A leaked memo from Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz confirms layoffs began this week. Yahoo was not the only tech company with announced layoffs: Nokia is also cutting staff in Finland. –
It’s a cold, cold winter in Sunnyvale, Calif.,
and Helsinki.
Internet “destination” Yahoo as it calls itself in its company overview has a
bit of bad news for 4 percent of its staff (about 600 employees) this holiday
season: Sorry, but your services at Yahoo are no longer necessary. Yahoo
emp…
SAN FRANCISCO& The Web 2.0 Summit 2010 boasted no shortage of star power for its keynote conversations hosted by show creators Tim O’Reilly and John Battelle. Google CEO Eric Schmidt kicked things off Nov. 15 by waving around a phone that appeared to be the Nexus S, an Android 2.3 handset allegedly from Samsung. Schmidt discussed a lot more topics and was careful to note that Google is being super careful about privacy. He noted that people have to explain when they’re joking, a reference to some flip comments he’s made that were taken literally. Tuesday, Nov. 16 was the master list of keynotes, including Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe; HP Palm’s Jon Rubinstein, RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, and of course, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, whose company is arguably the hottest in the world in terms of pre-IPO buzz. Interspersed with this were several other events, including a semantic joust between venture capital whizzes John Doerr from Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byars and Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson, who argued over whether ideas or execution matter. But the keynote conversations were also quite spicy, as detailed below in this eWEEK slide show. – …
Yahoo and Nokia announce a partnership that will see Yahoo become the global provider for Nokia’s Ovi e-mail and messenger services, while Nokia provides map and navigation technology for Yahoo’s properties. The alliance is meant to bring vital technology into Yahoo’s portfolio, while giving Nokia more of a toehold in the U.S. mobile market, where it lags behind competitors. Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz says such partnerships are now a key focus for Yahoo. – Yahoo and Nokia announced a partnership May 24 in which Nokia will become
the global provider of Yahoo’s map and navigation services, while Yahoo becomes
the global provider of Nokia’s Ovi e-mail and messenger services. The deal is
designed to play to the strengths of both companies, with Yahoo c…
Yahoo invited members of the media to a May 24 press conference in which its expected to announce a partnership with Nokia. With each needing a boost as Yahoo feels the weight of Google and Nokia struggles against Apple, RIM and Android such a partnership is worth a try. – Yahoo has sent various members of the media invitations to a May 24 press conference in New York, Kara Swisher with All Things Digital reported May 20.
“Please join Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz for an exciting announcement about
providing global consumers with rich online and mobile experiences, an…
Yahoo May 18 agreed to purchase Associated Content for a reported $100 million. Yahoo said it plans to bring the company’s article, audio and video content to its 600 million-plus users as well as tens of thousands of advertisers, which will be able to target consumers interested in some 60,000 topics. Associated Content marks a return to the mergers-and-acquisitions scene after spending much of 2009 shuttering or selling assets it acquired, such as GeoCities, its publisher network and its Maven Networks video ad assets. – Yahoo, which has been working to reposition itself as a
media content portal under CEO Carol Bartz, has
agreed to purchase Associated Content.
Yahoo expects to close the deal in the third quarter, and
while it declined to disclose a purchase price, some reports peg the buy at $100 million.
Asso…
Google needs to expand beyond its base in search, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz reportedly said during an interview with BBC News. Although Yahoo signed a 10-year search-and-advertising deal with Microsoft that will see Bing power the Web company’s back-end search processes, Yahoo executives have insisted that the company remains viable thanks to its end-user services. Recent surveys indicate that Yahoo occupies a position in the U.S. search market well behind Google and slightly ahead of Bing, although a recent $100 million search campaign seems to have had a negligible effect on reversing Yahoos market-share erosion.
– Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz insisted during an
interview with BBC News that Google, its erstwhile competitor, could face
serious issues in the future.
“Google is going to have a problem because Google is only known for
search Â… it is only half our business; its 99.9 [percent] of their
business,” Ba…
Yahoo could emulate Apple in the 1990s in taking years to restore itself to competitive health, CEO Carol Bartz told reporters during a March 2 event to commemorate Yahoo’s 15th anniversary. Although Yahoo has aggressively sought to expand its more popular features while cutting underperforming applications and programs, the company has seen its U.S. search-engine market share decline in recent months. A 10-year agreement with Microsoft will see Bing power Yahoos back-end search, allowing Yahoo to focus primarily on designing its offerings in ways that appeal to a broad number of users.
– Yahoo could take years to return to strength, according to
CEO Carol Bartz, who compared her struggling
Internet company to Apple circa the return of Steve Jobs as
CEO in 1997.
quot;It took him four years, quot; Bartz told the Associated Press and other media during a March 2 meeting to
co…
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz updates media and analysts about the status of her company’s partnership with Microsoft, which is currently undergoing an antitrust investigation by the Department of Justice. During a presentation focusing on Yahoo’s new branding campaign, Bartz also discussed the integration of Bing into Yahoo search and showed some irritation about the media focus on Google.
– Yahoo
CEO Carol Bartz took some time during a
presentation in New York to talk
about her company’s partnership with Microsoft, and Yahoo’s new approach to
search.
The Sept. 22 event at NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square
marked the launch
of a $100 million branding campaign designed to demonst…
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz rolled out a new global branding campaign for Yahoo in New York on Sept. 22, and indicated that more of Yahoo’s assets could still be sold or shut down as she seeks to streamline Yahoo. Despite a partnership with Microsoft that has Bing powering Yahoos search, Yahoo has been anxious to assert itself as a viable competitor in the online arena.
– NEW YORK – Yahoo
CEO Carol Bartz announced a global branding campaign for the company,
in a high-profile Sept. 22 presentation the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times
Square.
The announcement is part of Yahoos larger campaign to show its
viability and competitiveness in the wake of a recent partnership…
Microsoft and Yahoo’s potential deal over search and advertising got public approval from investor Carl Icahn, who owns around 5 percent of Yahoo. Despite Microsofts massive push in support of Bing, its new search engine, analysts feel that a search and advertising deal between Microsoft and Yahoo could create a viable competitor to Google, whose model currently dominates the space. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has reportedly held discussions with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz over a number of issues in the past.
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If Microsoft and Yahoo are indeed negotiating over a search or advertising partnership, then
they have an advocate in the form of prominent investor Carl
Icahn.
quot;I’ve been a strong advocate of getting a search deal done
with Microsoft, quot; Icahn told Reuters in an interview on July 1…
