Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is stepping down from the position, and will be taking on the roles of executive chairman and CTO. Here’s the full statement from Oracle: The Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) Board of Directors today announced that it has…
Steve Ballmer Leaves Microsoft Board
Steve Ballmer announced that he is stepping down as a member of Microsoft’s Board of Directors. He resigned as CEO six months ago, handing the reins over to Satya Nadella, who has already laid out the company’s strategy going forward…
Demand Media Appoints Sean Moriarty As New CEO, Acquires Saatchi Online
Demand Media just announced that it has appointed former CEO of Ticketmaster and Saatchi Art, Sean Moriarty, as its new CEO. The company has also acquired Saatchi Online, Inc. which operates online art gallery Saatchi Art. Co-founder and interim CEO…
Yelp Continues To Celebrate Being 10 Years Old With An Infographic
I feel like Yelp has been celebrating being ten years old for months now (according to Google, it was founded in October). August 6th is apparently the date Yelp considers to be the anniversary. CEO Jeremy Stoppelman wrote a blog…
Bob Iger Talks Disney’s Relationship With Netflix
Disney posted its fiscal Q3 earnings on Tuesday. The company had a record quarter with earnings per share up 27% from the prior year. CEO Bob Iger said, “Our strategy of building strong brands and franchises continues to create great…
Beats Music CEO Ian Rogers Will Reportedly Run iTunes Radio
As you may know, Apple has officially completed its acquisition of Beats after winning regulatory approval earlier this week. The Wall Street Journal is now reporting, citing people familiar with the matter, that Beats Music CEO Ian Rogers will oversee…
InPowered Is The Anti-Klout. Here’s Why.
InPowered is the anti-Klout. Okay, maybe Klouchebag is the real anti-Klout, but there can be more than one can’t there? Besides, Klouchebag is dead. InPowered offers products aimed at helping marketers “discover and promote expert opinions about their brands.” Our…
Chris Beard Is Mozilla’s CEO (Not Just Temporarily)
Mozilla announced today that it has appointed Chris Beard as CEO of Mozilla Corp., the for-profit part of Mozilla. They’re going with Beard after reviewing “many internal and external candidates”. Beard was appointed interim CEO (as well as to the…
Popular Site Aims To Set ‘Blueprint’ For Fighting Online Misogyny
Last week, Drew Curtis, CEO of the popular news aggregation site Fark, announced that the site is cracking down on misogyny in comment threads. Do you think popular websites do enough to keep misogynistic comments away from users? Share your…