Edward Meyer

Carl Icahn's Yahoo Board Choices: Meyer and Biondi?

Kara Swisher in News on August 12, 2008 at 7:25 am PT

Unless there is an 11th-hour change of heart from Time Warner, former AOL head Jon Miller will still not be Carl Icahn’s choice for the two other seats he will select–which requires Yahoo’s consent–to the board of the Internet company, set to be announced by Friday. Instead, several sources with knowledge of the situation think Icahn is likely to choose Edward Meyer (pictured here) and Frank Biondi, both of whom were on his alternative board slate when the activist investor was waging his now-defunct proxy fight against Yahoo.

BoomTown Plea to Jeff Bewkes: Free Jon Miller!

Kara Swisher in News on August 1, 2008 at 4:41 pm PT

Yesterday, in what feels to BoomTown to be a deeply petty move, Time Warner said that it had blocked former AOL head Jon Miller from being considered as a possible Yahoo board member. The reason is a noncompete Miller signed, part of a severance agreement he reached with the media giant after it unceremoniously tossed him out in late 2006. A Time Warner spokesman said Miller was barred from working “for a variety of competitors, including Yahoo, until March of 2009.” Like it matters.

Icahn't Has Yahoo…Or Can I?

John Paczkowski in News on June 16, 2008 at 5:18 am PT

Carl Icahn has finally broken his silence. The outspoken billionaire investor who’s been oddly quiet since Yahoo announced its advertising partnership with Google, finally commented on the deal this morning saying it “might have some merit.”

Icahn’t Has Yahoo…Or Can I?

John Paczkowski in News on June 16, 2008 at 5:18 am PT

Carl Icahn has finally broken his silence. The outspoken billionaire investor who’s been oddly quiet since Yahoo announced its advertising partnership with Google, finally commented on the deal this morning saying it “might have some merit.”