Yahoo’s Sue Decker Gets Impressive Pay Raise
It’s only natural that a pay bump would accompany a promotion. The bump looks more like a boulder in the case of Sue Decker, however, who will get paid $815,000 instead of her previous $500,000. So the difference between Yahoo’s chief financial officer and its president is $315,000, apparently, or 63 percent of that CFO’s [...]
Kaango Enchants Two Yahoo HotJobs Partners
Although Hearst Corp and MediaNews Group are linchpins in Yahoo’s newspaper/online classified alliance, the two publishers have made an investment in online classified ad provider Kaango. The newspaper industry has always been more interested in keeping money in-house rather than sharing even a little with others. Publishers have big egos, and depending on someone else [...]
Decker: Korea One Of The Most Important Markets
Parents aren’t supposed to play favorites, and Sue Decker, Yahoo’s president, didn’t actively insult any of her company’s various arms. She did, however, identify as Korea as one of the “most important” markets, and this has some interesting implications. After all, a Google exec said just five months ago that Korea would play “a very [...]
Yahoo’s Chief Marketing Officer Moves On
Cammie Dunaway, Yahoo’s Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Customer Experience Division, is leaving the company. And the fallout isn’t pretty. Reverse the genders if you like, but either way, everyone’s seen it happen: a guy leaves one woman for another, and the ex proceeds to cry incessantly and gain 20 pounds. Also, if you [...]
Yahoo CMO Resigns, Heading for Big Consumer Brand?
Yahoo chief marketing officer Cammie Dunaway will leave Yahoo on November 2 for a new opportunity, which may be a large consumer brand, according to ClickZ News. She reportedly told colleagues she will not share details about her new position until the middle of next week. Dunaway, who joined Yahoo in 2003, formerly managed interactive [...]
Yahoo Missing That Vision Thing
Not much information has emerged in the wake of Yahoo’s executive all-day meeting, other than the attendance of Apple CEO Steve Jobs as inspirational speaker.One detail has been mentioned, that being Yahoo’s horde of executives, over 300 people bearing the title of vice-president or higher. Kara Swisher noted the highlight of the day, where Jobs [...]
Yahoo Saving The Newspaper Industry
All of those deals Yahoo made with newspaper publishers seem to be yielding positive results for the world of print media.We have noted previously that Yahoo’s power duo of Sue Decker and Hilary Schneider have some history associated with newspapers. Decker has been a newspaper stock analyst, while Schneider worked for Knight Ridder Digital in [...]
Yahoo Sheds Another Executive
This time a change in the corner office ranks at Yahoo comes from Europe, where their managing director of search will bolt in favor of becoming a consultant.Regional VP Stephen Taylor came to Yahoo when the Internet company picked up Overture, which became Yahoo’s search marketing arm. He’ll follow Greg Coleman out the door in [...]
More Exec Moves at Yahoo
Yahoo, which has undergone a few rounds of reorganization this year, is in the midst of more changes in its ad sales business. This time, Hilary Schneider will be tapped to head a group overseeing ad sales and publisher relationships, effectively replacing Greg Coleman as head of global sales, according to Kara Swisher at All [...]
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