http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-1 ... m-ceo.html
Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) Chief Executive Officer Scott Thompson, whose academic credentials came into question, stepped down after four months on the job and the company agreed to realign its board to end a proxy contest with shareholder Third Point LLC.
Ross Levinsohn, the Web portal’s head of global media, will become interim CEO and Fred Amoroso will become chairman, the Sunnyvale, California-based company said today in a statement. Amoroso replaces Roy Bostock, the non-executive chairman who agreed to step down immediately from the board, which is adding three of Third Point’s board nominees.
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