Email From Steve Ballmer To The Microsoft Troops: Yahoo’er Qi Lu To Run Online Services

Posted on December 5, 2008 by amaronline

Microsoft announced the hire of former ten-year Yahoo exec Dr. Qi Lu today as President of their Online Services Group. He’ll report directly to CEO Steve Ballmer. Here’s the email Ballmer sent to all Microsoft staff forty minutes ago: … Continue reading →

Yang To His Critics: “I Will Always Bleed Purple”

Posted on November 18, 2008 by amaronline

Jerry Yang just put up a blog post on his reasons for stepping down as CEO of Yahoo. In it, he highlights the successes of the past 18 months. Yahoo is now “rewired,” the new ad platform has been launched … Continue reading →