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    Terry Semel

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    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. ↗


    — Terry Semel

    #become #company #content #create #i

    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. ↗


    — Terry Semel

    #am #better #bigger #brand #builder

    Our new attitude is how can we put you in front of our customer. ↗


    — Terry Semel

    #customer #front #how #new #our

    Sometimes, on a personal level, I wince. ↗


    — Terry Semel

    #level #personal #personal level #sometimes #wince

    The Internet and Yahoo are firmly established as 'must buys' for brand advertising. ↗


    — Terry Semel

    #brand #buys #established #firmly #internet

    There is nothing to be embarrassed about being profitable. ↗


    — Terry Semel

    #being #embarrassed #nothing #profitable

    Yahoo! is the only company with both scale and leadership in branded and search advertising. ↗


    — Terry Semel

    #both #branded #company #leadership #only






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    Resignation
    Semel ended his six-year tenure as chief executive officer Monday June 18 2007 and handed over the reins to co-founder Jerry Yang in the Internet icon's latest attempt to regain investor confidence. " When questioned on this topic in a Q & A discussion with Peter Bazalgette at The Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention in 2005 his response was "We have to abide by the laws in the countries in which we operate"


    Lost chance to take over Google
    After joining Yahoo company founders Jerry Yang and David Filo suggested he look at buying Google whose founders looked up Yahoo's inventors. Semel later resigned from his post as non-executive Chairman from Yahoo completely on January 31 2008.

    In the same period Yahoo's closest competitor Google saw stock growth of about 55% per year. where he served as chairman and co-chief executive officer. Semel had earned over $500 million in his tenure at Yahoo while Yahoo's stock appreciated at 40% per year.

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