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Larry Page Opens Up On Voice Condition, Funds Voice Health Research

Larry Page Opens Up On Voice Condition, Funds Voice Health Research

By Chris Crum May 14, 2013

Last year, there began to be concerns about Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page’s health, after he did not appear at a company shareholders’ meeting, and then would not appear at Google I/O the following week or on an upcoming …

Battelle Going Back To CEO Role At Federated Media Battelle Going Back To CEO Role At Federated Media

Federated Media Publishing announced today that Deanna Brown is stepping down as CEO. Founder John Battelle ,who has been in an Executive Chairman role since handing over the CEO reins to Brown in early 2011, is reprising his role as …

AOL Appoints Susan Lyne CEO Of Brand Group AOL Appoints Susan Lyne CEO Of Brand Group

AOL just announced that it has appointed Susan Lyne CEO of its brand group, and she will run the AOL operating unit that houses the company’s portfolio of brands. There were already rumors being reported that she would be taking …

What It Means To 'Think Like Zuck' What It Means To 'Think Like Zuck'
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Not everyone loves all of Facebook’s policies and practices, but one thing that’s hard to argue against is Founder/CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s entrepreneurial success. Have you learned anything about business from the Facebook story? Let us know in the comments. Think …

Groupon CEO Andrew Mason Is Pissed Off About Mayo Groupon CEO Andrew Mason Is Pissed Off About Mayo

Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is not very happy with the state of sandwich shops. More specifically, he’s not very happy about their mayonaise policies. The quirky executive took to Twitter today to rant about the issue (hat tip to Forbes). …

Can ChaCha Get Q&A Right This Time? Can ChaCha Get Q&A Right This Time?

Last week, Q&A vet ChaCha closed a new $14 million round of funding showing that there are still believers in the Q&A space. We had the opportunity to speak with founder and CEO Scott Jones about what ChaCha has in …

Alibaba CEO Jack Ma To Leave Post Alibaba CEO Jack Ma To Leave Post

Jack Ma, founder and CEO of Chinese ecommerce powerhouse Alibaba, will soon shed his CEO title, though he will remain executive chairman, and focus on strategic direction of the company, which he founded in 1999. Ma sent a letter around …

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Hulu CEO Jason Kilar To Depart Soon Hulu CEO Jason Kilar To Depart Soon

Hulu CEO Jason Kilar announced today that he will step down in Q1. He posted an email he sent to the Hulu team to the Hulu blog. CTO Rich Tom is also stepping down. Kilar says he is currently working …

Quora Has A New Mission, Plans To Expand Beyond Q&A Quora Has A New Mission, Plans To Expand Beyond Q&A
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Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo has announced a new mission for the company, which sounds like it could have been taken from a page of a certain Mountain View company. Quora’s mission is “to share and grow the world’s knowledge.” In …

GoDaddy Names Blake Irving CEO, Effective Jan. 7 GoDaddy Names Blake Irving CEO, Effective Jan. 7

GoDaddy has named its new CEO, and to our knowledge, he’s never killed an elephant. That would be Blake Irving, long-time product guy at Yahoo and Microsoft before that. He will assume the role as of January 7. Scott Wagner, …

Here's Apple CEO Tim Cook's Interview On Rock Center Here's Apple CEO Tim Cook's Interview On Rock Center
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Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared on Rock Center with Brian Williams this week in a rare television interview. As Williams points out, Cook is able to walk around public places without being recognized. Pretty incredible, considering the popularity of the …

Groupon Will Reportedly Keep Andrew Mason As CEO Groupon Will Reportedly Keep Andrew Mason As CEO
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Earlier this week, reports were coming out that Groupon CEO Andrew Mason was on a very short leash, with Board members discussing replacing him. Kara Swisher at All Things D talked about a source indicating that Groupon needs “an Eric …

New CNN President Named: Jeff Zucker New CNN President Named: Jeff Zucker

CNN Worldwide today announced that Jeff Zucker will take the reigns of the global media company as its CEO. Starting in January 2013, Zucker will oversee the 23 news and information businesses under the CNN brand, including CNN International, CNN.com, …

Report: Groupon Possibly Looking For New CEO Report: Groupon Possibly Looking For New CEO
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Groupon stock has been on a rebound of late, thanks to an investment in the company by Tiger Global – the firm purchased a 9.9% stake in the company – but leadership at Groupon is currently in question, and there …

Intel President And CEO Paul Otellini To Retire Intel President And CEO Paul Otellini To Retire
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Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini will retire from the company at its annual shareholders’ meeting in May, Intel announced today. He has been with the company for nearly 40 years. The board of directors will conduct a process of …

"Pending Larry" Had A Blast With Google Earnings "Pending Larry" Had A Blast With Google Earnings

As you may have heard, Google had something of a blunder on Thursday, when its earnings report was released several hours early while the market was very open. The big problem was that Google missed estimates, and shares immediately began …

Watch Larry Page Speak At Zeitgeist Americas 2012 Watch Larry Page Speak At Zeitgeist Americas 2012

Google CEO Larry Page made his first public speaking appearance since dealing with some vocal cord issues that kept him from some company events this year. He spoke at Zeitgeist Americas on Tuesday, and talked about a number of things …