Yahoo Crisis Sees High Profile Departures

Uncertainty over proposed sale sees loss of key names and contracts

Yahoo search engine screen.
Beleaguered: Yahoo, once top dog in the search engine world, now second only to Google.
  • Newscaster Katie Couric considers position;
  • Yahoo email accounts hit by hack attack;
  • AT&T ends contract after 15 years;
  • Yahoo chief to pocket $55 million if ousted.

This week has been a wretched one for Yahoo, one of the elder statesmen of the internet age. Within the last three days alone, it is having to face up the loss of a star newscaster, a lucrative contract, and a security alert. Much of which has been exacerbated by its proposed sale. Continue reading “Yahoo Crisis Sees High Profile Departures”