Ross Levinsohn
Ross Levinsohn
Ross Levinsohn is a technology and media executive best known for his roles as CEO at Yahoo and President of Fox Interactive Media. He is a leading industry figure who has long focused on the convergence of technology and media, and how the two industries work more closely together to enable one another . He served as CEO at Yahoo in 2012 and prior to that role was Executive Vice President, Americas and Head of Global Media. Levinsohn served...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
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Yahoo is a battleship. If you've ever seen a battleship, they're gigantic, and Yahoo is gigantic in the terms of consumer Internet companies. To turn a battleship takes a long time, but once you turn that battle ship the right way, it's a battleship, and it can really inflict some damage on an enemy or competition.
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Yahoo is still in many ways the definitive brand of the consumer Internet, but I don't think they can or should compete with Google any longer. That game is over.
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We're looking for technologies or feature sets that give users tools to participate in the media rather than just sit back.
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