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Friday, December 5, 2008

Yahoo CEO Countdown, 26 Days to Go: As Chernin Declines, Will a Dark Horse Emerge?

With Yahoo board Chairman Roy Bostock reportedly assuring investors and others that the company will have a CEO in place by the end of the year, it seems prudent for BoomTown to initiate an official Yahoo CEO Countdown.

After all, this column had a 100-Day No-Sacred-Cows Vision Quest to mark the time that Jerry Yang said he needed to give Yahoo a top-to-bottom look-see when he took over last summer as CEO.

So here’s today’s update: No Peter Chernin and a lot of thorny issues for other candidates.

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Friday, May 2, 2008

MicroHoo: Countdown Clock!

We’re sick of waiting too!
Thus, the official BoomTown MicroHoo Countdown Clock!
Useful for both Yahoos (YHOO) and Microsofties (MSFT) alike, it will give everyone an idea of just how long this takeover battle has dragged on and on and on and on….
William Shakespeare said it best: “I wasted time, and now doth time waste me: For [...]

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Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference. Read more »

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