Archive for Industry Moves

Google Says It Wants To Hire Yahoo Talent

Sep 16, 2009 No Comments

It wouldn’t be so surprising (or newsworthy) if this was happening behind the scenes, but Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is now openly trying to recruit Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) search engineers. In a blog post, Matt Cutts, who is Google’s most prominent search blogger, says straight out, “if you’re an excellent Yahoo engineer with solid experience in [...]

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Industry Moves Round Up: ComScore, Apple; DoubleVerify; Double Fusion; IMVU; Allied Red

Sep 16, 2009 No Comments

—comScore: Gregory Dale was promoted to COO from CTO, responsible now for overseeing operating activities, including the company’s Product Management, Custom Analytics and Technology groups. Dale has been at the company in various roles for a decade, joining shortly after its founding in 1999…. Tweet This Post

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Former Yahoo and AOL Ad Exec Coleman Poised to Join the Huffington Post as President

Sep 16, 2009 2 Comments

n the ongoing game of Internet exec musical chairs, Greg Coleman (pictured here), who has been a top exec at both Yahoo and AOL, is poised to become president of the Huffington Post, as well as chief revenue officer, several sources said… Tweet This Post

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Softie Ad Exec Siebrecht to Join AdReady Start-Up

Sep 14, 2009 No Comments

Apparently, not everyone leaves Yahoo (YHOO) to join Microsoft. On Friday, sources said, it was announced internally at Microsoft (MSFT) that Karl Siebrecht (pictured here), the former President of Atlas at aQuantive, is joining AdReady at the end of the month as President and COO… Tweet This Post

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Intel Is Said to Plot an Executive Overhaul

Sep 13, 2009 No Comments

Intel is expected to reveal a sweeping management change on Monday, according to people briefed on the company’s plans. Among other changes, the chip maker will announce that Pat Gelsinger, the senior vice president in charge of Intel’s enterprise group, is leaving Intel after 30 years in a variety of roles, these people said. Tweet [...]

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Google’s Ad Exchange Honcho Joins “Real-Time Advertising” Startup (GOOG)

Sep 10, 2009 No Comments

Google’s Michael Rubenstein — the departed VP who led development of both the DoubleClick and Google ad exchanges — has found a new gig: president of cloud computing startup AppNexus… Tweet This Post

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Ex-Yahoo Sue Decker To Teach At Harvard (YHOO)

Sep 10, 2009 No Comments

Former Yahoo president Sue Decker is one of Harvard Business School’s new Entrepreneurs-In-Residence. Sue left Yahoo (YHOO) in January after the company’s board chose Carol Bartz to be CEO… Tweet This Post

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Industry Moves: Former Google/DoubleClick Exec Rubenstein Heads To Cloud Computing Ad Firm AppNexus

Sep 09, 2009 1 Comment

Former Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and DoubleClick exec Michael Rubenstein is joining AppNexus, a company that provides online advertising via a cloud computing platform. Rubenstein has been named president of the New York-based company, AppNexus said in an e-mail release… Tweet This Post

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