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AOL Names Jim Norton as New Head of Sales

Kara Swisher in Media on December 9, 2011 at 10:00 am PT

Hey kids, it’s a new ad honcho at AOL! Replacing that other guy, who replaced that other guy.

Digital Marketing Start-Up Thismoment Raises $7.3 Million From Sierra Ventures

Kara Swisher in Media on November 15, 2011 at 7:30 am PT

Another day, another pile of funding for a social marketing start-up.

Exclusive: Like Marketing, Yahoo’s Customer Advocacy Org Gets Sliced and Diced This Week

Kara Swisher in News on October 26, 2011 at 12:01 am PT

Change is certainly afoot inside Yahoo.

AOL’s Europe Head Kate Burns Departs; Goviral’s Maymann Takes Over (Internal Memo, Too!)

Kara Swisher in News on September 27, 2011 at 8:15 am PT

According to sources, AOL’s head of Europe Kate Burns has left the company and has been replaced by Goviral chairman and co-founder Jimmy Maymann.

Whitman Makes Comms Appointment at HP (We Got Your Memo)

Kara Swisher in News on September 27, 2011 at 7:16 am PT

New CEO Meg Whitman appoints acting communications head as part of new “one-voice” rule.

Uh-Oh: Groupon Loses New COO, Who’s Going Back to Google

Kara Swisher in News on September 23, 2011 at 1:54 pm PT

In a blog it just posted, Groupon said its recently hired COO, Margo Georgiadis, “has decided to return to Google (her former employer) in a new role as President, Americas.” She was hired in April, only months before the company filed to go public.

More AsiaD Speakers: Sony, Google+, Microsoft, Hollywood, Huawei and Hot SV Start-Ups!

Kara Swisher in AsiaD on August 9, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT

Here’s the latest list of speakers for the upcoming AsiaD conference, which will take place October 19 to 21 in Hong Kong.

Who’s to Blame for Yahoo’s Q2 Revenue Rout? The Line Forms Around Back…

Kara Swisher in News on July 19, 2011 at 2:02 pm PT

What happened to Yahoo revenue? Display sales in the U.S. gets the blame this quarter. While coming up with a new thing to blame for Q3, Yahoo execs try to explain it all for you.

Yahoo Revenues Down Again in Q2, With Weakness in Search and U.S. Display Ad Sales

Kara Swisher in News on July 19, 2011 at 1:19 pm PT

Yahoo turned in another flat performance in the second quarter, with $1.08 billion in revenue, which was slightly below Wall Street expectations. Earnings per share were right on target, though, at 18 cents each, an increase of 18 percent.

Yahoo Loses Global Search Business Head Chi-Chao Chang

Kara Swisher in News on July 11, 2011 at 10:31 am PT

In the ongoing talent drain at Yahoo, longtime Yahoo search veteran Chi-Chao Chang is the next to swirl away from the Internet giant. Chang was VP and GM of the global search business at Yahoo and has been at the company since 1999. More importantly, he has been a key exec in Yahoo’s troubled search alliance with Microsoft.