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May 18
2012

WIth CEO’s Departure, Yahoo Ends its Fast Shift to New Commerce

That was quick. Yahoo’s radical shift to a new Commerce/ Marketplaces strategy – announced in mid April — has abruptly ended with the resignation of CEO and former PayPal head Scott Thompson, and SVP Sam Shrauger, his PayPal colleague who had been brought in last month to implement the plan. As advocates of pursuing “non-advertising” …continue reading »

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Nov 19
2010

Is Groupon Better Off with Yahoo, Google (Or on its own?)

Groupon has been a phenomenal success in the deal a day space, and we envision continued success for the segment’s pioneer. But what shape will that success take? At our Marketplaces conference last March in San Diego, CEO Andrew Mason told us that he felt that Groupon wasn’t so much a deals company as a …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, Deals, Shopping/Transactions, Social Media

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Sep 14
2010

Zillow Earns First Profits; Ups Rascoff to CEO

Zillow, after five years and $87 million raised, says it is now in the black for the first time, after focusing more on revenues. The online real estate company, which competes with brokerage sites, Trulia and others, also announced that CFO Spencer Rascoff has been appointed CEO, replacing Expedia Founder Rich Barton, who becomes Executive …continue reading »

Categories: Verticals, Yahoo

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Sep 9
2010

BigTent Focuses on Leveraging its One Million (Mostly Women) Users

Groups have been using the Web since the mid-1980s for a wide range of activities, such as scheduling, discussions, photo sharing, referrals etc. Groups have been a special strength for Yahoo. BigTent, a group software company based in San Francisco, has recently been vying with Yahoo for the same market, focusing largely on women. It …continue reading »

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Jul 19
2010

Yahoo’s Lem Lloyd on Gannett/Yahoo Deal

Gannett’s local newspapers and TV stations will begin selling Yahoo inventory, considerably boosting the size of Yahoo’s local sales efforts. The deal, which involves 81 newspaper organizations and seven of its 23 TV stations– is similar to the efforts of Yahoo’s 800 member Newspaper Consortium. But Gannett, notably, is staying separate from the Consortium. In …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search, Newspapers, Sales Channels, TV/Radio, Yahoo

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Jul 9
2010

Zillow Extends Ties with Yahoo Real Estate; Will Power Listings

Zillow announced today that it will power Yahoo’s “for sale” listings, in much the same way that Cars.com powers Yahoo’s new and used cars listings. Zillow typically carries four million + listings. The announcement spearheads a slew of online real estate announcements prior to next week’s Inman Real Estate Connect conference (which I am attending), …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Sales Channels, Verticals

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May 24
2010

Yahoo Adds Valassis to Local Reseller Network

Yahoo is seeking to extend direct marketing budgets online via a new deal with DM giant Valassis, which claims 15,000 advertisers and reaches 114 million shoppers. The new effort adds another dimension to Yahoo’s local reachout, which currently focuses on newspapers and Yellow Pages. The Valassis relationship has the potential to bring its broadcaster and …continue reading »

Categories: Sales Channels, TV/Radio, Yahoo

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