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AOL’s Patch Gets New CEO, as Just Under Three Percent of Staff Is Laid Off in Consolidation (Memo)

Kara Swisher in Media on May 17 at 10:46 am PT

The hyperlocal content efforts gets trimmed in profit push and a new leader too.

Marissa Mayer’s First Live Interview (Which ATD Had to Virtually Sneak Into): God. Family. Yahoo.

Kara Swisher in Media on November 27, 2012 at 8:06 pm PT

Going down those Internet pipes is really tight.

Yahoo CEO Mayer Cuts End-of-Year “Week of Rest” for Employees, While Prepping Plans to Identify Bottom 20 Percent of Staff

Kara Swisher in News on November 16, 2012 at 1:57 pm PT

No rest for the weary. Also: There will be a test.

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What Will Marissa Do?: As New CEO Unveils Turnaround Plan Today, Can She Avoid Layoffs Later?

Kara Swisher in News on September 25, 2012 at 9:06 am PT

The Yahoo CEO has called today’s plan to unveil strategy details to employees an “act of radical transparency,” but any plans for cutting employees will likely remain decidedly opaque for now.

What Will Marissa Do?: Yahoo CEO Zeroes in on Search, While Her Ad Team Eyes Tech Upgrade Options

Kara Swisher in Media on September 21, 2012 at 12:27 pm PT

Free food and iPhones do not a turnaround make. Now it’s time for the hard part of remaking the Silicon Valley giant.

Yahoo Conducting a Search for a COO as No. 2 to Mayer

Kara Swisher in News on August 16, 2012 at 3:12 pm PT

Wanted: High-level worker bee. Turnaround experience a must.

Exclusive: Yahoo’s Longtime HR Head David Windley Out

Kara Swisher in News on August 10, 2012 at 4:47 pm PT

Wanted: New talent-finding exec. Requirements: Never worked at Yahoo.

Is Yahoo’s Human Resources Department Next to Get a Mayer Shakeup?

Kara Swisher in News on August 10, 2012 at 12:46 pm PT

Will the man in charge of jobs loses his as the new CEO takes charge of talent at the Silicon Valley Internet giant?

The Daily Lays Off a Third of Its Staff

Peter Kafka in Media on July 31, 2012 at 12:45 pm PT

Rupert Murdoch’s tablet newspaper launched with big ambitions and an assist from Apple. But with News Corp.’s corporate divorce on the horizon, it’s cutting costs.