Ross Levinsohn
Ross Levinsohn
Ross Levinsohn is a technology and media executive best known for his roles as CEO at Yahoo and President of Fox Interactive Media. He is a leading industry figure who has long focused on the convergence of technology and media, and how the two industries work more closely together to enable one another . He served as CEO at Yahoo in 2012 and prior to that role was Executive Vice President, Americas and Head of Global Media. Levinsohn served...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
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I've been fortunate to have had the opportunity to be at the forefront of the digital media revolution.
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We're looking for technologies or feature sets that give users tools to participate in the media rather than just sit back.
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Our deep collaboration with ABC News further strengthens Yahoo! as the No. 1 online news source, greatly enhancing our already robust news content.
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I worked at CBS in the late '90s, and I remember sitting in meetings with both advertisers and digerati, and everyone was saying, 'Network TV is dead.'
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Frankly, it's never really been replicated in the history of the Internet what Yahoo has done in the areas it's done it.
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Fox Interactive Media's growth strategy is to strategically partner or acquire category leaders and technology innovators that broaden or enrich our users' experience.
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My concern is the really great concepts that are features, not companies. There isn't enough advertising to support all those features, and in compression times, advertisers tend to flock to safe names and sites that have real traction.
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