Tag: personnel

Confirmed: Yahoo’s SVP Of Revenue To Quit
Joanne Bradford started at Yahoo about a year and a half ago, assuming the title "Senior Vice President, U.S. Revenue and Market Development."  Now, a fresh repor...
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Google Hires XML Co-Inventor
Today, Tim Bray started working for Google, and had the search giant just put out a one-sentence press release stating this fact, the development would be worth reporting. ...
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Facebook To Position Public Policy Experts In D.C.
It looks like Facebook will soon begin trying harder to bend the ears of our nation's leaders.  Listings for a public policy manager and public policy associate have both b...
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Yahoo Mobile Europe Manager Quits
Almost exactly one month ago, the Yahoo Mobile Blog launched, and nine new posts have been made since, signaling that the company really is interested in mobile tech.  Unfo...
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Twitter Reaches 140-Employee Milestone
Twitter's long been associated with the number 140; it is, of course, this number that defines how the site's users communicate with each other.  And the number now represe...
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Twitter Puts Pixar’s CFO On Payroll
Twitter's at last found someone to be its chief financial officer, and the man appears to be more than qualified for the position.  Ali Rowghani actually comes to Twitter f...
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MySpace’s CEO Out
Owen Van Natta, who only joined MySpace in April of last year, will no longer serve as its CEO.  Reports indicate that he's in fact been fired, and MySpace has at least con...
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Yahoo Music Gets Former Universal Exec As New Chief
The music industry is a big business; there must be hundreds of thousands of performers and managers in the world.  But there are just four major labels - Warner, EMI, Sony...
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MySpace, Chief Product Officer May Part Ways
A high-ranking MySpace executive might be ready to depart, according to a new report.  Rumor has it that Chief Product Officer Jason Hirschhorn, who's been with th...
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Yahoo Halts Search For International Boss
Most estimates agree that there are almost 7 billion human beings on this planet, and even the biggest misanthropes must admit that a few of them are smart and capable.  Ya...
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AOL Hires Google, Microsoft Veteran As Head Of Tech
The Google-ization of AOL continued today as Jeff Reynar, who used to work for the search giant as an engineering manager, joined the company.  AOL's appointed Reynar Head...
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Baidu CTO’s Resignation Announced
It appears that not all is well (or at least normal) at Baidu.  Last week, the company's COO abruptly resigned, and today, its CTO followed suit.  Both men cited &quot...
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Yahoo Adds Ernst & Young Veteran To Board
Yahoo's board of directors has gained another member.  Sue James, who's spent most of the past 35 years working for and with Ernst & Young, joined it earlier this week,...
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Google Hires Communications Chief From McCain Campaign
Someone with a very interesting political background will soon be in charge of Google's corporate communications.  The company's hired Jill Hazelbaker, who's worked with bo...
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Baidu’s COO Resigns
Several changes in Baidu's executive lineup occurred today, and fans can take heart in the fact that two of them came about as the result of promotions.  The third is a lit...
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