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No doubt, and that's part of the legacy of having "hey, we're a media company!" leadership from many moons ago.

There used to be an incredible mix of talent at yahoo, and they squandered a lot of that.

What's also interesting is that no one (yet? - maybe I missed it?) seemed to mention the Yahoo 'kiss of death' - how many acquisitions have they done that end up never seeing the light of day, or get shut down? Brickhouse seemed like it might be successful, but culturally that didn't seem to work out too well over time.




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