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June 12, 2008 11:03 AM PDT

Top network exec leaving Yahoo

by Stephen Shankland

Jeff Weiner, executive vice president of Yahoo's Network Division

Jeff Weiner, executive vice president of Yahoo's Network division

(Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET News.com)

Jeff Weiner, executive vice president of Yahoo's Network division and leader of many of the company's core products, is leaving the company, CNET News.com has confirmed.

A source familiar with the executive's plans said he is departing, a move reported earlier Thursday by Kara Swisher at AllThingsD.

Swisher also said Weiner will become an entrepreneur in residence at two venture capital firms, Accel Partners and Greylock Partners, neither of which immediately responded to requests for comment.

Weiner joined the company in 2001 during the reign of former Chief Executive Terry Semel, who left last year and was replaced by co-founder Jerry Yang. Weiner was in charge of a multitude of products, including Web search, news, finance, and the Yahoo front page.

Yahoo declined to comment for this report.

Stephen Shankland writes about a wide range of technology and products, but has a particular focus on browsers and digital photography. He joined CNET News in 1998 and since then also has covered Google, Yahoo, servers, supercomputing, Linux and open-source software, and science. E-mail Stephen, or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/stshank.
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