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Yahoo: Microhoo, Icahn drama cost us $22 million; Economy soft: The Carl Icahn proxy battle and Microsoft buyout drama appears to have been a slight distraction for Yahoo, which is seeing slowing display ad demand amid a weak economy. Yahoo on Tuesday reported second quarter net income of $131 million, or 9 cents a share, on revenue of...; Tags: Revenue, Jerry Yang, Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home page: Updated: Yahoo's argument that billionaire investor Carl Icahn is a short-timer with no clear plan to run the company has won over a key investor: Legg Mason. In addition, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is taking the company's campaign to its home page. In a broadcast to employees...; Tags: Jerry Yang, Legg Mason Inc., Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Jerry Yang: Listen to ... Jerry Yang: Jerry Yang: Listen to ... Jerry Yang"You need to fold?" kidding?@Tom let's see you start an idea and turn it to billions. I don't know the feeling but I'm sure it's hard to just walk away with a "need to fold."The only ones that can complain are stockholders, otherwise last...; Tags: Jerry Yang; Discussion threads 2008-07-10
Jerry Yang: Listen to ... Jerry Yang: Jerry Yang, poker player, AP News It's been a bad year for Jerry Yangs. The one everyone knows, the Stanford student who is a co-founder of Yahoo, is getting pistol-whipped by Google, founded by other Stanford students. Yet he refuses to...; Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Channel Management, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-10
EIC podcast: Vista; Midori; Microhoo; iPhone: On this week's EIC squared podcast, Ed Bott, one of our Microsoft gurus, fills in for the allegedly vacationing Dan Farber, who apparently IMs and emails as usual while reportedly away. I chat with Ed Bott about whether Microsoft's "we're not going to take it" routine with Vista will work....; Tags: Apple iPhone, Jerry Yang, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Backstory, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), 3G, Podcasts, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-10

Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade dance: Microsoft still has the hots for Yahoo and now wants to enlist partners to win the target's search business. Yes, folks the Microhoo saga continues and boy are these two crazy kids awkward. According to The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is still trying to airlift the search...; Tags: Jerry Yang, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Search, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Daily Debrief: Yahoo turns the page: News.com's Charles Cooper and Dan Farber discuss the aftermath of the company's long-awaited reorganization news.; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Page, News, charles cooper, dan farber, yahoo, jerry yang, susan decker, microsoft, bill gates, steve ballmer; Videos 2008-06-27
Daily Debrief: Can the SS Yahoo steer past the shoals?: After a series of high-profile resignations at Yahoo, Charles Cooper and CNET News.com's Editor-in-chief Dan Farber assess how senior management is likely to respond.; Tags: Editor-in-chief, News, Daily Debrief, Charles Cooper, Yahoo, Microsoft, Delicious, Joshua Schachter, Jerry Yang; Videos 2008-06-20
Yang's recovery runway: Months to days (and board should go too): It had looked like Jerry Yang would at least get a few months to prove he could right the listing ship that is Yahoo. Perhaps it's days now. The issue: Can you really turn a company around when the talent is heading for the exits at a...; Tags: Jerry Yang, Recovery, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Yang, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-19
News to know: Open source adventures; Jerry Yang; IBM; Digital TV: News to know: Open source adventures; Jerry Yang; IBM; Digital TVIcahn trying to talk his Yahoo shares back up?Seems like it to me ....; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Jerry Yang, digital television, TV, open source, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-06-16
Meet Jerry Yang, pinata: Meet Jerry Yang, pinataYahoo customers are walking.http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/06/marketers-see-l.htmlEveryone thinking Yaoo/Google was such a great idea, think again.RE: Meet Jerry Yang, pinataShame, really, because Yang esssentially stood up for employees and customers.Gee, what a concept.If MS took over Yahoo, there would have been massive layoffs, and the Yahoo products, and the consumers...; Tags: INTERNET, Benefits, Investment, Yahoo! Inc., Yang, Meet Jerry Yang, Microsoft Corp., Jerry Yang; Discussion threads 2008-06-16
Meet Jerry Yang, pinata: So what's that water cooler conversation going to sound like at the Yahoo executive suite today? Probably something like this: Sue Decker: So Jerry how was your weekend? Jerry Yang: Not too bad. I didn't have to talk to Steve Ballmer so how bad...; Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-16
News to know: Open source adventures; Jerry Yang; IBM; Digital TV: Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adventures with open source apps on Linux - Part 2 Gallery right. Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Look Now: Digital TV Transition Already Here Jason Perlow: The reality TV series we all really want to watch Dana Blankenhorn: Closed...; Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Digital Television, IBM Corp., Open Source, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-16
Yahoo: Does Jerry have to go?: Yahoo got its wish. Microsoft is no longer a possibility as a purchaser. The company improves short-term results by partnering on search with Google. Carl Icahn may give up on his proxy war. And the company lives to fight another day--or at least until Aug. 1 when shareholders unleash their...; Tags: Google Inc., Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Construction, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-13
EIC podcast: Wireless duopolies; Yang's fight; Jobs keynote coming: On this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about the looming duopoly that's forming between AT&T Wireless and Verizon Wireless, Jerry Yang's prospects at Yahoo and next week's Steve Jobs' sermon. First up, Verizon Wireless acquired Alltel for $28 million or so and now has...; Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., AT&T Wireless, Duopoly, Verizon Wireless, Dan, Podcasts, 3G, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Wireless, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-05
Carl and Yahoo's dueling banjo routine gets old: See Carl Icahn blast Jerry Yang and Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock over a compensation plan to fend off a Microsoft bid. See Roy tell Carl he's manipulating facts and using allegations from a complaint that has no merit. See Larry's eyes glaze over. Anyone else sick of...; Tags: Jerry Yang, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-05
Daily Debrief: Icahn's plans for Yahoo: CNET News.com's Charles Cooper and Dawn Kawamoto, discuss Carl Icahn's plans for Yahoo, and the possibility of ousting Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and others to get Microsoft back to the table.; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., News, charlie cooper, dawn kawamoto, daily debrief, microsoft, yahoo, carl icahn, jerry yang, sue decker; Videos 2008-06-04
What Yahoo doesn't want you to know about the Microsoft deal: After fighting against its disclosure for weeks, lawyers for Yahoo! have finally lost their battle to keep the details of a shareholder lawsuit hidden. They had released a public version on May 15th, but most of the interesting parts were deleted. Exactly what were they trying to hide? ...; Tags: Jerry Yang, Compensation, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Benefits, Human Resources, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-06-03
Breaking down Microhoo, more: CNET News.com's Dan Farber and Charlie Cooper discuss Jerry Yang, Yahoo, and the company's possible future partnership with Microsoft. They also explore Bill Gates' legacy at the company he co-founded.; Tags: Business Structures, Finance, News, charlie cooper, dan farber, all things digital, jerry yang, yahoo, steve ballmer, bill gates, microsoft; Videos 2008-05-30
Jerry Yang: The Web's most overanalyzed exec: Jerry Yang: The Web's most overanalyzed execQuite Simply ...By rejecting Microsoft's offer, Yang screwed a lot of big investors out of a lot of money. That sort of thing is not to be forgiven. Frankly, I'm surprised we haven't found him floating face-down in a river somewhere.One thing that I...; Tags: Financial accounting, Yang, Jerry Yang, Web; Discussion threads 2008-05-28