Global Platform Head Carroll Departs Yahoo for Go Daddy, While Yahoo News Head Leaves for NBC

An internationalization exec and key news exec take their skills elsewhere.
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Quora Inverts Itself by Offering a Blogging Tool

Not every A needs a Q to get started.
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Yahoo’s Parting With Thompson Will Be for “Cause” (aka CSLie)

And not cancer, as unfortunate as the timing is for the ousted Yahoo CEO.
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Exclusive: The Billion-Dollar Inside Story of How Demand Media Almost Went Private Last Week (And Then Didn’t)

According to sources close to the situation, Demand Media was deep into discussions with a private equity firm to complete a deal that would have taken the online content company private for double its current value.
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BermanBraun to Launch Three Non-HuffPost Sites — Including Weather — for AOL

In a rare partnership, Arianna Huffington makes way for some fancy Hollywood online content producers.
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Upcoming Zappos iPad App Mimics a Fashion Magazine

The new black this fall: Retailers will produce content alongside their products, like an online version of a glossy fashion magazine.
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On The Verge of a New Tech Site, Which Finally Debuts

Tonight at 1 am PT, techies who have nothing else to do — that would be me! — can click onto a brand new tech site called The Verge.
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It’s Official: Arrington Out at AOL; Schonfeld New TechCrunch Editor (Plus Armstrong Internal Memo Too!)

Our long, national non-nightmare in tech is finally over. Godspeed, CrunchFund!
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In This Episode of “As the AOL Turns”: Will Arrington Appear at TechCrunch Disrupt?

Sources said that seems more likely than not, but who knows with this crazy crew!
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Exclusive: Longtime Yahoo Front Page Editor Liz Lufkin Out

Another ones bites the dust: According to sources close to the situation, longtime Yahoo Front Page chief Liz Lufkin has parted ways with the company.
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