Facebook’s General Counsel Ullyot to Depart the Company

The man who stopped the Winklevii leaves the building.
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Jon Rubinstein Joins Board of Qualcomm, as Mobile Chipmaker Ups Its Silicon Valley Cred

The longtime mobile exec is a high-profile appointment.
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Former Yahoo Exec Rich Riley Is New Shazam CEO: “For Next Stage of Growth and IPO”

The newly dubbed “media engagement” company is looking for some action.
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No Room at the Top: HuffPo Publisher Janet Balis to Leave Job in May

Another AOL exec shakeup.
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An Amazonian Challenge: Jason Del Rey Joins All Things Digital, Covering Online Commerce

As the Internet of Things escalates and the offline and online worlds continue to combine, this reporter will chronicle it.
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SV VC Accel Also Hires Marketing Partner, This Time From Yelp

Accel Partners has hired Stephanie Ichinose, head of communications at Yelp, as its first marketing partner. But it’s not the first for Silicon Valley venture firms, which have been on a hiring spree in that department since Andreessen Horowitz nabbed high-profile exec Margit Wennmachers several years ago to give the firm an even higher profile. Since then, Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins and Khosla Ventures have all added top PR and marketing execs to help with communications for their various startups. Accel said Ichinose “will be responsible for managing the Accel Partners brand and advising entrepreneurs in the Accel portfolio on their strategic positioning and communications strategies.” In other words, Accel! Along with her work at the online recommendation service, Ichinose has also worked at Yahoo and Sony Computer Entertainment America.

Confirmed: AOL Says Sales Head Has Resigned to “Pursue Other Opportunities” (Internal Memo)

Those opportunities are purple in nature.
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AOL Hires New Comms Head From Pepsi

Will this PR hire garner good PR for New York portal?
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In Midst of Mobile Pivot, Mozilla CEO Kovacs to Step Down Later This Year

Eventbrite Hires CFO in Expansion of Top Exec Ranks

The Pramana Collective: New Tech PR Firm Made Up of Old PR Hands

Outbox: Yahoo Mail Head Sharma Leaves Company

Alibaba Group Names Lu as CEO to Replace Ma

Exclusive: AOL Poised to Hire Susan Lyne to Run All Content Brands, Except HuffPo

As Expected, Former Square COO Rabois Joins Khosla Ventures