Carol Bartz Out From Yahoo! What Shuffles Will Canada Have Now?

BY: 

Dave Forde
September 7, 2011

Late Monday evening the tubs were all a flutter with posts announcing that Carol Bartz has been fired as the CEO of Yahoo! What’s more interesting is that she sent the following email to Yahoo! staff:

To all,

I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the phone by Yahoo’s Chairman of the Board. It has been my pleasure to work with all of you and I wish you only the best going forward.Carol
Sent from my iPad


A few hours later, Yahoo! sent out a press release  announcing that Timothy Morse has been appointed by the Board of Directors as the Interim CEO, he will also continue his current duties as Chief Financial Officer of Yahoo!
Rounding out the new Executive team will be Michael Callahan, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; Blake Irving, Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer; Ross Levinsohn, Executive Vice President, Americas;Rich Riley, Senior Vice President & MD, EMEA Region; and Rose Tsou, Senior Vice President, APAC Region. The Co-founders of Yahoo!, David Filo and Jerry Yang, will each continue as Chief Yahoo and will provide counsel to Tim and the Executive Leadership Council.

The Board will begin a search for a permanent CEO, but the bigger question still remains, what impact will all this have on Yahoo! Canada? Ross Levinsohn will be in town tomorrow for Yahoo! Canada’s 2012 Upfront Launch, so it will be interesting to see how he addresses the situation.

 

 

 

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Dave Forde


Dave “The Connector” Forde has been involved in the marketing, public relations and technology industry across Canada for over 20 years in various sales and marketing roles, he launched The Connected One network of business sites which connects buyers to the right sellers. Profectio and PR In Canada covers news about the marketing and public relations industry each day helping professionals advance their career and businesses. He also serves as an advisor to a number of businesses across the country. Find Dave on LinkedIn and Twitter.


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