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
advertising both forms research utilize yahoo
What advertisers are finding, and what our research demonstrates, is that the more they utilize both forms of advertising on the Yahoo network, the better they do with each.
advantage advertising excellent forms position start terrific
Yahoo! is off to a terrific start in 2005, ... We are in an excellent position to take advantage of all forms of advertising on the Web.
advertising assets deliver leverage premium revenue
While advertising revenue will always be an important part of our revenue base, we will leverage non-core assets to deliver premium services,
rated
look more and more like a portal. And as a portal, it probably would be rated No. 4.
additional create mix revenue shift
We said we would shift our revenue mix and create additional revenue streams in fees, listings and transactions.
beginning belief embrace far fully proud
We're very proud of what we have accomplished so far but fully embrace the belief that we're still at the beginning of significant long-term opportunities.
continue expect revised strong
We do expect to continue these strong results, and to that end we have upwardly revised our full-year outlook.
believe position
We believe we are in a position of strength,
percent represent total
We've done that, and they now represent approximately 40 percent of our total revenue.
continue develop event events grow innovate joint major momentum order pursue quarter series single starting strengthen transform ventures
There is no single event that will transform this company. Rather, it will be a series of events starting this quarter that will demonstrate Yahoo!'s momentum and progress, ... In order to strengthen and grow the business, we will pursue partnerships and joint ventures with major corporations, make acquisitions, and continue to innovate and develop new services.
rated
This will be a film ... that will be rated R,
achieve business strategic
set partnerships to achieve a strategic business objective.
far happen magic maybe seem
So far they don't seem to have a plan, but maybe they do. Maybe magic will happen tomorrow.
company create internet nowhere television yahoo
I don't think that Yahoo or any other Internet company should try to become a television network, ... We will be nowhere if we have to create our own content.