June 20, 2008 9:46 AM PDT
Daily Debrief: Making the contrarian case for Yahoo
More trouble for the SS Yahoo. The latest exec to bail: Delicious founder Joshua Schachter, Meanwhile, a big reorg is said to be on the way. All the while, Yahoo shares continue to get slammed. But even before the Schachter news, Yahoo had suffered through the resignations of several high-profile execs. What's behind the rush for the exits? Is there a common theme or is it just happenstance?
Danny Sullivan at SearchEngineland has an interesting take and offers up this delish morsel:
How did Yahoo become such a loser company in anyone's mind other than the idiotic investors who usually don't seem to know what they've bought. Let's have a little reality check about that big fat failure Yahoo supposedly is.
So is there also a contrarian case to be made against the naysayers? More than you might think, at first blush. For more, check out my interview with CNET News.com Editor in Chief Dan Farber.
Charles Cooper has covered technology and business for more than 25 years. Before joining CNET News, he worked at the Associated Press, Computer & Software News, Computer Shopper, PC Week, and ZDNet. E-mail Charlie.
