Hulu CEO Jensen Ki (Jason Kilar) Sina Science and technology news Beijing time July 6, according to two people familiar with the information, News Corp Jonathan Miller (Jonathan Miller) and Hulu CEO Jensen Ki Rahl (Jason Kilar) Have entered the final shortlist of Yahoo CEO. Miller is now the chief digital officer of News Corp, who previously served as AOL's CEO and is a close friend of Yahoo's current interim CEO, Ross Levinson Ross Levinsohn. The source said that the company has also entered the Yahoo hired search firm Spencer Stuart's final candidate list. Although the two have entered the final shortlist, Levinson is still likely to become the official CEO of Yahoo. Miller, Charles Sipkins and Levinson have not commented, and Yahoo's board spokesman, Charles Sipkins, declined to comment. The source also revealed that at the Yahoo board, the final candidate has only two people, respectively, Levinson and Rahl. A source familiar with Miller's idea said the Yahoo board had hoped to discuss the issue with Miller, but was rejected by the latter. The source said that Miller was unwilling to engage in any discussion because of his respect for the friendship between him and Levinson. Prior to their current position, they had jointly run an investment company called Fuse Capital. Kilar has no such personal relationship with Levinson, who is seriously considering the issue of being Yahoo's CEO. But one source said Levinson remains the most bullish candidate for Yahoo's board. Levinson, who has been responsible for all the work and decision-making as a permanent CEO since May, hired a former director of Google (Weibo), the media industry veteran Michael Balette (Michael Barrett) as the lead battalion, Responsible for leading Yahoo to become the entertainment and information center that can win the advertisement revenue again. According to sources close to Levinson, he is working to build Yahoo's own video program and to reach more syndicated deals to look for higher-priced ads, while hiring Balette underlines the strategy. Yahoo was once a landmark Internet company, but in the digital world dominated by Apple, Google, Facebook and Twitter, the company has been facing a difficult position to find its footing. After rejecting Microsoft's 44 billion dollar takeover bid in 2008, the company has sacked four co, Semel Terry Semel, co-founder Jerry Yang, Bartz (Carol Bartz) and recently dismissed Scott Thompson ( Scott Thompson). (Tangfeng)
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