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Yahoo kills 10 mobile apps to focus on HTML5 future

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:05:10 GMT

Even though Yahoo remains one of the most popular sites on the Web after nearly seventeen years in the business, the company faces an uncertain future with nebulous branding, improper monetization, and unsteady restructuring efforts. Yahoo has been attempting to streamline and reorganize in various ways to stay on top, but on Friday it announced it will be ending support for ten of its mobile apps for iPad, iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. The apps that are retiring are: Yahoo! Meme (iPad and iPhone) Yahoo! Mim (iPad) Yahoo! Answers (Android) Yahoo! AppSpot (Android and iPhone) Yahoo! Deals (iPhone) Yahoo! Finance (BlackBerry)… [Continue Reading]

Yahoo Q4 Earnings Released

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:00:21 GMT

Yahoo released their 4th quarter earnings today, and for the most part met expectations. They reported earnings of $0.24 per share, which amounts to no change from Q4 of 2010. Yahoo’s fourth ...

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson to Wall Street: Trust Me

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:59:23 GMT

New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson had a message for Yahoo shareholders Tuesday.

In essence, it's "Trust me."

In his first public appearance since Yahoo co-founder

Watch: Oscar Nominations

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:56:39 GMT

Yahoo! Movies' Thelma Adams on the surprise nominees and snubs.

Yahoo 4Q profits, revenue slip

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:14:02 GMT

TV News: CEO calls 2012 year to grow business

Yahoo 4Q profits, revenue slip

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:14:02 GMT

TV News: CEO calls 2012 year to grow business

Sundance shorts stream on Yahoo for online Audience Award voting

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:06:00 GMT

Nine short films screening at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival are now viewable online via Yahoo!

Yahoo offers Sundance shorts

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:55:25 GMT

Film News: Move is part of original content push

Yahoo offers Sundance shorts

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:55:25 GMT

Technology News: Move is part of original content push

Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang quits, shares jump

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:48:23 GMT

Yahoo Inc co-founder Jerry Yang has quit the company he started in 1995...

Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns from board

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:31:00 GMT

The Yahoo co-founder steps down after 16 years on the company's board.

Shares jump after Yahoo co-founder resigns

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:23:00 GMT

The resignation of 'Chief Yahoo' Jerry Yang has been called a positive move for company stock.

Yahoo Co-Founder Jerry Yang Resigns

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:48:20 GMT

Yang's resignation, which is effective Tuesday, also applies to his board positions at Yahoo Japan and the Chinese conglomerate Alibaba, of which Yahoo owns a stake.

Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:48:19 GMT

Yang's resignation, which is effective Tuesday, also applies to his board positions at Yahoo Japan and the Chinese conglomerate Alibaba, of which Yahoo owns a stake.

Bio Box: Yahoo Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang (AP)

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:31:50 GMT

AP - NAME: Jerry Yang

Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:58:34 GMT

Yahoo Inc co-founder Jerry Yang resigned from the struggling Internet company on Tuesday.

Yahoo founder Jerry Yang resigns

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:54:02 GMT

Jerry Yang, co-founder and former chief executive of Yahoo!, resigns from the company's board.

Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns (Reuters)

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:50:45 GMT

Reuters - Yahoo Inc co-founder Jerry Yang resigned from the struggling Internet company on Tuesday.

Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns (Reuters)

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:50:45 GMT

Reuters - Yahoo Inc co-founder Jerry Yang resigned from the struggling Internet company on Tuesday.

Yahoo Co-Founder Jerry Yang Leaving Company

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:49:48 GMT

Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang leaving company

Jerry Yang Resigns From Yahoo

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:22:37 GMT

Yahoo just announced that co-founder Jerry Yang has resigned from its board of directors. "My time at Yahoo!, from its founding to the present, has encompassed some of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of my life," Yang wrote in a letter to chairman Roy Bostock. "However, the time has come for me to pursue other interests outside of Yahoo! As I leave the company I co-founded nearly 17 years ago, I am enthusiastic about the appointment of Scott Thompson as Chief Executive Officer and his ability, along with the entire Yahoo! leadership team, to guide Yahoo! into an exciting and successful future."

Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang resigns

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:21:05 GMT

Yahoo! announced Tuesday that co-founder Jerry Yang has resigned from the board of directors, effective immediately, and all of his other positions with the Internet company.

In addition to stepping down from the Yahoo! board, Yang has also resigned from the boards of Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, Yahoo! said in a statement.

In a letter to Roy Bostock, the chairman of the Yahoo! board, Yang said "the time has come for me to pursue other interests outside of Yahoo!"

Tom Hanks' Web series to stream on Yahoo

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:08:08 GMT

NEW YORK - Tom Hanks' long gestating Web series is coming to Yahoo. "Electric City," an animated futuristic...

NATPE sets Digital Luminary winners

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:01:03 GMT

Technology News: NASA, Yahoo lauded for docu, originals

Yahoo CEO scores $26 million pay package

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:05:53 GMT

Yahoo's new CEO is poised to score a rich payday for taking on the troubled company.

Yahoo Interested in Weather Channel and WebMD

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:00:51 GMT

Sources say Yahoo put together a wish list of assets before hiring Scott Thompson as CEO

Again, Yahoo goes outside the CEO box

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:06:16 GMT

Yahoo Inc.'s headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. The struggling Internet company hired Scott Thompson, who was running eBay's thriving PayPal service, to be Yahoo's fourth CEO in less ...

Yahoo picks PayPal's pocket to hire latest CEO

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:26:00 GMT

The company logo is displayed at Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. Yahoo Inc., confirmed Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, it has picked PayPal chief Scott Thompson as its ...

How Much Is Yahoo Worth? The Case For Buying

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:08:39 GMT

How much is Yahoo worth? The case for buying

Yahoo Picks PayPal's Pocket To Hire Latest CEO

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:52:21 GMT

Yahoo picks PayPal's pocket to hire latest CEO

Paypal's Thompson to head Yahoo

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:23:29 GMT

US web portal Yahoo names Scott Thompson, president of online payments firm Paypal, as its new chief executive.

Yahoo May Be Poised to Exit Asia with Alibaba Disposition

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:10:11 GMT

Even as Yahoo looks for a successor to fired CEO Carol Bartz, the ailing search prince may be looking to shed more corporate assets: Alibaba Group and Yahoo Japan.

According to several news reports, Yahoo's board of directors is considering selling off most of the company's holdings in the Alibaba Group of China and its Japanese affiliate. Yahoo would sell the assets back to their majority owners. Softbank is the controlling owner of Yahoo Japan. Yahoo's board is reportedly reviewing the transaction.

According to Forbes, the deal is a complicated transaction with high stakes: Yahoo could reap $17 billion from the sale of the Asia assets. Yahoo paid $1 billion to buy into Alibaba in 2005. On the news, Yahoo's stock price reached $15.99 on a 5.82 percent rise.

Greg Sterling, principal analyst at Sterling Market Intelligence, noted that the so-called Asian assets are the most valuable ones that Yahoo has at the moment, according to the market. "Yahoo has had a troubled relationship with Jack Ma [the founder and chairman of Alibaba] and Alibaba so I wouldn't be surprised to see it go," Sterling said. "Ma also either wants out of Yahoo entirely or wants to control the entire company."

Alibaba Breaks Through

If Yahoo sheds its Asia assets, it would help focus the company and make shareholders happy. Many of Yahoo's stakeholders have cried for the sale of Alibaba, in which Yahoo owns a 40 percent stake. Yahoo owns a 35 percent stake in Yahoo Japan, according to reports in The Wall Street Journal.

But where Yahoo has struggled, Alibaba.com has performed. Alibaba's revenue was up 11 percent year-over-year in the third quarter of 2011 despite a depressed global economy and the decline in manufacturing. Revenue from Alibaba.com's international marketplace also increased by 11.8 percent. And revenue from its China marketplace increased 13.9...

Yahoo May Sell Its Asian Assets

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:00:00 GMT

Yahoo is reportedly considering cutting its 40% stake in China’s leading e-commerce site Alibaba to ~15% and cashing in its entire 35% position in publicly traded Yahoo Japan, which is majority owned by Softbank, for a combined $17 billion-$18 billion. The deal would apparently replace Yahoo’s Plan A because private equity bids for a ~20% minority stake but majority control of Yahoo came in low by Yahoo’s lights though they haven’t been rejected yet either. Alibaba has been agitating for some time to buy back Yahoo’s position, which Yahoo got for a mere billion dollars. Yahoo sensibly enough (words rare found in the same sentence) still wants to share in “any upside from Alibaba’s future growth,” the Wall Street Journal said, explaining why it doesn’t want to part with all of its stake. The paper said the tax-free plan is for Alibaba to create a subsidiary that it would underwrite with a few billion dollars and sweeten it with operating assets that Yahoo decides it wants to buy “using additional cash from Alibaba” then swap the stock for roughly 26% of Yahoo’s Alibaba shares. The same would happen for all of Yahoo’s shares in Yahoo Japan, calculated to be worth maybe $6 billion. As a result Yahoo shareholders could see a richly deserved special dividend. Reuters said Yahoo’s board is supposed to consider the term sheet on Thursday. The New York Times heard that if the board turns its nose up at the deal “Alibaba and Softbank are prepared to bid for all of Yahoo in conjunction with private equity partners.” The news pushed Yahoo’s stock up roughly 6% to $15.99.

Yahoo up on Alibaba sale reports

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:49:52 GMT

Yahoo shares rose on reports that the internet company is looking to reduce its stake in China's Alibaba Group and Yahoo Japan. Yahoo rose 6% on the Nasdaq stock exchange after the New York ...

Yahoo expands sharing of stories through Facebook

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:50:01 GMT

Yahoo is deepening its connections with Facebook's online social network.

Yahoo expands sharing of stories through Facebook (AP)

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:02:15 GMT

AP - Yahoo is deepening its connections with Facebook's online social network.

Yahoo expands sharing of stories through Facebook (AP)

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:02:15 GMT

AP - Yahoo is deepening its connections with Facebook's online social network.

Yahoo to launch Facebook news integration in the UK

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:35:00 GMT

The company to bring Yahoo Activity service to Britain after successful US debut.

Yahoo to Kick Off New Comedy Channel With Live Bill Maher Performance

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:19:33 GMT

Yahoo announced Thursday the launch of an original comedy channel that will kick off with a live stand-up performance by comedian Bill Maher.

The Yahoo Comedy Channel, part of the recently announced Yahoo Screen portal, will also feature a series of short-form comedy shows, including one starring Seth Morris from “Step Brothers” and another program hosted by Mike O’Brien, a lead writer for “Saturday Night Live.”

Viewing will be free.

Watch: Unemployment Claims Drop

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:45:19 GMT

Yahoo's Jeff Macke analyzes the morning business headlines.

Goodbye, Associated Content. Hello, Yahoo Voices.

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:00:00 GMT

Yahoo is rebranding Associated Content – the open article creation and distribution site – as Yahoo Voices. The transition to a new name also updates the design, standards for publication, and the content base. Yahoo Voice is "hom...

Cassidy: Iconic Yahoo billboard is coming down

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:41:51 GMT

The Yahoo billboard, on the eastbound I-80, approach to the Bay Bridge, in San Francisco on Thursday, December 1, 2011.

Yahoo Shuts Down the Projector and the Set Blogs

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:28:04 GMT

Yahoo is letting The Projector and The Set flicker out and die, the movie and television blogs acknowledged on Twitter Friday.

Yahoo shares up on Alibaba report

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:23:35 GMT

Yahoo up on talk of takeover bid by China's Alibaba Group

Alibaba-Led Group Said to Prepare Yahoo Bid

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:42:29 GMT

Graffiti art of Yahoo! Inc. applications are displayed on the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif.

Bids are in for Yahoo!’s 19.9%

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:17:57 GMT

Despite a potential shareholder revolt, Yahoo! is taking bids from investors for a 19.9 percent stake in the Sunnyvale, Calif., company. The deadline for the bids, set by Yahoo!’s bankers ...

Microsoft mulling over new Yahoo! bid, says NYT

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:59:00 GMT

Photo/FILE The headquarters of Yahoo Inc. is pictured in Sunnyvale, California. At least nine private equity firms are reported to be eyeing Yahoo! and its global audience of 700 million monthly visitors to the company's various websites, including Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance and Yahoo! Sports.

Yahoo moves Delhi HC against government

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:16:50 GMT

Yahoo has moved court against govt’s attempts to glean information about a dozen Yahoo IDs/IP addresses it suspects are used by Islamic terrorists and Maoists.

Microsoft Signs Agreement To Scrutinize Yahoo

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:58:35 GMT

Microsoft signs agreement to scrutinize Yahoo

Microsoft Looking at Yahoo's Books Pre-Bid (Report)

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:33:00 GMT

Count Microsoft among the potential buyers if Yahoo opts to go on the auction block.