The One-Year Report Card of Yahoo’s Carol Bartz–Moxie: B+

You were expecting an A+, right? Because of all the cursing and tough talk and uber-sassy assistant and loyal sidekick, Judy. And especially, the use of elaborate barnyard metaphors from Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz’s growing up in Wisconsin to describe the Internet giant’s current state of affairs. But the colorful exec has been a lot more circumspect than you might realize–more Taylor Swift than Lady Gaga.

New York Times Tells the Boston Globe It Doesn’t Have to Sell the Boston Globe

The cash-strapped New York Times, which has put the Boston Globe and its other New England properties up for sale, wants you to know that it’s in no way having a fire sale. Boston Globe employees appeared to have taken that message at face value.
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Top Ad Sales Exec on West Coast Departs Yahoo

One of Yahoo’s highest-ranking premium advertising sales execs–David Dickman, VP of West Coast sales–is leaving the company, people familiar with the situation said. Sources said Dickman, who will leave Yahoo at the end of the month after three years at the company, is reportedly going to Warner Bros. to work in digital sales. This comes after another ad sales exec, Todd Taplin, who ran sales in New England and Canada, left last week.
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