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Four Yahoo Board Members to Depart, Two New Ones Arrive and Three More on the Way (Like I Said)

Kara Swisher in News on February 7 at 12:38 pm PT

Yahoo moves chairs around the deck some more.

Confirmed: Yahoo Names PayPal Head Scott Thompson as New CEO

Kara Swisher in News on January 4 at 6:08 am PT

Like I said.

Exclusive: Yahoo Poised to Name CEO — With eBay’s PayPal Prez as Top Choice

Kara Swisher in News on January 3 at 11:29 pm PT

Has Yahoo found its new Prince Charming in PayPal President Scott Thompson?

Introducing Lauren Goode

Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher in Walt Mossberg on December 1, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Meet our newest AllThingsD writer, who will cover consumer tech products and issues.

Google Confirms That Groupon COO Will Be Google's Margo Georgiadis

Kara Swisher in News on April 21, 2011 at 11:14 am PT

Margo Georgiadis, VP of Global Sales Operations at Google, will be COO of Groupon, Google confirmed. She is currently located in Chicago, where the social buying site is headquartered. Besides COO, BoomTown will officially bestow the title of “Chief Cat Wrangler” on her in recognition of the massive organizational job ahead of her at the notoriously chaotic start-up.

Yahoo Hires Tim Parsey as Head UX Designer

Kara Swisher in News on March 30, 2011 at 3:43 am PT

In an interview BoomTown did yesterday with Yahoo’s Chief Product Officer Blake Irving–the video of which will be posted later today–at the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s HQ in Sunnyvale, he managed to actually give me some news to report: the hire of crackerjack user experience designer Tim Parsey as SVP of User Experience Design.

Update: Steve Jobs Bio Moving Forward, But No Launch Date As Yet

Kara Swisher in News on March 15, 2011 at 11:42 am PT

A little over a year ago, news of a Steve Jobs’ biography, penned by well-known author Walter Isaacson, made the rounds. Since then, according to numerous sources in Silicon Valley, Isaacson has been busy interviewing well over 100 people in the Apple CEO’s past and present, both inside and outside the company.

Exclusive: HuffPo’s Eric Hippeau Stepping Down From Yahoo Board as Akamai’s David Kenny Steps In

Kara Swisher in News on February 4, 2011 at 4:32 pm PT

Eric Hippeau, longtime Yahoo board member and one of its earliest investors, will be stepping down as a director, according to sources close to the situation. In a related move, sources said Akamai President David Kenny will be joining the board of the Internet giant.

Google Social Researcher Jumps Ship for Facebook

Liz Gannes in Social on December 20, 2010 at 6:28 pm PT

Paul Adams, a senior user experience researcher at Google who was the company’s research lead for social, announced today he will be joining Facebook next year.

Exclusive: Comcast's Top Digital Exec Amy Banse to Open New Silicon Valley Equity Fund for Cable Giant and NBC

Kara Swisher in News on November 15, 2010 at 12:09 am PT

Amy Banse, currently the president of Comcast Interactive Media, is shifting into a job as head of a new Silicon Valley-based equity fund aimed at making digital investments for the television cable giant, as well as its new NBC Universal unit, according to sources with knowledge of the plans. As part of the shift, sources said, Banse will be charged with combining two existing corporate investment funds: NBC U’s Peacock Equity and Comcast Interactive Capital.