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Stern Named Head of New Strategery Role at Yahoo

Kara Swisher in News on May 9 at 4:41 pm PT

The man who has been the Swiss Army Knife of Yahoo will be key strategy guy for Thompson, who clearly wants to do a lot of strategizing.

Steve Forbes: We’re Not Making More Cuts

Peter Kafka in Media on May 15, 2009 at 12:49 pm PT

Just because Roger McNamee of Elevation Partners is stepping down from the Forbes Media board, to be replaced by a cost-cutting expert, doesn’t mean more cuts are coming, says CEO Steve Forbes: “Various media outlets today noted that Roger McNamee of Elevation Partners has stepped off the Forbes Media board and that this portends an imminent round of additional cuts. It does not.” Here’s the complete internal memo.