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Yahoo Bids Farewell to a Pair of Search Vets

in News on August 4, 2010 at 9:58 am PT

Two departures of note from Yahoo, each a battle-scarred veteran of the search business. VP and editor-in-chief Srinija Srinivasan, who was employee No. 5 when she signed on 15 years ago, is leaving to devote more time to other interests, including heading up the board of SFJAZZ. And VP of Search Marketing Tim Mayer, whose resume includes a handful of search companies over the past 10 years, is off to unspecified new pastures.

Yahoo Mobile Head David Ko Takes Over Audience Job Too (But Mobile Product Development Moves Under Balogh)

in News on November 30, 2009 at 12:13 am PT

David Ko, head of Yahoo’s mobile division, has added the Internet giant’s vast media properties in the U.S. to his portfolio, according to several sources. With purview over programming and more for the main Yahoo media properties, such as News and Finance, he will now control a vast swath of its consumer-facing products. But, in a related move, product development for mobile has moved from under Ko to CTO and EVP of Products Ari Balogh.
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Yahoo's Bartz Shuffles the Exec Deck, Filling Audience and Other Top Slot; Is the Board Next for a Makeover?

in News on November 18, 2009 at 2:00 pm PT

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz is making the most substantive changes in her exec ranks since she did a massive restructuring of its staff in late February, according to sources close to the situation. “She is continuing to clean the place up,” said one top exec about the moves, which are likely to be announced internally tomorrow. Will these changes also extend to Yahoo’s board?
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Yahoo Audience Head Jeff Dossett Departs Company

in News on May 28, 2009 at 1:20 pm PT

Yahoo’s SVP of Northern American Audience, Jeff Dossett, is leaving the company. Reasons for the departure are personal, said sources, who said that Dossett is most likely to do a start-up. Dossett did not return emails asking for comment, but Yahoo confirmed his resignation to BoomTown.
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Yahoo News Head Khemlani Departs for Hearst as VP Digital Media

in News on February 23, 2009 at 9:02 am PT

Neeraj Khemlani, Yahoo’s general manager and executive editor of news, is set to leave his job–right in the midst of a major restructuring of its media unit–to work at Hearst Corp. Khemlani’s departure could be announced to his staff at Yahoo as early as today. While Khemlani was in line to head one of the three main prongs of the new content organization, running a possible network programming arm, sources inside and outside Yahoo said he instead has opted to take a job as VP and Special Assistant to the CEO for Digital Media at Hearst.
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Yahoo Media Unit to Get a Reorg Too!

in News on February 22, 2009 at 3:28 pm PT

Besides the more massive management reorganization that new Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz could announce this week, as BoomTown reported on Friday, the Internet company’s powerful media arm might also see a drastic shift in management structure even sooner. According to several sources inside the company, U.S. Audience SVP Jeff Dossett has been working on the changes for a while, part of an overall change in how Yahoo makes and delivers content. Under a plan being considered, the media unit will be split into three parts: vertical programming, network programming and search monetization.