Carol Bartz

Workplace vulgarity: is it a job-killer? Carol Bartz, fired as chief executive of Yahoo Inc. last September, wishes she did one thing differently during her troubled tenure. “I probably wouldn’t have said the F-word,” Ms. Bartz said at a ...  

Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz was the keynote speaker at her alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison yesterday. She spoke about what it was like to earn a computer science degree as a woman back in the 1970s, and offered a lot of advice about failure. A few highlights: *Everyone has failures; take advantage of them *The greatest strength we have in the U.S. and especially Silicon Valley is taking advantage of failure *Don't believe the...  

We streamed the text from her speech below: ARE YOU GUYS BORED? YOU'RE LOOKING AWFULLY GLOOM. SAY HI TO ME. OKAY GUYS. CONGRATULATIONS. AND A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR MOMS AND YOUR MOM FIGURES BECAUSE THEY WORRIED ABOUT YOU EVERY DAY SINCE YOU CAME TO ...  

While ousted predecessors Scott Thompson and Carol Bartz were seen as technologists, Ross Levinsohn has managed Internet efforts at such mainstream media companies as CBS and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Those close to Levinsohn said he is ...  

Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has commented on the controversy surrounding her replacement Scott Thompson, who was found to have falsely claimed that he earned a computer science degree and is now facing calls for his ouster. While talking about the issue ...  

Carol Bartz, fired as chief executive of Yahoo Inc. YHOO -0.20% last September, wishes she did one thing differently during her troubled tenure. "I probably wouldn't have said the F-word,'' Ms. Bartz said at a Women in the Economy conference ...  

When Yahoo was searching for a chief executive officer in October after firing Carol Bartz, the company's head of global media, Ross Levinsohn, went onstage at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. His interviewer asked if he was interested in the job.  

Carol Bartz's famous candor will be on full display Sunday as she delivers the keynote address at the graduation for the executive MBA program at Wharton San Francisco. In an interview with The Chronicle on Friday, one...  

Yahoo may have dealt roughly with CEO Carol Bartz when they fired her over the phone, but Bartz will have the last laugh when she walks away with a cool $10 million in cash and stocks. An SEC filing from Wednesday confirms Bartz will receive a standard ...  

SUNNYVALE (dpa-AFX) - Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) disclosed in a regulatory filing that its former Chief Executive Officer Carol Bartz, who was terminated in September, received total compensati...  

(RTTNews.com) - Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) disclosed in a regulatory filing that its former Chief Executive Officer Carol Bartz, who was terminated in September, received total compensation of about $16.37 million for 2011. The company said Bartz also ...  

SAN FRANCISCO: Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz received a compensation package valued at $16.4 million in her final year on the job, including a $3 million severance payment after the troubled Internet company abruptly fired her last September.  

Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz recently fired a shot at her previous employer, according to an activist investor. "Just heard Carol Bartz's reaction to L'Affair Thompson by someone who talked to her," Eric Jackson, founder of Ironfire Capital ...  

Agrees to resign under pressure in November 2008, pending appointment of replacement. Carol Bartz — January 2009-September 2011. Hired from Autodesk Inc., a design and engineering software company. Fired after failing to revive the company.  

Ms. Spilman effectively replaces Elisa Steele, who left the company in December after two-plus years following the ouster of her boss, former CEO Carol Bartz. Ms. Steele was hired by Ms. Bartz from B-to-B marketer NetApp. Yahoo exec Penny Baldwin had been ...  

The newest chief of Yahoo, interim CEO Ross Levinsohn, has carved a career out of making deals. Now, as head honcho at the embattled Internet icon, he needs to make plenty. Levinsohn inherits an unenviable to-do list from a conga line of recent former Yahoo CEOs. Like Scott Thompson, who was pushed out Sunday over inaccuracies on his resume, Carol Bartz, Jerry Yang and Terry Semel, Levinsohn has to unravel Yahoo's knotty issue with Chinese...  

Ross Levinsohn, who is most likely auditioning to keep the role on a permanent basis, has been with Yahoo since late 2010, when the chief executive at that time, Carol Bartz, brought him in to lead its Americas operations. He is now the company's global head of media, overseeing Yahoo's core multibillion dollar advertising business.  

Ma had a strong personal rapport with Jerry Yang, Yahoo's founder and the man who led the initial investment in Alibaba, but ties between the two firms soured when Yang was ousted and replaced by Carol Bartz. Bartz was fired last September and ...  

Here is a glance at the executives who made the AP's list of best-paid CEOs for 2009, and where they are now: 1. Carol Bartz, Yahoo Inc. Bartz got fewer shares of stock and stock options last year than in 2009. That year, she got $42 million in stock and ...  

Retaining the rights to that restricted stock and stock options means Bartz has a huge incentive to root for her successor, Scott Thompson, to come up with a turnaround plan that lifts Yahoo's long-slumping shares. Yahoo disclosed in previous filings with ...  

Yahoo media chief Ross Levinsohn will be named interim CEO, the company said. Levinsohn had earlier been rumored as a successor to Carol Bartz, who was fired from Yahoo by phone in September. Instead, Thompson took the CEO role in January. Thompson's ...  

Thompson was hired as Yahoo's CEO in January to fill a void created by Carol Bartz's firing. Yahoo Inc. has named Ross Levinsohn as its interim CEO. Levinsohn had a successful stint running Internet services within Rupert Murdoch's media empire at News ...  

Yahoo's hopes are now resting on Ross Levinsohn as its interim CEO. Levinsohn had a successful stint running Internet services within Rupert Murdoch's media empire at News Corp. before one of Yahoo's former CEOs, Carol Bartz, hired him in ...  

European Pressphoto Agency Ross Levinsohn, who was named Yahoo interim Chief Executive In choosing Ross Levinsohn to become Yahoo Inc.'s interim chief executive, the company is focusing squarely on its need to protect its greatest asset: online-ad sales, which make up the bulk of its more than $4 billion in annual net revenue. Unlike former Yahoo CEOs Scott Thompson and Carol Bartz , both of ...  

Yahoo media chief Ross Levinsohn will be named interim CEO, the company said. Levinsohn had earlier been rumored as a successor to Carol Bartz, who was fired from Yahoo by phone in September. Instead, Thompson took the CEO role in January.  

All Things Digital officially misses the former and fired Yahoo CEO.  

UW-Madison alum Carol Bartz, former chief executive of Yahoo!, will be the commencement speaker at the university's four graduation ceremonies Saturday and Sunday at the Kohl Center. Bartz, who received her degree in computer science, told UW officials ...  

A search engine? Yes, though now that they are incorporating Google+ results and "personalization" it's a different type of search than before. Google+ is Google's social media platform. Are they the new Facebook? What of Groupon? Failing to buy Groupon ...  

(Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) May 15--UW-Madison alum Carol Bartz, former chief executive of Yahoo!, will be the commencement speaker at the university's four graduation ceremonies Saturday and Sunday at the Kohl Center.  

In this March 2, 2010 file photo, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz gestures at Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz received a compensation package valued at $16.4 million in her final year on the job ...  

In an interview with the WSJ's Alan Murray, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz says her turnaround efforts at the company failed because she had to deal with intense scrutiny from the press and a "clueless" board. Watch: Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »  

Moments ago, activist Yahoo shareholder Eric Jackson tweeted : " Just heard Carol Bartz's reaction to L'Affair Thompson by someone who talked to her: 'By the way, I DO have a Computer Science degree." Funny. Sad that it'...  

Today, Businessweek is releasing its second “How To” issue, in which the magazine asked over 60 well-known people how to handle “real world problems big and small … from how to make coffee ... s her priceless advice on the subject ...  

I told her, “You’re not getting the respect you deserve.” I said, “Go to Nordstrom’s (JWN) and get a personal shopper. Just say, ‘I’m a senior businessperson and need help dressing like one.’ ” She came back, and honest to ...  

Former Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz received a $US16.4 million ($A15.73 million) compensation package during her last year on the job in 2011 Former Yahoo! chief executive, Carol Bartz, received a $US16.4 million ($A15.73 million) compensation ...  

SAN FRANCISCO - Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz received a compensation package valued at $16.4 million in her final year on the job, including a $3 million severance payment after the troubled Internet company abruptly fired her last September. Bartz, now 63, stands to make even more from the nearly 3  

As the furore swirled around Scott Thompson a few days ago, the previous Yahoo chief executive, Carol Bartz, told some of the media: "You know, I actually do have a computer science degree." Bartz was fired last September, to her fury ...  

Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz received a compensation package valued at $16.4 million in her final year on the job, including a $3 million severance payment after the troubled Internet company abruptly fired her last September.  

A familiar face in Southern California's technology industry reappeared in a high profile position this weekend: Ross Levinsohn, the former head of Fox Interactive Media and venture capitalist at Fuse Capital, has taken the reins at troubled Internet portal Yahoo, after the company decided to replace CEO Scott Thompson. Yahoo announced the appointment late Sunday evening, saying that Levinsohn will be appointed interim CEO at the company after...  

Bio Box: Interim Yahoo CEO Ross Levinsohn Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 04:21 p.m., Sunday, May 13, 2012 NAME: Ross Levinsohn TITLE: Interim CEO, Yahoo Inc., effective May 13. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND: Most recently, executive vice president and head of global media for Yahoo, where he led...  

Google Inc is considering providing financing for an acquisition of Yahoo! Inc by another company or a group of bidders, according to a person who has been briefed on the matter. Microsoft working on Yahoo bid with PE firm 20-OCT-11 Microsoft is working on ...  

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) today announced that the Board of Directors has named Fred Amoroso as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Ross Levinsohn as interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The Company also announced that its Board has reached an agreement with Third Point LLC (“Third Point”) to settle its pending proxy contest related to the Company’s 2012 annual meeting of...  

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Yahoo's embattled CEO Scott Thompson is set to step down from his job at the Silicon Valley internet giant, in what will be a dramatic end to a controversy over a fake computer science degree that he had listed on his bio, according to multiple sources...  

Yahoo Inc. said in a regulatory filing last week that it paid former CEO Carol Bartz $3 million in connection to her firing last fall, the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal reports. Included in the payments made to Bartz after she was ...  

Bartz Severance Package from Yahoo Yahoo paid a bundle to part with its former CEO, Carol Bartz. According to the Wall Street Journal, Bartz got $3 million dollars cash severance, and more than 800,000 shares that vested early. This morning a San Francisco ...  

Ross Levinsohn has a lot of new responsibilities as interim CEO of Yahoo but one of the most important roles is as salesman-in-chief. He not only has to pitch the media company to advertisers -- he has to sell the image of what Yahoo does right.  

UW alumna and former Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz will return to Madison to deliver the address at the university’s commencement ceremonies May 19 and 20. The four commencement ceremonies will be held at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Bartz ...  

Yahoo is set to launch a series of products over the next few months as part of a strategy to turn the group around, despite the departure of group chief executive Carol Bartz, who was fired last week. Rich Riley, the senior vice president of Yahoo in ...  

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Former Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz received a compensation package valued at $16.4 million in her final year on the job, including a $3 million severance payment after the troubled Internet company abruptly fired her last ...  

NEW YORK: Former Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz has received a US$16.4mil compensation package during her last year on the job in 2011, the company said in a regulatory filing. Bartz, a former chief executive of business software company Autodesk ...  

Yahoo’s earnings also rose in the first quarter, but that is not a new phenomenon. The company’s net income had also been rising under Mr Thompson’s predecessor, tough-talking Carol Bartz, mostly because of cost cutting. But Ms Bartz never ...  

One Goh could enter a plea at today's hearing in Alameda County Superior Court. Yahoo paid a bundle to part with its former CEO, Carol Bartz. According to the Wall Street Journal, Bartz got a $3 million cash severance and more than 800,000 shares that vested early.  

Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz received a compensation package valued at $16.4 million in her final year on the job, including a $3 million severance payment after the troubled Internet company abruptly fired her last September. Bartz, now 63, stands to make ...  

The company's net income had also been rising under Thompson's predecessor, tough-talking Carol Bartz, mostly because of cost cutting. But Bartz never could produce a year-over-year increase in Yahoo's quarterly revenue before she was fired last September.  

Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz received a compensation package valued at US$16.4 million in her final year on the job, including a $3 million severance payment after the troubled Internet company abruptly fired her last September. Bartz, now 63 ...  

Yahoo! Have said its former chief executive Carol Bartz got a $US16.4 million ($A15.87 million) compensation package during her last year on the job in 2011. Bartz, a former chief executive of business software company Autodesk, was hired to engineer a ...  

Former CEO Carol Bartz, who was ousted in September, received a compensation package of $16.4 million in 2011, an increase from $11.9 million in 2010, according to the filing. Bartz received a $3 million severance payment as part of the package.  

A regulatory fling Friday details the price that Yahoo Inc. paid in firing its former chief executive officer, Carol Bartz, the Wall Street Journal reports. Yahoo (NADAQ: YHOO) paid $3 million in cash severance to Bartz, along with accelerated vesting of ...  

Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider: EXCLUSIVE: Ross Levinsohn's Plan To Turn Around Yahoo  —  It's been a week or so since Yahoo booted its CEO Scott Thompson for lying on his resume, and replaced him with Ross Levinsohn.  —  Levinsohn's title is “interim” CEO, but the impression we get is that it is his job to lose.  —  So, what's his plan?  

Cofounder Jerry Yang stepped down as CEO in November of that year and was replaced by Carol Bartz in January of 2009. Bartz was fired last September. In January 2012, Yang left Yahoo completely, and Yahoo hired Thompson as CEO. Thompson began his tenure by ...  

SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) bid an abrupt and awkward farewell to former Chief Executive Carol Bartz last year, and the parting didn't come cheap. Yahoo disclosed in a regulatory filing Friday that Bartz, who was removed in ...  

The layoffs at Yahoo Inc. announced Wednesday represent the sixth round in about four years under three different CEOs:February 2008 _ 1,000 jobs (under Jerry Yang)December 2008 _ 1,500 jobs (under Yang)April 2009 _ 700 jobs (under Carol Bartz)December 2010 _ 600 jobs (under Bartz)April 2011 _ 100 to 150 ...  

NEW YORK (AFP) - Former Yahoo chief executive Carol Bartz received a US$16.4 million (S$20.3 million) compensation package during her last year on the job in 2011, the company said in a regulatory filing. Ms Bartz, a former chief executive of business ...  

Yahoo is now looking for its fourth chief executive since September, after the company announced Sunday that chief executive Scott Thompson had left. Holding down the fort at the company now is Ross Levinsohn, the firm’s head of global media, who is serving as interim CEO. Read full article >>  

Now that Scott Thompson is out as CEO of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Ross Levinsohn is in as interim chief executive, the newly constituted board needs to keep its new leader. Levinsohn, the most recent of a string of five chief executives, is more qualified to run the firm than any of his predecessors, and his [...]  

Yahoo confirmed Sunday that CEO Scott Thompson is stepping down amid the controversy that erupted when it was revealed that his resume and a regulatory filing exaggerated his academic credentials. Ross Levinsohn, the company's global media head, has been appointed as interim CEO.  

It's been a week or so since Yahoo booted its CEO Scott Thompson for lying on his resume, and replaced him with Ross Levinsohn. Levinsohn's title is "interim" CEO, but the impression we get is that it is his job to lose. So, what's his plan? We spoke to ...  

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Yahoo has swept out Scott Thompson as CEO in an effort to clean up a mess created by a misleading resume that destroyed his credibility as he set out to turn around the long-troubled Internet company. Ross Levinsohn, a 48-year-old executive who oversees Yahoo's media and  

UPDATE: It's official. Ross Levinsohn is Yahoo's interim CEO. EARLIER: It's the most thankless job in tech: CEO of Yahoo. Now Ross Levinsohn is expected to be named Yahoo's CEO on an interim basis, with the board expected to announce Scott Thompson's departure shortly. He'll be the company's sixth CEO in five years. So who's Levinsohn? He's best known for his time running Fox Interactive Media, the News Corp. division which formerly owned...  

Disgraced Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has stepped down after a paltry four months at the helm and has been replaced by the company's global media head Ross Levinsohn.His abrupt departure comes following a major embarrassment for the flagging internet giant, after 'errors' appeared on Thompson's biography in a regulatory filing - the incident prompted shareholder Daniel Loeb to call for yet another management reshuffle. In addition to naming...  

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) announced that embattled CEO Scott Thompson, who was caught lying about his resume just two weeks ago, has resigned. Ross Levinsohn was named interim Chief Executive Officer.  Fred Amoroso was named Chairman Third Point LLC, which initially brought the problem with Thompson to light, and which owns nearly 6% of the company [...]  

NEW YORK (AP) — Yahoo says it is appointing Ross Levinsohn as interim CEO and Fred Amoroso as chairman of its board, effective immediately. Yahoo says CEO Scott Thompson has left the company. Thompson has been under fire for more than a week over mentions in his resume and company ...  

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson left the company four months into the job Sunday after more than a week of scrutiny into inaccuracies on his resume and in company filings. The struggling Internet company had hoped that Thompson, who became CEO in January, would turn things around. But he n  

By TechCrunch: By Ingrid Lunden We're still confirming the news with Yahoo (YHOO) but AllThingsD's Kara Swisher is reporting that as of tomorrow, Scott Thompson will be leaving his role as CEO of Yahoo, and getting replaced, on an interim basis, by Ross Levinsohn, currently the global media head.Thompson's position has been mired in controversy since news broke the other week that he had lied about his qualifications - and that situation...  

Google85 writes with this news from All Things D: "Yahoo's embattled CEO Scott Thompson is set to step down from his job at the Silicon Valley Internet giant, in what will be dramatic end to a controversy over a fake computer science degree that he had on his bio, according to multiple sources close to the situation. The company will apparently say he is leaving for 'personal reasons.' Thompson's likely replacement on an interim basis will be...  

After Yahoo stakeholders at activist hedge fund Third Point called out Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson for a padded resume last week, Thompson has taken to pleading ignorance in the matter. His latest defense claims he never actually submitted a resume for the gig or faked a degree. Actually, he has no idea how that extra Computer Science degree got on there. [ more › ]  

Yahoo's interim CEO, Ross Levinsohn, just sent a memo to the company. Of course, it was immediately leaked to AllThingsD's Kara Swisher. The key points: Levinsohn recapped the company's official announcement of the board changes made at the behest of activist shareholder Dan Loeb, describing them as a "transformation and renewal" of the board. He didn't say much about his predecessor, except that Thompson "has left the company." Levinsohn...  

New interim CEO of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), Ross Levinsohn, needs to make his mark quickly. After firing 2,000 people, his predecessor had plans to move the Internet portal into e-commerce, a business Scott Thompson knew well. As the current EVP of Yahoo!’s global media business, a title he still holds, its very likely that Levinsohn will [...]  

Washington, May 14 (IANS) Yahoo chief executive officer (CEO) Scott Thompson has resigned and the company has named Ross Levinsohn as interim CEO, Yahoo said Sunday. The company said its board of directors also appointed Fred Amoroso as chairman. Both appointments were effective immediately, Xinhua reported. “Mr. Levinsohn replaces Scott Thompson, former chief executive officer, [...]  

UPDATE: It's official. Here's the full statement from Yahoo. The statement only says Scott Thompson has left the company. It doesn't provide a reason. We've included a copy of Yahoo's statement below. EARLIER: Yahoo's CEO Scott Thompson will step down, Kara Swisher of All Things D reports. Swisher says Ross Levinsohn will take over as interim CEO. Levinsohn is the head of Yahoo's media brands. The news comes more than a week after it was...  

It's official. Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is out. Full release here ------ Yahoo! Names Fred Amoroso Chairman and Appoints Ross Levinsohn Interim CEO May 13, 2012 Board Announces Settlement with Third Point LLC   SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) today announced that the Board of Directors has named Fred Amoroso as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Ross Levinsohn as interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The...  

It seemed like a step in the right direction for Yahoo back in November, when the company announced a family of new mobile products that would enrich the way users experience and understand their news and entertainment content. But just shy of ...  

Yahoo fired 2,000 people today and re-organized into three core businesses: media and communications, platforms, and data. The big winner? Ross Levinsohn. For one, he still has a job. For another, it's a big and important job. As the leader of Yahoo's "core media and communications" team, reporting to CEO Scott Thompson, Levinsohn is going to be supervising Yahoo's two most important assets – it's email business and its front page.  Prior to...  

Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo's interim CEO Professional background: Most recently, executive vice president and head of global media for Yahoo, where he led strategy, engineering and content creation. Prior positions included...  

It fired Carol Bartz after losing patience with her attempts to turn around the company during her 2 1/2 years on the job. Tim Morse, Yahoo's chief financial officer, has been interim CEO since Bartz's ouster. Thompson has served as president of ...  

Kara Swisher at AllThingsD is reporting that embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is going to step down for “personal reasons.” Swisher has one or more “moles” inside the company and consistently gets inside information — which generally...  

News Corp. digital media head Jon Miller is bullish on the odds of his friend Ross Levinsohn becoming the permanent chief executive at Yahoo. "I would bet that Ross Levinsohn will be the CEO of Yahoo," he said today during an interview at the ...  

Industry executives and Yahoo investors said that Levinsohn has few viable alternatives other than reorienting Yahoo around media and advertising. "When you have a turnaround situation, particularly an Internet turnaround situation, there are ...  

Could interim Yahoo CEO Ross Levinsohn be sticking around? Levinsohn has been instructed to run Yahoo as if he were it's permanent CEO, sources tell Silicon Alley Insider. Previous interim CEO Tim Morse, now Yahoo's CFO, merely served as a placeholder ...  

Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) CEO Ross Levinsohn is doing a "cleansing" of a sort, following his recent appointment as Interim CEO of the former search giant. In a note circulated late Thursday, Levinsohn announced some changes at the top: leaving are Merta ...  

Yahoo interim CEO Ross Levinsohn is wasting no time in dismantling the world completed by resigned CEO Scott Thompson. The company’s temporary boss rolled in Thompson’s newly created consumer commerce division which was operating on its own ...  

Renee Ann Bartz, 45, of Saginaw passed away unexpectedly ... and Derek Bartz; granddaughter Cora Lynn Bartz; parents Harv (Carol) Rontti and Mary (Albert) Smith; in-laws Norman and Patricia Bartz; sisters Robin (James) Weaver, Rachelle (Lewy ...  

NEW YORK--In 2006, Brad Garlinghouse became known for his "Peanut Butter ... anyone should be proud to be CEO," a similar line to what the current interim CEO Ross Levinsohn has said. He gave Levinsohn kudos for his performance so far, although ...  

Yahoo Inc.'s CEO Ross Levinsohn is cleaning house, and he's doing it quickly in an effort to turn around the struggling digital media company. Mickie Rosen is taking over as head of global media for Levinsohn. In addition, commerce operations ...  

Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) (YHOO) interim Chief Executive Officer Ross Levinsohn reorganized the management team of the struggling Web portal after taking the helm earlier this week. Mickie Rosen was named head of global media and commerce, according to ...  

Just one day into the job, Yahoo's interim CEO Ross Levinsohn is in charge of a company struggling with administrative chaos, industry position and growing competitors. Even if the post is only temporary, Ross Levinsohn certainly has his job cut out for him.  

Yahoo's interim CEO Ross Levinsohn appears in line to keep the job ... that are gonna solve all your problems and answer all your questions," AllThingsDigital's Kara Swisher quotes him as saying, adding that her sources said Levinsohn appealed to Yahoo ...  

Computerworld - Just one day into the job, Yahoo's interim CEO Ross Levinsohn is in charge of a company struggling with administrative chaos, industry position and growing competitors. Even if the post is only temporary, Ross Levinsohn certainly has his ...  

Bangalore: Finally it happened. Scott Thompson gave up to the resume scandal and stepped down from his post leaving behind a onetime giant, now struggling in bewilderment. He did a lot of things- sued Facebook, laid off thousands, tried to sell a portion ...  

Yahoo's interim CEO Ross Levinsohn appears in line to keep the job, as long as the company's fortunes improve and there are no bombs hidden in his past, writes Cromwell Schubarth on Silicon Valley BizBlog. New Chairman Fred Amoroso reportedly told Yahoos ...  

When Ross Levinsohn joined Yahoo Inc. in 2010, he moved into a spacious corner office that had stood vacant since the departure of its last occupant: former Chief Executive Terry Semel, who tried to build the company into a digital media powerhouse.  

Writing in a mass email to all Yahoo staff, Levinsohn wrote on Sunday that “today’s announcements lay to rest the unfortunate and serious distractions surrounding our senior leadership and the composition of our Board going forward. Levinsohn was ...  

Ross Levinsohn, who oversees Yahoo's content and advertising services, is taking over as interim CEO. He becomes the fourth person to run Yahoo in eight months. Yahoo hired Thompson, the former head of eBay's PayPal, in January to orchestrate a reversal.  

It was a busy weekend for the Yahoo board. Former EVP of Americas and media guy Ross Levinsohn has taken the helm after Scott Thompson stepped down to end a 5-month tenure — including the last two weeks of uproar about incorrect educational information on his biography. Thompson is also... Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.  

After news came out just hours ago that Thompson might be leaving the company tomorrow ... Maynard Webb, Sue James, David Kenny, Brad Smith, Daniel S. Loeb, Harry J. Wilson and Michael J. Wolf. As interim CEO, Mr. Levinsohn will manage the Company ...  

The board of Yahoo has accepted the resignation of former CEO Scott Thompson and named Ross Levinsohn, its head of global media ... not planning to stand for re-election and who are stepping down effective immediately. In his first memo to Yahoo employees ...  

Mr. Bostock, along with Patti Hart, VJ Joshi, Arthur Kern and Gary Wilson ... Thomas McInerney, Maynard Webb, Sue James, David Kenny, Brad Smith, Daniel S. Loeb, Harry J. Wilson and Michael J. Wolf. As interim CEO, Mr. Levinsohn will manage the Company ...  

A little over four months of being appointed CEO of Yahoo Inc, Scott Thompson has left the company, and Ross Levinsohn has been appointed as interim CEO. Thompson had joined from PayPal, where he was President, and has had to leave in the wake of the ...  

The remarkable news today that, among other important board moves, Ross Levinsohn will take over as interim CEO at Yahoo may well mark the end of an era – should his tenure stick, perhaps we can stop talking about the web pioneer in past or conditional tenses. If you’d like to get to know him [...]  

Here comes the new boss at Yahoo. But he's not exactly the same as the old boss. Ross Levinsohn -- who until today headed up Yahoo's global-media business -- now suddenly helms the entire company, following a shakeup that ousted former CEO Scott ...  

Yahoo's new interim CEO Ross Levinsohn wrote a memo to his staff on Sunday seeking to calm the waters in the wake of the stunning exit of CEO Scott Thompson.  "Today's announcements lay to rest the unfortunate and serious distractions surrounding our ...  

At the event, Yahoo plans to announce Genome, a new audience-buying technology that marks the full integration of Interclick's data-centric platform into the Yahoo ad business. Yahoo acquired Interclick in a $270 million deal led by Mr. Levinsohn late last year.  

Thompson is the third CEO to leave the company in three years. Thompson's interim replacement, effective immediately, will be Yahoo's global media head Ross Levinsohn, and director Fred Amoroso will be its chairman. Yahoo acknowledged last week that ...  

We're still confirming the news with Yahoo (YHOO) but AllThingsD's Kara Swisher is reporting that as of tomorrow, Scott Thompson will be leaving his role as CEO of Yahoo, and getting replaced, on an interim basis, by Ross Levinsohn, currently the global ...  

We're still confirming the news with Yahoo but AllThingsD's Kara Swisher is reporting that as of tomorrow, Scott Thompson will be leaving his role as CEO of Yahoo, and getting replaced, on an interim basis, by Ross Levinsohn, currently the global media head. Update: Thompson's now officially out and Levinsohn's in. Read the updated report here. Thompson's position has been mired in controversy since news broke the other week that he had lied...  

CEO Scott Thompson and his falsified degree came to light, there was immense pressure on the Sunnyvale company to get Thompson to resign from his role - with Third Point's Daniel Loeb urging ... Science degree. Mariel Norton is a self-confessed girly ...  

Interim CEO Ross Levinsohn announced the decision in a memo sent Thursday to Yahoo employees. The move signals Levinsohn's ideas for turning around the troubled Internet company differ from Thompson's. The reversal comes a month after Thompson ...  

TITLE: Interim CEO, Yahoo (YHOO), effective Sunday. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND: Most recently, executive vice president and head of global media for Yahoo, where he led strategy, engineering and content creation. Prior positions included president ...  

After an agressive reign that ended in a sordid resume scandal, Scott Thompson, just four months into his job as CEO, is out at Yahoo. Intermin CEO Ross Levinsohn, appointed to the position Sunday, is already in communication with Yahoos about t ...  

The revelation raised questions about why the accomplishment had periodically appeared on his bio in the years while he was running PayPal, an online payment service owned by eBay Inc. Yahoo initially stood behind Thompson, brushing off the inclusion of ...  

All eyes and ears are now fixed on Ross Levinsohn, interim CEO of with the departure of -CEO-of-the-month Scott Thompson. I had some suggestions for what he should do. But in the likely absence of near-term comments from the new top dog beyond a content-free memo to employees, here are some clues to his intentions ...  

As I tweeted on Friday afternoon, the tea leaves seemed to point to Scott Thompson getting the axe as Yahoo! (YHOO) CEO seemed near. Now, we know from AllThingsD, that it has fallen. Thompson will soon depart as CEO and Ross Levinsohn seems like ...  

Yahoo's global media leader, Ross Levinsohn, took over today as Yahoo's interim chief executive, replacing Scott Thompson in a shake-up that also will put activist investor Daniel Loeb on the Internet pioneer's board. Yahoo announced the change ...  

Ross Levinsohn, who oversees Yahoo's content and advertising services, is taking over as interim CEO. He becomes the fourth person to run Yahoo in eight months. NEW YORK: Yahoo swept out Scott Thompson as CEO Sunday in an effort to clean up a ...  

Kara Swisher at AllThingsD is reporting that embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is going to step down for “personal reasons.” Swisher has one or more “moles” inside the company and consistently gets inside information — which generally turns out ...  

NEW YORK — Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson left the company four months into the job Sunday after more than a week of scrutiny into inaccuracies on his resume and in company filings. The struggling Internet company had hoped that Thompson, who became ...  

Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) (YHOO) Chief Executive Officer Scott Thompson, whose academic credentials came into question, stepped down after four months on the job and the company agreed to realign its board to end a proxy contest with shareholder Third ...  

News and Yahoo! Finance. Levinsohn is auditioning to become permanent CEO, and the new board will have a mixed track record to judge him by. At News Corp. (NWSA), where he worked from 2000 to 2006, Levinsohn rose from running FoxSports.com to ...  

SAN FRANCISCO (USA TODAY) — The newest chief Yahoo, interim CEO Ross Levinsohn, has carved a career out of making deals. Now, as head honcho at the embattled Internet icon, he needs to make plenty. Levinsohn inherits an unenviable to-do list from a conga ...  

Kara Swisher, co-editor of AllThingsD, broke the story on Sunday that Yahoo was dumping its new CEO Scott Thompson in the wake of his having falsified his resume. A few hours later, the board confirmed the report with the official announcement ...  

"He's not just a good deal maker, he's a smart deal maker, because the people he has to make deals with, be it Facebook or Microsoft, are people you'll be working with every day of your Internet life," said News Corp.'s chief digital officer ...  

NEW YORK – Yahoo says it is appointing Ross Levinsohn as interim CEO and Fred Amoroso as chairman of its board, effective immediately. Yahoo says CEO Scott Thompson has left the company. Thompson has been under fire for more than a week over ...  

Ross Levinsohn, 48, who is expected to address workers at a companywide meeting this afternoon, graduated from Tenafly in 1981, the school confirmed Monday morning. Levinsohn, the fifth executive to lead the troubled company in a five-year span, previously ...  

Global media chief Ross Levinsohn (right), who just earned that role after a corporate reshuffling in April, will assume the job of interim CEO. Levinsohn will be in position to keep the job if he succeeds, ironic because he was sorely disappointed to be ...  

Ross Levinsohn has a lot of new responsibilities as interim CEO of Yahoo but one of the most important roles is as salesman-in-chief. He not only has to pitch the media company to advertisers -- he has to sell the image of what Yahoo does right.  

With the departure of Scott Thompson as CEO of Yahoo! on Sunday amid controversy over an error in his academic record, the company's board of directors named Ross Levinsohn as interim CEO, effective immediately. Levinsohn, who joined Yahoo! in 2010, will m ...  

Ross Levinsohn, the Web portal’s head of global media, will become interim CEO and Fred Amoroso will become chairman, the Sunnyvale, California-based company said today in a statement. Amoroso replaces Roy Bostock, the non-executive chairman ...  

NEW YORK — Yahoo says it is appointing Ross Levinsohn as interim CEO and Fred Amoroso as chairman of its board, effective immediately. Yahoo says CEO Scott Thompson has left the company. Thompson has been under fire for more than a week over ...  

Inc. (YHOO: News ) announced that its Board of Directors has named Fred Amoroso as Chairman of the Board of Directors ... three Third Point nominees - Daniel Loeb, Harry Wilson, and Michael Wolf will join the Yahoo! Board, effective May 16, 2012.  

The computer science degree that wasn’t (PDF) proved the undoing of Scott Thompson at Yahoo (YHOO). The struggling Web portal today named Ross Levinsohn its interim chief executive after Thompson resigned. Presumably, Levinsohn’s bachelor ...  

(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's sweeping out of its chief executive and settling of a proxy fight with an investor open a path for stable growth for the troubled company, analysts said. On Sunday, Yahoo said its global media head, Ross Levinsohn, will be interim CEO. Levinsohn, who made his name running News Corp's Fox digital business, is often mentioned as a CEO contender. Scott Thompson was the third CEO Yahoo replaced in as many years. The company...  

Globe and MailFresh scandal for Yahoo as chief quits in row over fake degree on CVThe IndependentAiling internet giant Yahoo was thrown into fresh crisis last night as chief executive Scott Thompson agreed to step down after controversy erupted over a fake computer science qualification. Thompson, pictured, who was only poached from PayPal in ...Levinsohn Is Veteran of the Ad WorldWall Street JournalYahoo names Levinsohn interim CEOThe...  

Yahoo swept out Scott Thompson as CEO Sunday in an effort to clean up a mess created by an exaggeration about his education that destroyed his credibility as he set out to turnaround the long-troubled Internet company. Ross Levinsohn, who ...  

The turnaround effort will be led for now by Ross B. Levinsohn, whose roots lie in media, advertising, and deal-making. Among the highest priorities for Levinsohn and the new board members is closing a deal to sell some of Yahoo’s stake in the ...  

We’re still confirming the news with Yahoo but AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher is reporting that as of tomorrow, Scott Thompson will be leaving his role as CEO of Yahoo, and getting replaced, on an interim basis, by Ross Levinsohn, currently the ...  

Ross Levinsohn has watched two chief executive officers come and go since he joined Yahoo! Inc. in 2010 as vice president of the Americas. As interim CEO, he’ll grapple with the same challenges that plagued his predecessors. Levinsohn stepped ...  

In a note to employees Thursday, Mr. Levinsohn said Mickie Rosen will the head Yahoo's global media and commerce efforts, which includes editorial, business development and partnerships, product design and engineering. He added that  

Yahoo shares fell 1.6 percent to $15.19 in New York on May 11 and have declined 5.8 percent ... He also was set to receive a so-called inducement equity award in February worth $5 million, regulatory filings show. Thompson was eligible for ...  

In 2009, Bartz ranked among corporate America's best-paid CEOs with a package valued at $47.2 million. Most of her pay has hinged on Yahoo's stock price. For instance, Yahoo estimated the 5 million unvested stock options that Bartz received in 2009 could ...  

Levinsohn, 48, plans to address workers at a companywide meeting Monday afternoon. Yahoo tried to make Levinsohn's job slightly easier by reaching a truce with dissident shareholder Daniel Loeb, a hedge fund manager who exposed the inaccurate ...  

Yahoo tried to make Levinsohn's job slightly easier by reaching a truce with dissident shareholder Daniel Loeb, a hedge fund manager ... Stifel Nicolaus analyst Jordan Rohan thinks Levinsohn's media background may make him better qualified ...  

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2010, file photo, Scott Thompson speaks at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. The Wall Street Journal's technology blog AllThings D is reporting Sunday, May 13, 2012, ...  

Ross Levinsohn wants to be known as more than a deal guy. Now he gets his chance. Assuming Yahoo gives its interim CEO real power — either by making him its actual CEO, or at least letting him behave as if he has the job — then he’ll ...  

a former executive at News Corp. Over lunch, Murdoch told Levinsohn he was planning to create a new online division and needed someone to lead it. Levinsohn jumped at the chance to talk about how a bold new approach was needed, Katz said.  

Meanwhile, the instigator of the management shakeup, Third Point founder, Dan Loeb, has another victory to add to his struggle to make money in Yahoo! stock. In exchange for abandoning his proxy fight, Loeb and his two board nominees ...  

Yahoo says CEO Scott Thompson has left the company. Thompson has been under fire for more than a week over mentions in his resume and company filings of a computer science degree he did not earn.  

Levinsohn had a successful stint running Internet services within Rupert Murdoch's media empire at News Corp. before one of ... had promoted Levinsohn last month to oversee the company's media and advertising services throughout the world.  

The time is now, and the opportunity is about looking forward, not back. Today, Yahoo is being led by Ross Levinsohn, the first CEO with real media chops in a very long time. Levinsohn was previously President of Fox Interactive Media.  

In the weeks leading up to former Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz’s speech at commencement, senior class officials and the university have disagreed over the process for selecting future commencement speakers. The University Committee, made up of six professors ...  

Now Yahoo is a rudderless ship -- again. Yahoo media chief Ross Levinsohn, who had been a rumored permanent successor to Carol Bartz (fired from Yahoo by phone in September), will serve as the interim CEO. Analysts are waiting to see whether Yahoo will ...  

Beginning with a useless Jerry Yang who refused take overs that did not satisfy his extraordinary severance pay demands, on to the now infamous Carol Bartz who sent the company further into the Abyss and now the CEO’s role is filled by an actual Yahoo.  

Amid that turmoil, the company has been forced to cut costs and narrow its scope. Under former CEO Carol Bartz, the company cut about 750 employees in two rounds of layoffs. That didn't help much in the way of Yahoo boosting its earnings or stock price.  

Bangalore: It was pretty quick. After just four months at Yahoo, Scott Thompson follows the same path of Carol Bartz, who got fired in September 2011. The drama started when Third Point, a Yahoo shareholder accused Yahoo Chief Scott Thompson of faking his resume.  

While Alibaba founder Ma had a strong personal rapport with Jerry Yang, Yahoo's co-founder who led the initial investment in Alibaba, ties between the two firms soured when Yang was ousted and replaced as CEO by Carol Bartz. Relations were also complicated ...  

Jan. 13, 2009: Yahoo names technology veteran Carol Bartz as its new chief executive, bringing in a no-nonsense leader known for developing a clear focus. Feb. 26: Yahoo announces a management shake-up. Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen is pushed out ...  

The company entered 2012 without a company head, after its board summarily dismissed Carol Bartz, the chief executive of only two years. The new chief executive, Scott Thompson, started in January, and lasted less than five months, after being ousted this ...  

First some context, so you can make an informed choice. After years of sliding sideways despite a massive audience of 700 million people, Yahoo was forced to fire CEO Carol Bartz last summer. Then there was a dragged-out head-hunting process that finally ...  

It’s as if Yahoo is doomed to fail, facing problem after problem, and a repeat of events that took place after former CEO Carol Bartz was told of her termination over the phone. The company is in shambles as its stock price is hovering around the $15-$16 ...  

NEW YORK (TheStreet (Symbol : TST)) -- Yesterday I tweeted that I think Ross Levinsohn is doing a great job as interim CEO at Yahoo!, I quickly got a response from tech blogger Om Malik wondering whether Ross had really done that much: "And what exactly is ...  

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Scott Thompson, at the centre of a row over his educational qualifications, told his top executives on Thursday he never provided a resume or incorrect information to Yahoo, a source familiar with the ...  

After the revelation that his resume was puffed up with unearned educational credentials, Yahoo on Sunday announced the resignation of CEO Scott Thompson. Thompson replaced the ousted Carol Bartz as chief just four months ago, in January. The controversy ...  

This story comes from the Yahoo! Contributor Network, where individuals publish their unique perspectives on some of the world’s most popular websites. Romney's campaign is trying to sell to the voters that as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bain ...  

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo still has credibility issues, even after casting aside CEO Scott Thompson because his official biography included a college degree that he never received. The troubled Internet company's next challenge will be convincing its ...  

Yahoo has confirmed that chief executive Scott Thompson has stepped down from his post. The move comes 10 days after disgruntled Yahoo shareholder Daniel Loeb revealed that Thompson did not have a computer science degree, as claimed in his official biography.  

Scott Thompson, Yahoo's third CEO in about three years, has officially left the building. That barely makes a dent in Yahoo's problems. Now that Thompson's resume-embellishing scandal has reached a resolution, Yahoo will be forced to confront new questions ...  

The resignation of Yahoo CEO, Scott Thompson, last week amid allegations that he fabricated a degree in computer science that was listed on his biography, and in SEC filings has prompted great soul searching in boardrooms across North America. Resume due ...  

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson abruptly steps down after admitting to fabricating details about his degree and reportedly telling colleagues that he has thyroid cancer. Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz got the boot in September 2011 and speculation arose about ...  

Yahoo Inc said chief executive officer Scott Thompson is stepping down after failing to correct errors in his credentials and the company is revamping its board, handing a victory to activist investor Daniel Loeb, who had pushed for the overhaul and said ...  

Yahoo's reorganizing under interim CEO Ross Levinsohn will disrupt the company's consumer-commerce division, according to multiple outlets. The reorganization, which will place Yahoo's commerce operations within its global media team, comes after months of ...  

CEO Scott Thompson has come under fire after Loeb discovered that Thompson does not have a computer science degree from Stonehill College as he claimed on his bio and also in regulatory filings. “It’s a matter of accountability and a lack of values ...  

Yahoo's "resume-gate" entered its second week Thursday with reports of CEO Scott Thompson's latest explanation of what happened and news that another big investor may turn against him. Reports from Reuters and Business Insider said that Thompson told a ...  

False academic claims in Thompson's resume lead to demand SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson faces calls for his ouster after just four months leading the troubled Internet company because of inaccuracies with his academic credentials. A major ...  

SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is sorry for allowing an inaccuracy about his education to appear in his official biography, but not remorseful enough to heed calls for him to resign. Thompson apologized for the uproar caused by the misinformation ...  

This activist investment firm is currently challenging the board and executives of Yahoo over alleged misrepresentations in the resumes of CEO Scott Thompson and director Patti Hart. Third Point's CEO, Daniel Loeb, is correct to confront Yahoo leadership ...  

Yahoo Inc. director Patti Hart is expected to step down later this year, according to a person familiar with the matter, just days after the board initiated a probe that will include an examination of her role in the hiring of Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson.  

— WHO'S OUT: Scott Thompson, former CEO. Joined Yahoo Inc. in January. Most recently had been president of eBay Inc.'s PayPal division. Earlier held leadership positions in technology and IT at Visa Inc. and Barclays Global Investors. — WHO'S IN: Ross ...  

The flap over a bogus Stonehill College degree on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson’s official biography has claimed its first casualty – the director who led the committee that hired the Raynham native four months ago. Patti Hart will surrender her Yahoo board ...  

The online giant's global media head Ross Levinsohn, a former News Corp. executive, is expected to take over on an interim basis. Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson will step down amid a controversy over his resume, AllThings D reported Sunday. It said that the ...  

Daniel Loeb wants Director Patti Hart and CEO Scott Thompson kicked out of Yahoo immediately. The latest entry into the Yahoo CEO scandal is a letter from Third Point CEO Daniel Loeb to Yahoo's Board of Directors. It's in response to Tuesday's reports that ...  

Yahoo! board member Patti Hart will be updating her resume soon — she’ll be adding “former” to her current role at the Sunnyvale, Calif., web portal. Hart, who is also the CEO of International Game Technology, said yesterday she won’t run for re- ...  

San Francisco Yahoo Inc chief executive Scott Thompson, at the centre of a row over his educational qualifications, told his top executives on Thursday he never provided a resume or incorrect information to Yahoo, a source familiar with the situation said.  

After being exposed for lying about false qualifications on his CV, Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson looked to dampen the row by apologising for the distraction it has caused the company. The boss wrote an email to staff, expressing his regret for the issue which ...  

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's largest outside shareholder said the Internet company should make its finance chief or head of media the interim chief executive because of the controversy surrounding CEO Scott Thompson's educational background.  

Former Yahoo! and Autodesk chief Carol Bartz was notoriously profane in her internal communications, and a younger generation of CEOs is using similarly salty language in daily interactions with workers. "Companies increasingly prefer authentic leaders ...  

A Yahoo! shareholder has called on the embattled technology company to sack its recently appointed chief executive Scott Thompson for exaggerating his academic credentials, the New York Times reported. Official Yahoo biographies and filings to the US ...  

Thompson's resume and the company's regulatory filings overstated his technology background to include a degree in computer science. The company said it was the result of "an inadvertent error." Activist shareholder Daniel Loeb, who leads Third Point ...  

According to the Yahoo! Form 10-K/A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2012, newly-hired Chief Executive Officer, Scott Thompson, "holds a Bachelor's degree in accounting and computer science" from Stonehill College. This ...  

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Scott Thompson’s reign as Yahoo’s CEO is in jeopardy after just four months on the job because he allowed an inaccuracy about his academic credentials to recur for years. A major Yahoo shareholder who exposed the fabrication is ...  

Scott Thompson's reign as Yahoo's CEO is in jeopardy after just four months on the job because he allowed an inaccuracy about his academic credentials to recur for years. A major Yahoo shareholder who exposed the fabrication is now leading the charge to ...  

Levinsohn was the global media chief who oversaw the company’s advertising strategy. He remains “core” to Yahoo’s business strategy and “core business” was Thompson’s main focus. Levinsohn has a B.A. in Broadcast Communications ...