Microsoft Taps Yahoo! Exec for Online Group
By Jessica Mintz
SEATTLE -- Microsoft (MSFT Quote) tapped a former Yahoo!(YHOO Quote) search executive to lead its online push, adding to the intrigue surrounding a possible search partnership between the two rivals.
Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft named Qi Lu president of its online services group, responsible for all of the software maker's Web-based programs and services, including search and online advertising -- areas where it ranks a distant No. 3 behind Google (GOOG Quote) and Yahoo!.
The slot was left vacant after Kevin Johnson, a driving force behind Microsoft's quixotic attempt to buy Yahoo!, departed in July. A top internal contender to succeed Johnson, former aQuantive chief Brian McAndrews, is leaving the company, Microsoft said. ...
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