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Yahoo Bored Meeting? Not This Time!

in News on April 13, 2011 at 9:35 am PT

Today and tomorrow, Yahoo’s directors are gathering here in Silicon Valley for one of their regular meetings that take place over the course of the year. While board meetings in general are usually pretty dull affairs–and Yahoo’s, in particular, are typically glacial ones–there is a lot on the plates of those with purview over the machinations of the long-struggling Silicon Valley Internet giant.

Liveblog: Is Yahoo Still in Search? Indeed and It's Answers Not Links!

in News on March 23, 2011 at 10:20 am PT

At least once a day, BoomTown gets a call from investors, analysts or other troublemaking types–you know who you are!–wondering why Yahoo is still plugging away in search. With a declining market share in the arena and a search technology outsourcing deal with Microsoft, it’s not a bad question to ask. But Yahoo begs to differ, introducing a new feature called Yahoo Search Direct at an event in San Francisco today.

Memo Time: Yahoo Reorgs Its Ad Staff, As "The Race" Begins

in News on March 9, 2011 at 6:15 am PT

In the wake of the departures of two top ad execs to social buying sites, the hiring of another from AOL and a whole new sales management team in place, it’s got to be time for a reorg at Yahoo! And so it is, just before the company’s annual sales conference takes place.

With Goopon Stealing the Spotlight, Tippr Says Don't Forget About No. 3 (Or Its Patents)

in Commerce on December 2, 2010 at 7:00 am PT

Tippr CEO Martin Tobias hopes that between Google’s potential big-ticket purchase of Groupon and Amazon’s rumored investment in LivingSocial, consolidation in the group-buying space will accelerate as others scramble for a partner.