Peter Chernin

Peter Chernin's name as a possible Yahoo CEO received serious attention after Carol Bartz got the boot. He's a heavy hitter who brings with him strong media savvy. If he wants it, the track record is there, featuring a couple of incredibly successful decades at News Corp. -- including noteworthy stints running Twentieth Century Fox and Fox Broadcasting. As happenstance would have it, Fortune reported last year that Chernin was involved with an investor group considering a purchase of Yahoo.