As expected, Yahoo acting CEO Ross Levinsohn has left the company after the former Googler Marissa Mayer took the job he was supposed to inherit, reports AllThingsD's Kara Swisher.
When it looked like the Yahoo CEO search had come down to the obvious, easy choice, Yahoo goes ahead and picks long-time Googler Marissa Mayer, reports The New York Times's Andrew Ross Sorkin and Evelyn Rusli.
After this morning's news that Yahoo had narrowed down its CEO search to interim CEO Ross Levinsohn and Hulu Chief Executive Jason Kilar, a Hulu spokesperson says Kilar is out, leaving Yahoo's choice for CEO pretty clear.
Ross Levinsohn, appointed Sunday as interim CEO, doesn’t have to learn Yahoo — he’s spent the last 18 months immersed in it.
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