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The Yahoo! Consumer group is a group included in Yahoo!’s reorganization under CEO Scott Thompson. It includes three units: Media, Connections, and Commerce.
Media unit
Led by Ross Levinsohn, the Media unit includes the Yahoo! Homepage, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Sports, and Yahoo! Entertainment. This unit covers breaking news and significant global events, while also curating content from other publishers and creators.
Connections
Led by Shashi Seth, the Yahoo! Consumer Group includes consumer businesses that provide networking and communication services, which include Yahoo! Search and Yahoo! Communications, as well as properties such as Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, Flickr, Yahoo! Answers, and more.
Commerce
This team is focused on providing services to advertisers and agencies, and comprises Yahoo! Autos, Yahoo! Shopping, Yahoo! Travel, Yahoo! Jobs, Yahoo! Personals and Yahoo! Real Estate.
On April 16, 2012, Bloomberg reported that Sam Shrauger will co-lead the new consumer-commerce division with Mollie Spilman.
References
- Swisher, Kara. "It's Official: Yahoo Reorgs Itself Just Like We Said (Memo Time!)". All Things Digital. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- "Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's memo to employees outlining the company's reorganization". San Jose Mercury News. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- Eric Savitz (10 April 2012). "Yahoo Rearranges Deck Chairs; Blake Irving Jumps Ship". Forbes. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- "Yahoo CEO outlines new corporate structure". USA Today. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- "Yahoo C.E.O. Hints at a Strategy". 10 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-04-11.
- Brian Womack (17 April 2012). "Yahoo Hires PayPal's Shrauger to Co-Lead Consumer-Commerce Unit". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
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