Ross Levinsohn

Fat Lady Finally Sings: Yahoo and Alibaba Officially Shake on $7 Billion Stock Sale Deal (Updated)

Kara Swisher in News on May 20 at 3:34 pm PT

It’s done.

Exclusive: Yahoo Finally Set to Strike Alibaba Share Deal — Half Now, Then Half of What’s Left After Eventual IPO

Kara Swisher in News on May 17 at 11:39 pm PT

Could the never-ending Yahoo-Alibaba deal finally be close to a handshake? Yes, indeedy.

The King Is Dead, Long Live the … Whatever: Levinsohn’s Management Moves at Yahoo (Internal Memo)

Kara Swisher in News on May 17 at 5:31 pm PT

For those following the soap opera that I am chief writer for, “Days of Our Yahoos,” here’s the latest episode.

Even as Settlement Hopes Appear, Facebook Blames Shoddy Checking in Answer to Yahoo Patent-Fraud Claim

Kara Swisher in News on May 16 at 3:13 pm PT

Yahoo’s dog ate its homework, says Facebook.

Voices

Yahoo’s Roller Coaster Impacts More Than Shareholders

Rusty Rueff, Co-Author, “Talent Force: A New Manifesto for the Human Side of Business” in Voices on May 15 at 8:00 am PT

Yahoo employees who have weathered multiple rounds of layoffs have also had to adapt to the frequently changing leadership tides created by the revolving door at the top of the company.

Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli: It’s Ring-Kissing Time for Ross at Yahoo’s All-Hands Meeting.

Kara Swisher in News on May 14 at 7:12 pm PT

I’m gonna make you an interim CEO offer you can’t refuse.

Yahoo’s Parting With Thompson Will Be for “Cause” (aka CSLie)

Kara Swisher in News on May 14 at 2:00 am PT

And not cancer, as unfortunate as the timing is for the ousted Yahoo CEO.

Ross Levinsohn’s Yahoo Plan: Back to the Future

Peter Kafka in Media on May 13 at 4:08 pm PT

Want to figure out what Yahoo’s new boss wants to do with the company? Look back at what he did last year.

Here’s New Yahoo CEO’s First Note to Troops! (The Leaking-Internal-Memos-to-ATD Policy Remains in Effect As Usual)

Kara Swisher in News on May 13 at 2:33 pm PT

Here is the first missive to Yahoo’s troops from new interim CEO Ross Levinsohn, which I obtained from 653 sources at the company. (Joke alert! Sort of!)