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New Yahoo Chief of Staff Comes In, While Previous One Goes to Facebook

New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has selected Marta Nichols, who was the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s VP of investor relations, as his new chief of staff. Interestingly, Joel Jones, the chief of staff under Thompson’s predecessor, has moved to Facebook. After CEO Carol Bartz was ousted in the fall, Jones moved to a job as VP of Americas Ad Marketplaces at Yahoo. He’ll be part of the business operations team focused on the ads business at the social networking giant.

Yahoo’s Layoffs Tomorrow Morning of up to 2,000 Will Only Be the First Move of a Larger Purge to Come

A dark day will probably dawn by tomorrow in Sunnyvale.
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Facebook Smacks Back at Yahoo With Patent Claims in Counter-Lawsuit

The other shoe in the Facebook-Yahoo patent fight just dropped.
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Twitter’s Ad for Its Ads (Video)

Easy as cake — in theory. And if it actually works, a quietly big deal for Dick Costolo.
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To Stanch Layoffs, Yahoo Has Been Shopping Its Ad Technology Platforms to Google, Microsoft and Others

There’s always yet another wacky money-making scheme on the horizon at Yahoo!
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Viral Video: Dollar Shave Club’s Razor-Sharp Wit

The business sounds iffy, but the commercials have an edge.
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Viral Video: Bueller … Bueller (No, Really!)

A really clever side-by-side comparison.
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Samsung Says Not Involved in Israeli Ad That Has Iran Upset

The Korean electronics firm says it had no part in an ad done by an Israeli cable company that shows one of its tablets blowing up an Iranian nuclear facility.
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Ferris Bueller Is Back, and He’s Driving a Honda Mom-Wagon (Video)

After a blog ruins Honda’s Super Bowl surprise, the car maker puts the ad up early on YouTube.
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AOL's Ad Turnaround Still Isn't Here Yet