part of the former Microsoft influx under Chief Product Officer Blake Irving, as did also-departing SVP of product management Bill Shaughnessy. Bye, Luis!

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Just as the atom bomb was the weapon that was supposed to render war obsolete, the Internet seems like capitalism’s ultimate feat of self-destructive genius, an economic doomsday device rendering it impossible for anyone to ever make a profit off anything again. It’s especially hopeless for those whose work is easily digitized and accessed free of charge.

— Author Tim Kreider on not getting paid for one’s work