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

The hyperlocal content efforts gets trimmed in profit push and a new leader too.
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Marissa Mayer’s First Live Interview (Which ATD Had to Virtually Sneak Into): God. Family. Yahoo.

Going down those Internet pipes is really tight.
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What Will Marissa Do?: As New CEO Unveils Turnaround Plan Today, Can She Avoid Layoffs Later?

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

Free food and iPhones do not a turnaround make. Now it’s time for the hard part of remaking the Silicon Valley giant.
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Yahoo Conducting a Search for a COO as No. 2 to Mayer

Wanted: High-level worker bee. Turnaround experience a must.
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Exclusive: Yahoo’s Longtime HR Head David Windley Out

Wanted: New talent-finding exec. Requirements: Never worked at Yahoo.
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Is Yahoo’s Human Resources Department Next to Get a Mayer Shakeup?

Will the man in charge of jobs loses his as the new CEO takes charge of talent at the Silicon Valley Internet giant?
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The Daily Lays Off a Third of Its Staff

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.
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Exclusive: Yahoo Board Hires Spencer Stuart for CEO Search

Hoo boy! More Yahoo mishegas!
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