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Google Sales Boss Nikesh Arora Gets An $8 Million Payday

Peter Kafka in Media on April 30 at 2:46 pm PT

Nikesh Arora, who runs Google’s ad business, is set to cash an $8 million paycheck next month. The one-time payout, disclosed via an SEC filing today, is compensation for a chunk of stock and option grants he’s giving up as part of a new pay package. Last year Arora made $23 million, most of which came from stock and options.

Google Q1 Earnings: “Velocity, Execution and Focus”

Liz Gannes in News on April 12 at 2:00 pm PT

Here’s how Google CEO Larry Page and his deputies explained their latest quarter and their effective stock split.

Google Points to FX After Revenue Miss; Analysts Harp on CPC

Peter Kafka in Media on January 19 at 1:28 pm PT

Fun with acronyms after Google’s numbers come in below Wall Street’s expectations.

Yahoo Intensifies Search for CEO (With Hulu’s Kilar as One Dream Unicorn Candidate)

Kara Swisher in Media on December 20, 2011 at 4:40 pm PT

Wanted, one magical exec to work miracles against increasingly troublesome dragons. Ability to sparkle a plus.

Yahoogle Redux? Why “Project Porcupine” Means Someone Is Definitely Going to Lose an Eye This Time.

Kara Swisher in News on October 25, 2011 at 6:07 am PT

How do you hug a porcupine? Very carefully.

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Google’s Woodside to Lead Motorola Mobility Integration

John Paczkowski in News on September 24, 2011 at 11:50 am PT

With Margo Georgiadis leaving her gig as COO of Groupon to return to Google as president of its Americas business, the search giant has given Dennis Woodside, the executive currently in that position, a new role: Overseeing the integration of Motorola Mobility. By far the largest acquisition in Google’s history, the purchase of Motorola Mobility brings with it a groaning board of integration challenges. But according to Nikesh Arora, Google’s senior vice president and chief business officer, Woodside is prepared for them. “He wanted a new and exciting challenge,” Arora told Bloomberg. “We wanted a capable pair of hands.”

Let’s Play Word Association With Tech Moguls!

Kara Swisher in News on June 16, 2011 at 8:06 am PT

Earlier this year, I moderated a panel of tech leaders from the U.S. and Europe, at the opening of the DLD conference in Munich. To get things going, I used that old trick of word association — asking for lightning observations on Facebook, Google, Steve Jobs, Nokia, Rupert Murdoch and smartphones. Results, well, varied.

Will Yahoo Be In Play Again? Here's a Few Scenarios (That Could Be More Than Just Scenarios)

Kara Swisher in News on April 22, 2011 at 10:58 am PT

One of the results of Yahoo’s weak earnings report earlier this week has been the renewal of chatter about possible changes in its leadership and even ownership. And continued investor discomfort with its troubled stock price and the level of renewed grumbling by major institutional shareholders is causing some key players to go back to their PowerPoints to reevaluate various options.

Google Updates Its Management Page…By Taking Almost Everybody Off It

Liz Gannes in Social on April 22, 2011 at 6:41 am PT

We’d chided Google recently for its out-of-date management page, given the departures and promotions since Larry Page took back the CEO title on April 4. Now the company has, indeed, updated its management page…by taking almost everybody off of it.

Google Confirms That Groupon COO Will Be Google's Margo Georgiadis

Kara Swisher in News on April 21, 2011 at 11:14 am PT

Margo Georgiadis, VP of Global Sales Operations at Google, will be COO of Groupon, Google confirmed. She is currently located in Chicago, where the social buying site is headquartered. Besides COO, BoomTown will officially bestow the title of “Chief Cat Wrangler” on her in recognition of the massive organizational job ahead of her at the notoriously chaotic start-up.