Sales Chief Is the Latest to Depart From Yahoo |
New York Times - Jun 25, 2007 |
Yahoo said Sunday that Wenda Harris Millard, its longtime chief sales officer, is leaving amid a reorganization of Yahoo’s sales team.
Ms. Millard, who joined Yahoo in October of 2001, said Sunday that she resigned to become president for media at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Ms. Millard is a well-regarded executive on Madison Avenue and is the latest in a string of executives to leave Yahoo since an overhaul began in December. Her departure comes less than a week after Terry S. Semel, the chief executive, resigned amid growing unrest among shareholders over Yahoo’s lagging performance.
The revamping of Yahoo’s sales teams is the first organizational change announced since a co-founder, Jerry Yang, stepped in as chief executive and Susan L. Decker was promoted to president last week. The two are under intense pressure from Wall Street to improve Yahoo’s performance. Just last week Ms. Decker said that sales of graphical ads would be weaker than previously expected.
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- Posted: 2007-06-25 10:01:50
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