5 posts and columns on Rich Riley

Actual News on Earnings Call: Yahoo Disables Annoying "Hover" Tool on Homepage, Restructures International Ops

in News on January 26, 2010 at 3:18 pm PT

News was actually committed during Yahoo’s fourth-quarter earnings conference call today when CEO Carol Bartz noted that the company would disable its irksome “hover interaction” on the homepage and that the Internet giant has restructured its international business. Yahoo reported results earlier today that slightly exceeded expectations in the fourth quarter, but it was no blowout.

Yahoo Poised to Name New International Head–After Five-Month Look-See at the Crowned Web Heads of Europe

in News on August 17, 2009 at 11:24 am PT

Yahoo is closer to naming a new international head, according to sources, the last big slot left in the top management structure of CEO Carol Bartz. While BoomTown is endeavoring to get the name of this international man of mystery, the suspect list is long, since Yahoo’s headhunter for the job–Heidrick & Struggles–has pretty much talked to the gamut of international Web muckety-mucks since the search started six months ago. In a memo to Yahoo staff after her reorganization in February, Bartz said that “international growth is critical for Yahoo!, which has become too reliant on its U.S. business over the years.”
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One Last Yahoo Reorg Missive: Bartz Tells Employees What She Already Said. Again.

in News on February 26, 2009 at 4:00 pm PT

Goodness gracious, make it stop! You must know by now how much BoomTown loves internal Yahoo memos. But this is getting ridiculous. It’s been like a flash flood after a long drought at Sunnyvale HQ today, as Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz turns on the firehose of a whole lot of communicating. “I know you guys have reorg fatigue,” wrote Bartz in the latest email to employees about the management reorganization finally announced this morning. Also memo fatigue at All Things Digital HQ, if you can believe it.
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European Head Toby Coppel Departs Yahoo

in News on November 27, 2008 at 8:01 am PT

Yahoo is losing yet another top executive–Toby Coppel, its EVP and managing director of Europe and Canada, is set to announce today that he is stepping down. The departure, which has been in the works for months, is not related to the recent news that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is also relinquishing his job as soon as the company completes its search for another CEO. His successor will be Rich Riley, who is currently SVP of Europe’s Advertiser & Publisher Group, which put him in charge of all revenues for the division.

The Entire Internal Yahoo Memo on European Head Toby Coppel's Departure

in News on November 27, 2008 at 8:00 am PT

Here’s the internal Yahoo memo from President Sue Decker about the stepping down of Yahoo European head, Toby Coppel, which BoomTown wrote about here. The departure, which has been in the works for months, is not related to the recent news that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is also relinquishing his job as soon as the company completes its search for another CEO. His successor will be Rich Riley, who is currently SVP of Europe’s Advertiser & Publisher Group. Here’s the memo.