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• Depart of Four Yahoo Board Members

  thewall.com | 10:47 pm Feb 7, 2012

  • After Yahoo hiring former PayPal executive Scott Thompson as its CEO a few days into the new year, co-founder Jerry Yang resigns from the board
  • Bringing in new directors to work with Thompson will “provide Yahoo with the expertise & perspectives necessary to drive innovation and growth,”'
  • Yahoo announces the appointment of two new directors- Alfred Amoroso, former CEO of Rovi Corp., & Maynard Webb Jr., a former eBay Inc. executive

• Yahoo Chairman Steps Down

  mashable.com | 10:57 pm Feb 7, 2012

  Yahoo‘s chairman of the board, Roy Bostock, is leaving the company. Bostock has been chairman since 2008. Bostock revealed the news to shareholders in a long letter describing the company’s recent restrategizing. A far cry from a resignation letter,…

• Yahoo Chair Roy Bostock, 3 Directors Step Down in ‘Soft eBay Takeover’

  wired.com | 2:00 am Feb 8, 2012

  Yahoo’s transformation continues as board chairman Roy Bostock and directors Vyomesh Joshi, Arthur Kern, and Gary Wilson agreed to stand down from their roles at the next shareholders’ meeting. The board elected ex-Rovi CEO Alfred Amoroso and Maynard Webb,…

• Yahoo's management overhaul continues: Chairman and three board members step down

  engadget.com | 2:00 am Feb 8, 2012

  Out with the old, in with the new, eh? Yahoo certainly subscribes to that philosophy, as it's already shuffled out Jerry Yang in favor of Scott Thompson as its CEO, and now the company will be adding four fresh faces to it's board. Among those departing…

• Four Yahoo Board Members to Depart, Two New Ones Arrive and Three More on the Way (Like I Said)

  allthingsd.com | 10:00 pm Feb 7, 2012

  According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo will announce the impending departure of four of its longtime board members, including chairman Roy Bostock. I had previously reported that this exact group was leaving in several reports, and noted in one…

• Yahoo chairman exits, review drags on

  reuters.com | 2:30 am Feb 8, 2012
• Yahoo chairman goes in board reshuffle - FT.com

  ft.com | 10:57 pm Feb 7, 2012
• BBC News - Technology

  bbc.co.uk | 10:00 pm Feb 7, 2012
• AIG reviewing succession as chairman takes new job

  reuters.com | 10:00 pm Feb 7, 2012

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