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Jim Lanzone is the CEO of Yahoo. It's basically impossible to sum up Yahoo's story over the last 25 years, but the short version is that once upon a time, Yahoo paid Google to run the search box on its website, and everything immediately went sideways. Jim calls it Yahoo's original sin.
But after a long series of mergers, spinouts, and a hot, weird minute as part of Verizon Yahoo is once again an independent, privately held company — and it's growing. But can Yahoo really take market share from Google?
Links:
Yahoo sells Engadget to Static Media | The Verge
Yahoo sells TechCrunch to Regent | The Verge
Yahoo Finance launches crypto partnership with Coinbase | Yahoo
Yahoo Scout looks like more web-friendly AI search | The Verge
Yahoo Finance launches crypto deal with Polymarket | Yahoo Finance
Yahoo resurrects Artifact inside AI-powered news app | The Verge
Yahoo Mail adds more AI to simplify desktop email | The Verge
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