Small Attempts At Big Questions
David Carr used his Media Equation column this week to ask: What is Yahoo? pegged to the new appointment of former Google-r Marissa Meyer in the company’s top spot. It’s a funny column (“After five minutes of listening to [former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz] I still had no idea.”) and an even better question. So: What in the way of answers? Read More
Mickie Rosen is Yahoo!’s Senior Vice President for the Yahoo Media Network. In the company’s words, her job is to work with “Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! News and Yahoo! Sports focusing on the content strategy, programming and cultivating Yahoo!’s ‘voice.’” It’s a big job, making Yahoo! brand-name competition with outlets like AOL/The Huffington Post as well as the likes of NBC, ABC, and CBS. She probably oversees quite a few people. Now—due to a misfired email—she probably has a better idea of who they are, and who they are not. Read More
