After just four months on the job, Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson will be leaving his post following a resume-padding controversy that brought more than a week’s worth of unwanted scrutiny to the already embattled tech giant.
Henry Blodget, C-E-O and editor-in-chief of Business Insider. Henry is ALSO the host of Yahoo Daily Ticker.
Henry Blodget, editor-in-chief of Business Insider and host of Yahoo Daily Ticker joins the program to give his take on the corporate reshuffling. Steven Levy, senior writer at WIRED magazine and author of “In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives,” also joins the show to discuss Yahoo’s fall from grace.
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