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Terry Semel
Microsoft-Yahoo Talks End
The WSJ is reporting that Microsoft no longer wants to acquire Yahoo!. Shares of Yahoo lost 10%, or $2.63, to $23.52 as of 4 p.m Eastern. It will go down much further. Jerry Yang will be fired soon. The executive exodus will march on, and Kara Swisher is making a career out of reporting on
Terry Semel Steps Aside, New Horizon in Sight?
Yahoo’s future suddenly looks brighter, as Terry Semel steps aside, and Co-Founder Jerry Yang takes back the reins. Semel, a former Hollywood executive who joined Yahoo in 2001, will remain chairman in a non-executive role. Yahoo also expanded the duties of Susan Decker, who was earlier named the head of the company’s advertising business, and
Semel’s Compensation: Addendum
I got this email below from Outcast PR in response to the piece I wrote yesterday. Looks like Yahoo’s PR agency has been chartered to find all the articles on Semel’s pay, and “address” them. :: Hi Sramana, I was hoping you could make a correction to your piece in Seeking Alpha on Terry Semel’s
What Is The Basis of CEO Pay?
WSJ reports on Yahoo’s CEO compensation: :: Terry Semel, the chief executive of Yahoo Inc., received a 2006 bonus of $25.7 million in stock, representing 80% of the maximum he was eligible to receive even as the firm’s share price fell by more than a third during the year. Yahoo struggled in the year as
Hello Terry, This is George!
People have started wondering what the hell Terry Semel is up to. Amongst these people, there is a category that has more than idle wondering to do. George Roberts would fall in this category. Oh yes, I’m talking about the low-key, soft-spoken co-founder of KKR, the buyout giant. There’s someone else who says, “Damn! Wish
