Terry Semel
Terry Semel
Terry Semelis an American corporate executive who was the chairman and CEO of Yahoo! Incorporated from 2001 to 2007. Previously, he spent 24 years at Warner Bros., where he served as chairman and co-chief executive officer. He resigned as CEO due in part to pressure from shareholders' dissatisfaction over his compensationand performance...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth24 February 1943
CountryUnited States of America
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By buying out Softbank... our strategic flexibility to take advantage of international growth opportunities in Korea and Europe will be enhanced, and this new structure should lead to a more efficient, longer-term operating and tax model.
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I believe online advertising will increase in importance and ultimately will get a larger share of company's overall marketing budgets, ... We see this time as our opportunity to regroup, rebuild and be stronger than ever for when ad spending picks up again around the middle of 2002.
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It's a great opportunity for us. It will allow us to do a better job every time we do a search.
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it's been tough; it's difficult for all businesses and all industries. We keep hoping and thinking that maybe by the second half of next year we will see a movement upward.
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It's a 21st-century media company. The difference between the more traditional media companies and companies like Yahoo is all about technology, and the two - technology and media - totally marry each other.
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It was a great cause and a wonderful night. We were so happy to help.
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As we reorganized the business and reduced costs throughout the year, Yahoo! managed through the difficult environment, ... We continue to focus on long-term growth as we execute our strategy of building a diversified global business.
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Yahoo! is the only company with both scale and leadership in branded and search advertising.
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Our new attitude is how can we put you in front of our customer.
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While more great films are being made every year, it is increasingly difficult to get indies into theaters or on TV.
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Yahoo is all about content. Deep reservoirs of important content in many, many strong areas.
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Search, which is extremely important, represents about 5% of the page views on the Internet and 40% of the revenue. So, highly monetized.
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At Yahoo, we were one of the early proponents of the power of content showcased through new media. SnagFilms, with its large library and breadth of digital distribution, can help shape this next phase, bringing great stories to broad new audiences.
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I myself am a builder and get totally excited about building Yahoo! as a brand and building it into a bigger and better company. That's what I intend to do.