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Yahoo's Yang Years

The web portal's searching for the right formula to get its stock back on track

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January 2008
- AT&T and Yahoo Forge Alliance
  
  San Jose Mercury News | Jan 30, 08 5:24 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Yahoo and AT&T announced a new alliance today in which Yahoo will provide search and advertising on AT&T’s mobile phones, the San Jose Mercury News reports. AT&T in turn will get their att.net web portal redesigned by Yahoo, through which their customers will get access to Yahoo’s services at no additional charge. More »
- 1,000 to Lose Jobs as Yahoo Profits Fall 23%
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jan 30, 08 3:25 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - After a 23% plummet in fourth quarter profits, Yahoo's CEO said the company will face job cuts and continued "headwinds" in 2008, the Wall Street Journal reports. Facing decreased advertiser spending, the company will lay off 1,000 employees next month, though it will try to relocate some within Yahoo. Such bleak expectations prompted a 10% drop in shares after hours. More »
- Ailing Yahoo! Can't Keep Up With the Times
  
  ABC News | Jan 25, 08 2:25 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - After miraculously withstanding the dot-com crash, Yahoo is again poised to fall face first off a virtual cliff, with its plummeting stock hardly masked by national economic disrepair. But despite hemorrhaging users to Google, the company is still a huge presence on the Web, with 3 billion daily hits. So "what has gone wrong at Yahoo?" asks ABC's Michael S. Malone. More »
- Yahoo to Slash Jobs in Shakeup
  
  New York Times | Jan 22, 08 4:14 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Yahoo! is preparing for its first big round of layoffs since the 2001 dot.com bust, the New York Times reports, seeking to narrow its focus, increase profitability, and revive its tumbling share price. A statement from the company said it planned to "eliminate some areas of the business." More »
- Reshuffling Yahoo Casts Off Another Exec
  
  New York Times | Jan 16, 08 1:58 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Another key media honcho is leaving Yahoo, the latest casualty of the company’s effort to narrow focus and scale back peripheral operations. Vince Broady was a senior VP and headed Yahoo’s entertainment division. The New York Times Miguel Helft blogs that his departure is no surprise, given a December reshuffling that left him without a clear role. Dozens of Yahoo execs have left recently. More »
- Uneasy Lies the Yahoo That Wears Crown
  
  New York Times | Jan 14, 08 2:52 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - With Google, Facebook, and MySpace gnawing at its top-dog status, Yahoo is reinventing some foundation applications to make them appeal to a new generation of users, reports the New York Times . First step? Turbocharging Yahoo Mail to make it more a communications hub and less a post office, a prototype Yahoo demo'd at the Consumer Electronics Show last week. More »
- Tumbling Yahoo Now a Target?
  
  New York Times | Jan 11, 08 9:51 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Yahoo's falling core value threatens the company's future and is ringing alarm bells for investors, the New York Times ’ Saul Hansell warned in his "Bits" blog. The central business of Yahoo.com, excluding subsidiary holdings, is worth less than half of its current share price, and a paltry 7% of Google’s $200 billion market value, according to one analyst quoted by Hansell. More »
- Yahoo Trumpets Mobile Access
  
  CNET | Jan 8, 08 3:46 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Yahoo is moving to expand the reach of its services with new software designed for mobile devices, CEO Jerry Yang said yesterday as he vowed to "get Yahoo yodeling again." Dubbed Yahoo Go 3.0, the software aims to provide users with access to the usual weather and news, as well as Yahoo-specific services like Flickr and Yahoo Mail, CNET reports. More »
December 2007
- Yahoo China Loses Piracy Case
  
  Associated Press | Dec 21, 07 3:21 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Yahoo China—40% owned by the US Internet giant—can no longer allow users to download unlicensed music on its Web site. A Chinese court yesterday upheld a decision that the company violated copyright laws in effect since last year. The US has long complained about rampant music and movie piracy in China, and the decision could signal a tougher stance, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »
- Big Sites Fold on Net Gambling
  
  Reuters | Dec 20, 07 1:39 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo have agreed to cough up $31.5 million to settle Justice Department charges they promoted Internet gambling by accepting advertising from gambling sites for the past 10 years, Reuters reports. The high-tech giants will pay some of that amount in fines, and will create PSAs telling young adults and teenagers that Internet gambling is illegal. More »
- Being a Tech CEO Means Having to Say You're Sorry
  
  Forbes | Dec 14, 07 6:02 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Saying "sorry" has become a necessary skill for tech execs, Forbes reports—from AMD's CEO, who apologized yesterday for delaying its latest chip launch, to Facebook's founder, who begged forgiveness after an advertising program violated users' privacy. The frequency of technology leaders' public contrition testifies to the power of the Internet to amplify consumer discontent—and force companies to listen. More »
- Yahoo VPs Dropping Like Flies
  
  All Things Digital | Dec 14, 07 5:18 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - "This slimming down is a good idea, given Yahoo’s VP obesity," writes Kara Swisher in All Things Digital . She says it's not clear who's behind the departures of numerous execs from the notoriously top-heavy company, nor who jumped and who was pushed out. But a source called the moves "streamlining," and said, "there just have been too many chiefs and not enough Indians.” More »
- eBay Returns to Japan With Yahoo Union
  
  Reuters | Dec 4, 07 1:27 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - eBay is returning to Tokyo after 5 years away, teaming with Yahoo Japan on a cross-bidding website launching today. The auctioneer couldn’t make inroads in its first Japanese foray, a rare failure; the new Yahoo deal is the latest in a string of partnerships in Asia, including sites under development for China and Thailand, Reuters reports. More »
November 2007
- Microsoft to Buy Yahoo: Blogger
  
  PC World | Nov 18, 07 1:24 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo, blogs Huffington Post’s Henry Blodget—there’s no other way to interpret comments made by a honcho Thursday that the Bill Gates brand plans to up its online search market share from its current 10% to 30%. Do the math, says Blodget: Acquiring Yahoo’s 19% share would “instantly” put Microsoft at about 30% (Google boasts 67%). More »
- Yahoo Settles With Chinese Journalists
  
  CNET | Nov 13, 07 5:25 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - One week after being labeled moral “pygmies” in a House hearing, Yahoo settled a lawsuit brought by two Chinese journalists jailed when the Internet giant turned over their personal data to Beijing. The two men, now serving 10-year sentences on charges of leaking state secrets, sued Yahoo for providing the Chinese government with their emails and addresses. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. More »
- Families of Jailed Chinese Dissidents Slam Yahoo
  
  Wall Street Journal | Nov 8, 07 1:01 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Families of two jailed Chinese dissidents who appeared at Congressional hearings on the matter yesterday say they hope hearings would pressure China to release the men, who were imprisoned after Yahoo released information about them to their government. After the hearing, Yahoo execs met with the family members privately, apologizing for their company's role in the affair and promising to work for the men's release. More »
- Yahoo Takes Heat for Role in Chinese Case
  
  Financial Times (UK) | Nov 6, 07 3:48 PM CST