75 posts and columns on operations

Exclusive: Yahoo’s Thompson Out; Levinsohn In; Board Settlement With Loeb Nears Completion

in News on May 13 at 8:59 am PT

The final shoe — shoe store, really — drops.
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News Byte

New Yahoo Chief of Staff Comes In, While Previous One Goes to Facebook

in News on April 15 at 1:45 am PT

New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has selected Marta Nichols, who was the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s VP of investor relations, as his new chief of staff. Interestingly, Joel Jones, the chief of staff under Thompson’s predecessor, has moved to Facebook. After CEO Carol Bartz was ousted in the fall, Jones moved to a job as VP of Americas Ad Marketplaces at Yahoo. He’ll be part of the business operations team focused on the ads business at the social networking giant.

Apple CEO Tim Cook to Appear as Opening Speaker at the D10 Conference

in D10 on April 10 at 9:00 am PT

Welcome for the first time to the red-hot seat of D: All Things Digital, Mr. Cook!
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It’s Official: Yahoo Reorgs Itself Just Like We Said (Memo Time!)

in News on April 10 at 8:11 am PT

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson just sent this note to Yahoo employees, about a new leadership organization for the company.
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Yahoo Layoffs Set to Begin Next Week, Followed by Restructuring the Week After

in News on March 30 at 9:00 am PT

And so it begins.
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Exclusive: AOL’s CTO Alex Gounares Leaves Company

in News on February 27 at 10:44 am PT

Another AOLer bites the dust.
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Twitter Grabs Two Googlers for International Advertising Expansion

in Media on February 22 at 11:07 pm PT

The online communications network goes hunting for talent at search giant.
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AOL Names Jim Norton as New Head of Sales

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

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

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

Change is certainly afoot inside Yahoo.
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AOL’s Europe Head Kate Burns Departs; Goviral’s Maymann Takes Over (Internal Memo, Too!)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

in News, July 19, 2011 at 1:19 pm PT

Yahoo Loses Global Search Business Head Chi-Chao Chang

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

Exclusive: Yahoo Nabs Jai Singh From AOL's HuffPo as Editor-in-Chief

in Media, May 2, 2011 at 7:28 pm PT

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

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

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

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

Demand Media About Latest Google Algo Impact: Move on, Nothing to See Here

in News, April 17, 2011 at 11:29 pm PT

Exclusive: Yahoo Nabs Microsoft Exec Brett Wayn to Help Local Efforts

in News, April 4, 2011 at 12:26 am PT

Awkward! As Microsoft Marketing Event Opens, Its Longtime Marketing Head Announces Surprise Retirement

in News, March 30, 2011 at 9:43 am PT

Wanted: Groupon COO. Must Like Cat-Wrangling, Lack of Spotlight and International Travel (Post-Samwer)

in News, March 29, 2011 at 10:37 am PT

Even More Layoffs at AOL: India Unit Cuts Staff by 400, Transitions 300 More to Contractors

in News, March 9, 2011 at 10:49 pm PT