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Yahoo is still in many ways the definitive brand of the consumer Internet, but I don't think they can or should compete with Google any longer. That game is over.
Ross Levinsohn
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My concern is the really great concepts that are features, not companies. There isn't enough advertising to support all those features, and in compression times, advertisers tend to flock to safe names and sites that have real traction.
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There are a lot of good ideas that could benefit from big media. You have a lot of companies that hit a wall and can't get beyond a certain level. They need the infrastructure and distribution of a large company.
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Video is crucial to the future of media: premium video in that respect.
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I truly believe that Yahoo! is one of the most compelling and dominant companies in the world.
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I've been fortunate to have had the opportunity to be at the forefront of the digital media revolution.
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Yahoo is a battleship. If you've ever seen a battleship, they're gigantic, and Yahoo is gigantic in the terms of consumer Internet companies. To turn a battleship takes a long time, but once you turn that battle ship the right way, it's a battleship, and it can really inflict some damage on an enemy or competition.
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Very few companies can perform at scale over the course of decades, and Yahoo has done that.
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Google has been amazing at acqui-hiring, buying small companies for the engineers. I think in the competitive market of Silicon Valley, it's really a good way to do it. Big acquisitions often don't work out.
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Most people know that there is this partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft on search.
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A CEO needs to build their own team.
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