The new york post wrote a story about Yahoo’s Jerry Yang’s emotions getting the better of him and that it could be clouding his judgement when it comes to properly considering the Microsoft takeover proposal for Yahoo. Jerry openly despises Microsoft and its no secret, so its quite possible that the deal hasn’t even been properly considered as it should have been given the companies recent poor performance.

So Yes, Jerry isn’t a bill gates. He came up with one massive idea and is worth a few billion dollars but i can’t see his business skills extending further than that of Yahoo. The board of directors should have hired a seasoned veteran, a CEO with some business accumen to take over after Terry Semmel left and that decision has led to the companies poor share price (Apart from the fact Google is whipping them in search).

Good luck to you Yahoo, but its a very long road to stay independant for you at this point. Maybe it’s time to speak to your friend Rupert about that other option!

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Ninemsn’s head of innovation, Jennifer Wilson, has quit after just four months in the job claiming she was constrained in delivering her ideas.

Her departure from Ninemsn’s product and network strategy division comes shortly after Jane O’Connell left as director of the unit last December.

Wilson, who is one of Australia’s most respected experts on mobile marketing, was responsible for new developments in engagement, interaction, social networking and user generated content at Ninemsn.

Explaining why she resigned from the company, Wilson would only say: “I had a lot of ideas and I needed to be slightly less constrained in my ability to deliver on them.”

Wilson said her position, which was newly created in August last year, would not be replaced and said Ninemsn was “rethinking” the role of product and network strategy unit.

A spokeswoman at Ninemsn said the unit would still operate but added a restructuring has taken place following the departures of both O’Connell and Wilson.

Wilson said she would be doing consulting work and was working on securing backing for ideas that she wanted to develop.

Before ninemsn, Wilson was previously managing director of HWW, a content provider and developer of online sites which was bought by Ninemsn.

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Microsoft made some leadership changes on Thursday, promoting more than a dozen executives and confirming the departure or pending departure of three top executives.

As expected, Windows VP Mike Sievert, online services senior VP Steven Berkowitz, and Windows Mobile head Pieter Knook are all leaving the company. Knook is heading to a new post at Vodafone, Sievert plans to start his own company, and Berkowitz will stay at Microsoft through August, as his duties transition to other executives.

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