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more about #hires more comments → Jackson West: "And no surprise that Henderson's playing hard to get." I see what you did there! Har. more » sample032: If I were Google, I wouldn't worry about competing with a product from a dying company that doesn't make any money, though I have to admit, this profi... more » macbeach: Everything Yahoo does kind of sucks eventually. They either don't have the resources or don't deploy the resources that are needed to live up to thei... more » tawnie: Hmmm The way Jason Calacanis has been no commenting all week and his list mail was talking about My Space I thought for sure he was taking over. I won... more » Peter Feld: I would have thought MySpace was dead but they have one advantage over a fresh startup in trying to take advantage of Facebook's recent suicide (um, r... more » Cheap Shot: I don't know why I haven't killed my MySpace account. It would be great if he rechristened it 'MySpaceBook' just to take a jab. I do think however tha... more » Awesome X: I'd sooner go back to AOL's webmail than start using MySpace again. I'm no Captain Creative, but I can't fathom how MySpace could be useful and attrac... more » heddahopper: watch the rest all fall: Jeff Berman is first. When Miller referenced inspirational leader he was directing that at him. If he tells the McDonald's s... more » nirreskeya: Obviously it's possible, but is it common for execs to live in the Bay Area and commute to L.A.? more » belltolls: The Peter Principle is alive and well though Dr. Peter himself is long dead. more » Accidental Billionaire: Hiring actors in the valley play engineers? I swear I've seen that guy in a hardcore M-on-M porn cut. Not that I dig that stuff. more » Figaro: Oh wow... they used stock apple loops for music! That Zuck kid is taking his Steve Jobs fascination to new levels. more » the rzo: I went to school with the standing guy in the white t-shirt. Good dude. more » Accidental Billionaire: The leverage? When this bubble bursts, these arrogant smega pellets are gonna have doors in their face when they go job hunting. I understand that fac... more » Ha Ha Sound: I took the Quiz, "Which Internet Startup Should Work For?", and the result was "call a temp agency." more » -
#exits
Google's Still Got a Crush on Flickr, How Cute!
Yahoo has started its latest round of layoffs, which hit its pixel-cute photo-sharing site Flickr, a formerly sacrosanct fiefdom. We hear Google has its eyes on some of the Flickr employees Yahoo let slip. More » -
#hires
MySpace Job Is Sweet Revenge for Ex-Facebook Exec
Owen Van Natta, Facebook's former COO, is officially taking over MySpace, News Corp.'s social network. With its user numbers stagnant, MySpace desperately needs a restart. Is Van Natta the guy to do it? More » -
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Should MySpace Hire the Hero or the Zero?
Former Facebook COO Owen Van Natta is the frontrunner to replace Chris DeWolfe as MySpace CEO. Blog lordling Jason Calacanis has been jokingly nominated for the News Corp. gig. Here's who should get it. More » -
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If Facebook Needs Faux-Documentary Recruiting Videos, It's Already Lost
How do engineers decide which jobs to take in Silicon Valley? It's a complex algorithm involving money, friends, hype, and free food. Nowhere in the equation: slick videos. That's why Facebook's recruiting is failing. More » -
#confirmed
Google Designer Heads to Way Cooler Job at Twitter
So much for Twitter being a source of real-time news! Nearly three weeks after Valleywag first reported the startup's poaching of top Google designer Doug Bowman, cofounder Biz Stone confirms the hire. -
#hires
AOL Outcast Jon Miller to Join News Corp.'s Soap Opera in Progress
Rupert Murdoch's media empire continues its turmoil after the announcement of COO Peter Chernin's departure. The newest player: Former AOL CEO Jon Miller, who's widely expected to take the top digital job there. More » -
#hires
Obama's Facebook Genius Lands Venture Capital Gig
Chris Hughes, the Facebook cofounder who helped Barack Obama win the election online, has landed a real job, he tells us via Twitter: He's working at General Catalyst Partners as an entrepreneur-in-residence. More » -
#exits
AOL Boots Loser CEO for Google's Tim Armstrong
At last, AOL has done something right: The Time Warner Internet unit has hired Google's Tim Armstrong as its new CEO, booting the laughably incompetent duo of CEO Randy Falco and COO Ron Grant.
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#hires
Twitter Claims Valley Crown by Poaching Google's Top Designer
Twitter, the twee San Francisco messing startup, is all hope, no revenues. That makes it irresistable to Silicon Valley's best and brightest — like Google's top designer, Doug Bowman, whom we hear Twitter just hired. More » -
#yahoo
Carol Bartz Gets New Yahoo Org Chart Half Right
Yahoo's new CEO Carol Bartz hates leaks, and we love Yahoo org charts, so the fact that we've received her announcement of the new Yahoo corporate structure is some kind of harmonic convergence. More » -
#conflictsofinterest
WSJ Conference Organizer's Wife Secretly Running Google
Megan Smith, a Google executive little known outside Silicon Valley, is taking a high-profile role running the search engine's in-house charity. She's part of a power couple whose louder half is AllThingsD blogger Kara Swisher. More » -
#portfolio
Portfolio's Loss Is Political Blog Empire's Gain
Sinking ship Portfolio has one less expensive contract to worry about. Matt Cooper, formerly the D.C. bureau chief of Time, has joined web outfit Talking Points Memo. More » -
#fieldguide
Carol Bartz, the Woman Everyone but Yahoo Forgot
Yahoo's new CEO, Carol Bartz, was at her career peak in 1992. Named CEO of design-software maker Autodesk, she'd beaten cancer, defeated a clique of ornery geeks, and hobnobbed with a president. Where'd she go? More » -
#carolbartz
Yahoo CEO's First Job: Fire Her No. 2
Yahoo's board will soon announce it has hired Carol Bartz, a software-industry veteran, to run the troubled Web-media business. The first question: How long before Bartz fires Sue Decker, Yahoo's president? (Update: not long!) More » -
#suedecker
Yahoo's Depressing Backup Plan
No one wants to buy Yahoo. And the only person who wants to run Yahoo is an insider who helped sink it. Is there any hope left for the beleaguered Web giant? More » -
#mikemurdock
Disabled vet nominates self for Yahoo CEO
How sad that no one convincing has stepped up to run Yahoo! Pursued then spurned by Microsoft, the company is looking to replace founder Jerry Yang. Mike Murdock, a disabled Navy veteran, has raised his hand. The name sounded familiar.
