Yahoo! Co-Founder Jerry Yang Named Chief Executive Officer (Yahoo press release)

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"Fostering a culture of winning?" Ouch. Can't imagine Google saying something so corporate. Plus it makes it painfully clear that this is to be a departure from the previous culture of losing.

Yahoo probably will do better now, though. Jerry's a hacker, and that's what Y needs.

The lack of a "culture of winning" sounds like someone's knock on Semel that bubbled up from boardroom debate to press release subtitle.

In this context it actually sounds more like a campaign promise.

Just what yahoo needs. Hope this changes Yahoo, the way Jobs changed Apple after Sculley.

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