Tuesday, May 25, 2010

VIDEO: Yahoo CEO, Carol Bartz drops the 'F-Off' bomb on reporter

Carol Bartz is renowned for her explosive 'potty mouth' and lack of verbal control. Today, this was affirmed when, in a piece of welcomed rebuttal to a reporter from TechCrunch, Ms Bartz decided to go all out and ended with a resounding, "F*** you".

The outburst reportedly came after Bartz was criticized by the reporter with regard to her job turning around Yahoo, who compared the turnaround to the one Steve Jobs executed at Apple.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Yahoo, in a sorry effort to keep up, buys content producer

Yahoo has joined AOL in the field of mass producing content sourced from freelance journalists.

The company, which has seen its fortunes sag in recent years as it fails to evolve along with the internet audience it targets, has bought Associated Content for what is rumored to be around $90 million.

Carol Bartz, Yahoo's CEO, was brought in to revive the fortunes of the company, which has recently seen a profit rise based on increased advertising sales.

The company is still not as profitable as it used to be, however, and its stock price (see "MAX" chart) is not what it once was.
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