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Ariella
12/20/2016 8:33:06 AM
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"not every transformation is necessary successful or will yield results." @mpouraryan that one should be posted on office walls as an important reminder.
elizabethv
12/20/2016 9:18:36 AM
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@mhhf1ve - You make great points about why Yahoo is beneficial to Verizon, even if they are dying. My biggest thought is that generically speaking (or stereotyping) a lot of Yahoo users tend to be a little less "up with the times?" "technologically savvy" than users of other sites. Will this merger scare at least some of them off? Change can be scary for a lot of people, but people who don't really embrace technolgy, might find change more scary than most.
Michelle
12/21/2016 2:49:56 PM
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@mhhf1ve So you're saying Yahoo is a fixer-upper now? :)
It once had great potential and even looked good from the curb...but no more!
Michelle
12/21/2016 2:53:15 PM
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@Ariella I feel a little bit bad for the company, but they had plenty of warning. Did you happen to catch Marketplace after the last hack was revealed? Users interviewed say they kept accounts to catch spam or to use specific Yahoo services, not always as a primary email.
mpouraryan
12/23/2016 11:59:21 PM
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As I have been making the rounds, the "Fixer upper" comment caught my eye--yes the closing price today primariliy reflects Alibaba & Yahoo Japan--but still it amazes me that they seem to be holding their own despite the challenges--let's hope for the sake of the thousands that the deal goes thru:
dcawrey
12/26/2016 11:02:20 PM
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@mpouraryan I'm surprised there hasn't been a steeper drop in this stock. Something tells me that investors believe the Verizon deal is going to save the company. I'm personally not as bullish, but perhaps there are some things I don't know.
mpouraryan
12/26/2016 11:05:41 PM
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Happy Day After Christmas to all!! The resiliency of the stock is amazing--and that's putting it mildly. But as all know, most of the value is based on Alibaba and Yahoo Japan as the effective valuation of the "core business" is effectively zero. As i have noted (and many have concurred) hope the deal goes thru for the thousands who've remained and some are very talented--and I have the pleasure (as I am sure many do as well) know many who continue to "stick it out" to the end.
Michelle
12/27/2016 10:25:19 AM
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I'm really curious about what will be done with Yahoo after the sale. How to you salvage a brand that's been through this kind of trouble? Do you address security issues or branding first?
mpouraryan
12/27/2016 11:32:35 AM
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I would argue both. The problem is whether this will endure or not. Tim Armstrong is quite a marketer and as he's worked to somehow sustain AOL, he will also figure out how to sustain Yahoo as well.
Michelle
12/27/2016 12:41:00 PM
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I guess I missed the AOL connection. It would seem possible to revive Yahoo after keeping AOL alive all this time.
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