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Sit Back, Relax and Do Some Research: Qwiki Opens Information Visualizations to the Public

Liz Gannes in Social on January 24, 2011 at 11:54 am PT

Qwiki today will start letting the public into its site, which constructs narrated visualizations using photos, videos and text for three million topics.

Exclusive: Former Yahoo and Microsoft Exec Dossett to Demand Media

Kara Swisher in News on October 16, 2010 at 1:23 am PT

According to sources, Jeff Dossett–who has held top online jobs at both Yahoo and Microsoft–has taken a job at Demand Media as its SVP of Content Partnership Development. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based Demand, which sources said is now prepping its road show for its upcoming IPO, has been picking up big company execs to add to its roster.

Departing Yahoo Media Exec Dossett to AdventureLink as CEO

Kara Swisher in News on May 29, 2009 at 5:16 am PT

Yesterday, BoomTown wrote that Yahoo’s SVP North American Audience, Jeff Dossett, was leaving the Internet company after a very short stint there, because of personal reasons. But I also noted that sources said he was likely to quickly land at a start-up, and in fact, he has resigned from Yahoo to do just that. Dossett, who came to Yahoo from Microsoft in November, is taking a job as CEO of AdventureLink, an online site aimed at adventure travel and booking such trips.

Yahoo Audience Head Jeff Dossett Departs Company

Kara Swisher in News on May 28, 2009 at 1:20 pm PT

Yahoo’s SVP of Northern American Audience, Jeff Dossett, is leaving the company. Reasons for the departure are personal, said sources, who said that Dossett is most likely to do a start-up. Dossett did not return emails asking for comment, but Yahoo confirmed his resignation to BoomTown.

New Yahoo Audience Head Jeff Dossett Speaks!

Kara Swisher in News on November 3, 2008 at 4:06 pm PT

Here’s my favorite quote from former Microsoft exec Jeff Dossett from a phone interview he gave to BoomTown this afternoon, after his appointment as Yahoo’s new U.S. Audience head: “Where others see risk, I see opportunity,” said the man who has climbed Mount Everest twice. “We have this great Web asset … and, from here on out, it is all about execution.” You can tell from the gumption in this ain’t-no-mountain-high-enough sentiment that Dossett just got to Yahoo and sees a challenge at the troubled Internet giant where others see, well, a long-running quagmire.

As BoomTown Said, Microsoft's Jeff Dossett Joins Yahoo–As Audience Head

Kara Swisher in News on November 3, 2008 at 12:55 pm PT

About a month ago, BoomTown reported that MSN executive producer and general manager Jeff Dossett was contemplating joining Yahoo. Microsoft released a statement that day saying Dossett was indeed stepping down from his MSN duties, as I had posted, but noted that he was staying put at the software giant. Oops, it looks like I was right in my report: “The Secret Microsoft Invasion of Yahoo Continues: MSN GM Headed There Soon?” Dossett has accepted a job as SVP, U.S. Audience at Yahoo, Yahoo said this afternoon, while also confirming my previous report that Yahoo Media Group head Scott Moore was departing.

The Secret Microsoft Invasion of Yahoo Continues: MSN GM Headed There Soon?

Kara Swisher in News on September 19, 2008 at 11:19 pm PT

Jeff Dossett, a longtime Microsoft exec and current executive producer and general manager of MSN, is leaving the company, sources said, and is likely to land at Yahoo soon. A longtime and experienced mountain climber, Dossett has been one of the more senior digital execs at Microsoft. It is an interesting digital-musical-chair trend, in fact. On Monday, another former Microsoft big shot, Joanne Bradford, will start her job as Yahoo’s top U.S. sales exec.