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Acland, Maj.-Gen. Sir John (Hugh Bevil)locked

KCB 1980; CBE 1978

Born 26 Nov. 1928; s of late Brig. Peter Acland, OBE, MC, TD and Bridget Susan Acland; m 1953, Myrtle Christian Euing, d of Brig. and Mrs Alastair Crawford, Auchentroig, Stirlingshire; one ...

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From their home on the 28th floor of the Woodman Tower, Mike and Gail Yanney have a bird's eye view of the community they cherish.

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To their daughter, Lisa Roskens, chairman and CEO, Burlington Capital, the company started by her father, it's the "combination of great personal drive and a huge dose of compassion for others . . . little things (they do) like a college scholarship for a struggling waitress or finding an internship for a promising young person or the key introduction for an entrepreneur."

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The Yanneys have become "pillars of the community," said Ken Cowan, MD, PhD, director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, as well as University of Nebraska President Ted Carter.

Bartee said, "They care deeply about individuals, yet their influence also has shaped the vision and character of countless organizations and institutions."

Thankfully, a couple of those institutions were UNMC/Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska system.

Their pride in UNMC/Nebraska Medicine is off the chart. "It is the No. 1 employer in the state of Nebraska," Mike Yanney said. "It's by far and away our state's best prospect for future development. With the combination of leadership and the highly engaged private sector, the medical center has the potential of becoming the 'Silicon Valley of Medicine.' That's saying a lot."

The Yanneys rave about the leadership team, beginning with Harold M. Maurer, MD, chancellor emeritus for UNMC, and extending through Drs. Gold and Linder as well as NU President Carter.

As Gail Yanney said, "We've been blessed to have such outstanding leadership. They are fabulous people -- the right men at the right place at the right time."

Mike adds, "It's really rewarding to be engaged with people who are truly passionate about excellence."

Humble as always, Gail uses an analogy to provide perspective on the place the Yanneys hold in the community.

"I'm reminded of the story about a cowboy riding along to make sure the ranch's fence is intact. He sees a turtle on top of one of the fence posts and says to himself, 'That's interesting -- there's no way a turtle could get there by itself.'

"I always think of Mike and me as the turtles on the fence post. We didn't get there by ourselves."

On Christmas Day, the Yanneys celebrated their 60th anniversary. As Dr. Maurer said, it's a marriage that has produced a "legacy that will live on for generations."

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The Yanneys have left an indelible mark on UNMC/Nebraska Medicine.

As Brian Hastings, president and CEO, University of Nebraska Foundation, put it, "What you get out of life often is a result of what you give away."

"There are no words to adequately describe the impact Mike and Gail Yanney have made at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine and in our community and nation," said Amy Volk, senior vice president for UNMC development and chief development officer for Nebraska Medicine.

Volk singled out their leadership in Campaign for Nebraska, which included fundraising for the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. The Yanneys also have championed countless important fundraising efforts at the medical center, she said.

Most recently, the Yanneys led the way in bringing the iEXCEL/Davis Global Center project to fruition.

"They put their hearts and souls into making sure the project was a success," said Pamela Boyers, PhD, associate vice chancellor for clinical simulation, iEXCEL. "This not only included helping to raise funds, but weekly oversight of the project, bringing in help when it was needed -- and above all else -- making sure that the people involved in creating this new entity felt supported and valued."

Dr. Boyers, who was new to Omaha when the project began, credited Gail for providing her with a better understanding of the Omaha community and introducing her to family, friends and other helpful connections. She especially appreciated how Mike would unfailingly check in to make sure we were "doing alright" or "is there anything you need?"

For the Yanneys, the project was a perfect fit, as it will ultimately boost Omaha's stature and reputation around the world.

"The Davis Global Center was really the genius of Dr. Gold and Dr. Boyer," Mike Yanney said. "They had the vision to really change how we teach medicine and bring it to the digital world. They not only had the vision but also the exceptional ability to make it happen."

Yanney was so moved by the project that he came to UNMC and made a special video to recognize all the people who worked behind the scenes to make it happen.

In the video, he said, "Great projects take incredible people who are committed and passionate about making a great project a success. You deserve all the congratulations and tributes and all the honors we can give you!"

Dr. Boyers responded, "Back atcha, Mike!"

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Beverly Maurer
January 13, 2021 at 3:36 PM

Gail and Mike you are our dearest friends. Celebrating openings of buildings, family events,and our joint 50th anniversary were memorable times. It took a pandemic to keep us from our 60th celebration. We miss you. Beverly Maurer

Don Leuenberger
January 07, 2021 at 2:31 PM

Energy, Vision, Compassion and Generosity--Mike and Gail embody these qualities more than any others that I have known in my long career in government and the University and I very proudly claim him as a mentor and role model. I've known Mike and, and later, Gail since my time in state government and then as VCB&F at UNMC. Their impact on Nebraska goes far beyond Omaha and UNMC and stretches nationally and internationally. They are leaders in the best sense of that word, and the fact that they have contributed so much of their talent and energy to UNMC's growth and success is something for which I am profoundly grateful'

Ronald Krueger
January 07, 2021 at 1:01 PM

As the new Chair of UNMC's Department of Ophthalmology, Mike and Gail have been one of the most welcoming couples to my wife (Ivey) and I as we are integrating in the Omaha community. They as well as their daughter, Lisa, have become the warmest and dearest of friends in such a short time. They really care about us, and what we are doing here as new comers for the Omaha community. They epitomize "Unity in Community" in all they do for Omaha and the UNMC community! Ron and Ivey Krueger

Donny Suh
January 07, 2021 at 9:45 AM

I agree with Ruth Utman. I have never found two people who are so giving and generous to their community, We are honored to call them our friends for life. Donny and Susan

Mike Berney
January 07, 2021 at 8:40 AM

I have had the pleasure of meeting Mike Yanny throughout his visits on the planning of the BCC. Always had time for a hello and a smile. Always humble and helpful. Mike and Gail Yanney fit the true meaning when I say they are the true Salt of the Earth!


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New Technologies and Human Rights: The Gender Dimension in Education and Work

Date: 7 Mar 2019

Technological and infrastructural innovations have profound impacts on the way society functions, affecting human rights in ways both positive and negative. On the one hand, new technologies can help provide access to education, improving outcomes for people who may otherwise find it difficult to enter the labour market. In the world of work, mobile apps like Uber, Grab, Airbnb and Innclusive can also offer people who may be struggling to find formal employment an alternative way to make money; in some cases using resources they already own and thus eliminating potentially costly start-up costs. On the other hand, while these new innovations provide income-generating opportunities, these jobs are often not enough to ensure a decent living standard and lack any social protection benefits.

New technologies may soon render many jobs obsolete, as has technological change throughout history. What may be particular about technological change today, however, is the disproportionate risk to jobs held by women: the IMF recently estimated that 180 million jobs held by women are at risk of being eliminated globally. This is in part because many “female” jobs — like customer service, low-skilled clerical and sales jobs — are more likely to be automated than jobs in industries typically occupied by men, like science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) jobs. At the same time, however, there may be job growth in other (traditionally female-dominated) sectors, such as education and health services.

How can we ensure that new technologies do not lead to widespread job loss or increasingly precarious jobs? What needs to be done to ensure these new technologies do not reinforce existing gender inequalities?

This event brings together experts from government, civil society and international organizations to discuss solutions to the gendered challenges posed by new technologies:
  • How can automation be leveraged to achieve gender equality and empower women, girls and other marginalized genders?
  • How can the gap be closed between the private sector, which often develops these technologies, and the role of the state as a duty-bearer to prevent a backslide in gender equality?
  • How can civil society, governments and private actors ensure gender-equal access to basic social services and social protection floors during technological transition?
  • How can public policies, including social protection, be used to ensure that technological changes help close gender gaps, rather than widen them?
  • Is universal basic income a solution to the automation of jobs typically held by marginalized genders?

Jérôme DuberryGlobal Studies Institute, University of GenevaMind the Gap: Ensuring Gender Equality in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Emma Samman (via Skype)Overseas Development InstituteGender, the Gig Economy and the Future of Work
Wainer LusoliAlbert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, The Graduate InstituteThe Digital Single Market: What Does It Mean for Women and Girls?
Naomi FalkenburgInternational Telecommunication UnionGender in the Digital Transformation: ICTs for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls

Doreen Akiyo Yomoah, UNRISD

Permanent Mission of Haiti to the United Nations

Contact for further information
Doreen Yomoah (UNRISD), doreen.yomoah@un.org

This event looks at how women and other marginalized genders are affected by new technologies, with a specific focus on the areas of education and employment. It builds on the event
New Technologies and Human Rights organized by UNRISD in September 2018.

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Photos are still going up. Because today was one of those training events where it was difficult for us to tell which squadron was which, we have created a separate gallery just for that event.  In this case it's called BCT PFT/AFT.  See photo below.  Todays photos are not broken out by squadron.  You will find them by clicking the "ALL' tab.

Every time we take photos of a PFT or AFT (see earlier blog for an explanation) during BCT, they will be in that gallery, regardless of the squadron.  We won't create a new gallery for the next PFT.  We will just keep adding to this one.  Does that make sense?  We will always tell you in the blog where the photos we are talking about can be found.  We will usually also put a link so you can get there more easily (unless I forget, which sometimes happens because I am old).

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During BCT1, most of the photos we take will be in the BCT-1 gallery sorted by squadron. (See photo below.) Note the red circle around Flying Tigers.  Later on there will be a BCT2 gallery, but more about that later.

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Root robotAlthough robots that teach coding are nothing new, Root has something special and unique to offer. Not only is it incredibly intuitive and simple enough for even young children to use, but it has also been designed specifically to teach more than just the basics. While its rivals have all been focused on the basic principles of coding, Root is an interactive, full-spectrum coding tutor that helps complete beginners right up to seasoned professionals at the user’s own pace.

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A pitch Black Friday? Key takeaways and learnings for hospitality

December 3, 2020

Black Friday is fast overtaking Boxing Day as the UK’s biggest annual discount frenzy, with consumers spending a record-breaking £2 million-a-minute during this year’s event. Shoppers were expected to spend £2billion more in 2020 than last year’s Black Friday. However, with the Covid-19 restrictions keeping shoppers at home and businesses shuttered, it’s been widely reported that the online sales surge hasn’t been enough to make up for the loss of in-store and venue traffic.

According to reports:

  • Black Friday sales fell by more than a 10th compared with a year ago
  • Barclaycard found that overall payments made to retailers on Friday had dropped by 16.7% compared to a year ago

Whilst Black Friday has become a mainstay event in the UK’s trading calendar, it has only been adopted by hospitality relatively recently. The industry is in a torrid state with the pandemic restrictions biting and revenue streams severely hampered. Pre-sold revenue through gift cards sales and at-home experiences are amongst the few ways operators have been able to generate much-needed cash whilst doors have been closed - alongside pivoting to takeaways and selling retail products directly to customers.

We launched Toggle in October 2018, so last year was our first proper foray into Black Friday. It’s provided a robust foundation to identify shifts in year-on-year trends and an indication for how December sales are likely to unfold:

  • The data is drawn from data for Black Friday (Friday 27 November) through to Cyber Monday (Monday 30 November).
  • Our stats are from our Togglers only and we haven’t looked at data from elsewhere.
  • A broad range of clients are included in the data: casual dining, fine dining and late night.
  • The demographic data is available only for customers using both Airship (our CRM platform)  and Toggle.

Here are some quick stats for online sales during this year’s Black Friday:

  • Overall 42% uplift in Black Friday sales compared to last year
  • Tenfold daily increase in sales compared to an average day
  • Women continue to make up the bulk of Black Friday customers (58% of sales)

People still love Black Friday.

Despite the pandemic forcing the high street to close its doors over Black Friday weekend, we experienced a 42% uplift in sales compared to the same period last year.

As expected, online dominated and saw a 117% increase on last year’s digital sales, offsetting the capitulation of in-venue sales, which dropped by 97%.

Gift cards continue to appeal to a broad age range.

The weekend’s biggest spenders span across a large age range, with those aged 21-30 making up the biggest proportion of sales (35%) in 2020. This is a leap from 21% in 2019, where people aged between 31 and 40 made up the greatest percentage of sales. Spend continues to drop off substantially amongst those aged 65+ years old. The demographic data also reveals a continuation of women being the main driver of gift card purchases during Black Friday.

It’s clear that customers are happy to pre-buy credit with you for a discount. The interesting point here is that around a fifth of gift cards expire after 12 months. Our feeling is that customers actually buy for themselves so it might be that the ‘breakage’ (when card value expires) is less than 20%. Only time will tell. It is also worth flagging that 18% of gift card recipients will become regular customers, with their first visit heightened by the fact that it is already paid for.

Here are our key learnings from this year’s Black Friday event:

  1. Bullish Black Friday offers have proved fruitful for a number of hospitality businesses on our platform - including a premium restaurant and cocktail bar operator selling £25,000 worth of gift card sales over the weekend with a 20% off offer
  2. Competition is fierce, so it is advisable to go hard early and let your customers know to expect offers in the lead up to Black Friday. The Devonshire Arms, a family-run local village pub in Derbyshire, generated £18,000 over three days with a 50% off gift card offer in the lead up to Black Friday week.
  3. Think beyond gift cards. A dinner for two including a bottle of wine or a cocktail masterclass sometimes goes down better than a gift card - it’s more tangible as an experience which can be shared. You also get a perception of increased value which can lift the average transaction value. A national restaurant operator enjoyed a 95% uplift in like-for-like Black Friday sales this year thanks to a bundle offer
  4. And even if you choose not to discount, it is still well worth creating a compelling webstore offering gift cards, at-home experiences, retail products and cook-at-home kits.  An independent restaurant in Sheffield rode the Black Friday wave without discounting this year, seeing a 625% increase in like-for-like sales compared to last year!

Dan Brookman, CEO of Toggle, said: “The sector uncertainty has definitely affected sales. I believe the public are quite worn down at this point and the constant battering hospitality is taking is having an effect. What’s encouraging as we go into Christmas is the news of the vaccine which will help fuel consumer confidence in gifting their favourite brands, safer in the knowledge that they should be reopening fully in the spring.

“Black Friday has a long way to evolve for the sector. Brands are quite rightly fearful of discounting - however, Black Friday can stimulate brand growth with retail and experiences with added value activity. There’s no getting away from the fact that customers are looking to spend.”


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  • The compelling WWII correspondence and artifacts of Major Dick Winters, commander of the Band of Brothers.

    Major Dick Winters of the 101st Airborne gained international acclaim when the tale of he and his men were depicted in the celebrated book and miniseries Band of Brothers. Hoisted as a modest hero who spurned adulation, Winters epitomized the notion of dignified leadership. His iconic World War II exploits have since been depicted in art and commemorated with monuments.

    Beneath this marble image of a reserved officer is the story of a common Pennsylvanian tested by the daily trials and tribulations of military duty. His wartime correspondence with pen pal and naval reservist, DeEtta Almon, paints an endearing portrait of life on both the home front and battlefront—capturing the humor, horror, and humility that defined a generation. Interwoven with previously unpublished diary entries, military reports, postwar reminiscences, private photos, personal artifacts, and rich historical context, Winters’s letters offer compelling insights on the individual costs and motivations of World War II service members.

    Winters’s heartfelt prose reveals his mindset of the moment. From stateside training to the hedgerows of Normandy, his correspondence immerses readers in the dramatic experiences of the 1940s. Via the lost art of letter writing, the immediacy and honesty of Winters’s observations takes us beyond the traditional accounts of the fabled 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment’s Easy Company. This engaging narrative offers a unique blend of personal wit, leadership ethics, and broader observations of a world at war. Hang Tough is a deeply intimate, timely reflection on a rising officer and the philosophies that molded him into a hero among heroes.

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#Unravel #Finance and #BorrowingOptions for #Logistics & #SupplyChainbusiness

Operating a Logistics or Supply Chain business can be quite taxing and a complex affair. Stakeholders in logistics such as Transporters, Warehouse owners, Packaging setups, 3PL / 4PL Players, freight forwarders, Consolidators, material handling suppliers, will need to access finance, borrow or raise capital for their day to day operations, expansions and new business commitments.

This can be quite a daunting and overwhelming task in itself. Selecting superior Logistics Finance solutions, however, can relieve the stress of the financial demands, which allows businesses to focus on business. However it is common knowledge that Business Leaders or entrepreneurs do not have the wherewithal to understand the best finance options with the most innovative solutions.

From small to medium to large enterprises the requirements could vary and therefore palpable that most times expert help is drawn to execute the requirements. In India one would turn to Banks, NBFCs, Financial Institutions, High net worth Individuals HNIs, Private Equity, Venture Capital Funds, Global Financial Institutions, Start-up funds etc.

In the current markets, banks can provide relatively low-cost capital to help finance a company’s growth. These options include operating leases, capital leases, and term loan purchase financing. Banks that operate equipment finance and commercial vehicle finance divisions can provide a full array of financing options, revolving credit facilities to fit the client’s needs.

(The attempt here is to put out a primer for awareness as to what options could the enterprise seek out for raising capital for their business growth)

Some of the Financial Products that could be leveraged by Logistics stakeholders are :

Hire Purchase Loans:- Spread the cost over time
Hire Purchase enables you to acquire an asset while paying for it in installments over an agreed timescale – the term. At the end of the term, you have the option to purchase the asset outright.
Far more flexible than a conventional loan, Hire Purchase lets you spread the cost of your investment over the life of the asset, making it easier to budget. Hire Purchase is particularly suitable for acquiring vehicles.

Refinancing:- When you need a cash injection
Refinancing is a quick way to access the value of assets on your existing balance sheet and redeploy that value elsewhere within your business – for example, to fund a deposit on new equipment or unlock some working capital to ease cash flow

Invoice Discounting:
Invoice Discounting is an alternate finance solution for businesses to unleash the power of Invoices.
In essence, it means you can sell your invoice at a discount and use that money for the smooth functioning of your business operations.

Invoice discounting can help fund the Logistics & Transportation industry by freeing up cash sitting in unpaid invoices. The dependency on unpredictable and fluctuating factors makes it all the more necessary for organizations to have a strong cash flow system. Factors like increased competition, tighter margins, longer & delayed payment cycle, payment defaults only add on to the many challenges that one could face.

Working Capital Loans:

Overdraft Facility and Credit Line- Here the borrower only pays for the interest applicable to the amount that has been overdrawn. The rates are typically set between 1 and 2 percent above the prime rate of the bank.

Short term Loans- A short term loan comes with a fixed interest rate and payment period. The loan repayment period is typically 12 months. Among all types of working capital loans, this particular credit facility is usually secured.

Account Receivable Loans- Another way to secure working capital is by applying for loans that take into consideration the accounts receivable, or confirmed sales order value of your company. This type of debt is ideal if your company lacks funds to fulfill a sales contract or order

Trade Creditor- A loan that is provided by a present or potential supplier is called a trade creditor working capital loan.

Factoring- Cash advances are made basis the sale of future logistics company revenue (at a discount to the factoring company) in return for immediate financing.

Buyer’s credit (BC)
Buyer’s credit is a loan facility extended to an importer by a bank or financial institution to finance the purchase of capital goods or services and other big-ticket items. Buyer’s credit is a very useful mode of financing in international trade, since foreign buyers seldom pay cash for large purchases, while few exporters have the capacity to extend substantial amounts of long-term credit to their buyers

Letter of Credit (LC)
A letter of credit is a letter from a bank guaranteeing that a buyer’s payment to a seller will be received on time and for the correct amount. In the event that the buyer is unable to make payment on the purchase, the bank will be required to cover the full or remaining amount of the purchase.

Bank Guarantee (BG)
A bank guarantee is a guarantee from a lending institution ensuring the liabilities of a debtor will be met. In other words, if the debtor fails to settle a debt, the bank covers it. A bank guarantee enables the customer, or debtor, to acquire goods, buy equipment or draw down loans, and thereby expand business activity

Packing Credit:
Packing credit is basically a loan provided to exporters or sellers to finance the goods’ procurement before shipment. The bank will make the funds available to a letter of credit issued favoring the seller and a confirmed order for selling the goods or services.

Warehouse Finance
Warehouse financing allows companies to borrow money using inventory as collateral, and often on better, more flexible terms than other forms of short-term financing. In many cases, borrowers can keep the collateral inventory in their existing warehouses, and the lenders often require them to separate the collateral inventory from the rest of the inventory with a fence and signage

Warehouse receipt Finance:
It is sometimes called “inventory credit”. It allows clients, such as farmers, traders, processors and others, to deposit commodities in a secure warehouse against a receipt certifying the deposit of goods of a particular quantity, quality and grade

The above listed loans may not be an exhaustive list and will have many variants and customised options available. The Rate of Interest ROI will vary depending on the Interest rate regime, clients credit risk and repayment ability and also the institution that is lending. Credit ratings from bureau are also referred to whilst sanctioning loans.

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Yahoo’s offices have become a grim place of late. In February, C.E.O Marissa Mayer announced that the company would shed 15 percent of its staff as it explores a sale of its core business. This human “streamlining” has been particularly brutal for morale at Yahoo’s extensive media holdings. Numerous publications have been shuttered, including Yahoo Food, Yahoo Health, Yahoo Parenting, Yahoo Makers, Yahoo Travel, Yahoo Autos, and Yahoo Real Estate. In the company’s newsroom, on West 43rd Street, there are now so many empty desks that remaining employees have “corralled everyone together so it didn’t feel so lonely,” one staffer told me.

Yahoo’s journalists used to joke amongst themselves about the extensive variety of Kind bars provided, but now the snacks aren’t being replenished. Instead, employees frequently remind each other that there is little reason to bother creating quality work within Yahoo’s vast eco-system of middle-brow content. “You are competing against Kim Kardashian’s ass,” goes a common refrain.

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. On her first official day as the C.E.O. of Yahoo, in July 2012, Mayer pulled up to the company’s Sunnyvale, California, headquarters in her hunter-green BMW to an ecstatic outpouring of optimism. According to Nicholas Carlson’s definitive book, Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!, wall screens projected “Welcome Marissa!” and Mayer’s face was adorned on Shepard Fairey–style posters above the word “HOPE,” in all caps. David Filo, Yahoo’s co-founder, personally unfurled a purple carpet to lead the company’s newest leader through the front doors of its headquarters.

Mayer was hired, in part, to sort out Yahoo’s identity crisis—was it a media business, or rather a tech company? It was a confusing question. Yahoo began as a general guide to the Internet, one that aimed to be all things to all users—chat rooms, news sites, e-mail, fantasy football, you name it. For a time, this strategy worked brilliantly. At its peak, Yahoo’s market capitalization reached $128 billion. But as Yahoo expanded, other companies became more specialized and began eating away at its domination in niche categories. Soon enough, it was losing out to Google in search and e-mail, Craigslist in classifieds, and countless Web sites in editorial. Its market capitalization is now approximately $35 billion, virtually all of which owes to its stake in Alibaba, the Chinese Internet giant.

By the time Mayer was hired, however, Yahoo still boasted an enormous digital audience. But running a media company was not intended as Mayer’s brief. She was a technology executive who had ascended to the top ranks of Google by focusing on the product side of the business. Now, she had a broad mandate to return the company to among Silicon Valley’s elite. Successful tech companies, after all, are far more valuable than even thriving media businesses.

But while Mayer worked away on new products, she also seemed to harbor an ambition to turn Yahoo into a media juggernaut, too—even if she didn’t have any experience in the field. And it didn’t seem to matter if Yahoo already had a massive audience. Successful or not, Mayer had little interest in the sort of content that Yahoo was creating—the sort of content, that is, for people searching for pictures of Kim Kardashian’s backside. The glamorous C.E.O. wanted instead to upgrade her site by hiring a roster of big-name journalistic talent. “One of her initial observations of us,” one former Yahoo executive told me, “was that we don’t have big-enough names.”

Mayer quickly addressed this concern. She hired Katie Couric as Yahoo’s “global anchor” in late 2013, for a deal reportedly worth more than $5 million a year. (According to a person close to the company, the deal has been renewed at a value closer to $10 million, in a combination of cash and stock.) Yahoo recruited Megan Liberman from The New York Times to be editor in chief of Yahoo News; it also hired the Times’ tech columnist David Pogue and its star political reporter, Matt Bai. Andy Serwer, the former editor of Fortune, was brought in to run Yahoo Finance. Mayer recruited *Elle’*s then creative director, Joe Zee, to run a style-focused digital magazine, former New York Post Page Six editor Paula Froelich to lead Yahoo Travel, and makeup impresario Bobbi Brown to run Yahoo Beauty. In the process, Mayer shuttered Shine, Yahoo’s middle-brow site for women, with its 500 million monthly page views.

In August, she completed her spree by hiring Martha Nelson, the former top editor of Time Inc., who was best known for her extremely successful editorship of People magazine, to become Yahoo Media’s global editor in chief for compensation reported at upwards of $2 million. “I am Martha Nelson’s biggest fan,” Mayer wrote on her Tumblr page after the move was announced. (In 2013, Yahoo acquired Tumblr for $1.1 billion.) “I have followed her work for nearly 20 years. She was the first and only name on my list for Editor-in-Chief of Yahoo and I’m so happy that we have made this a reality!”

Finally, it seemed Mayer had an answer to the question of whether Yahoo was a tech company or a media company. It was both. “We may not be the biggest technology company, but we’re the biggest technology company that understands media,” she said at a Bloomberg conference last summer. No one argues with the first part of her statement; it’s the second half that is the subject of debate.

Only months later, however, it is all being reined in. While Yahoo is keeping individual publications dedicated to beauty, style, politics, movies, celebrity, and TV, among others, it is ending its “experiment” in creating smaller individual publications. As Yahoo approaches a potential sale, many fear the pattern of cost-cutting could continue. “Yahoo is reverting to its natural form,” a former staffer told me, “a crap home page for the Midwest.” Nelson, who has overseen the downsizing, is trying to maintain her good humor. She recently joked to colleagues that “she thought she was being invited to the party, and then she showed up and they handed her a broom.” (Nelson declined to address that comment, but told me that “2016 is a year of focus” and that “Yahoo is doubling down on the core content verticals where the company has always shown strength: news sports, finance and lifestyle.”)

According to current Yahoo staffers, flaws with Mayer’s “experiment” were evident early on, the result of a clash between the company’s splashy new hires and its culture of programmers, who typically paid more attention to analytics than boldface names. “There were pretty serious alignment issues in the company about supporting [the media properties],” the former executive told me.

Crucially, Yahoo’s billion-person-a-month home page is run by an algorithm, with a spare editorial staff, that pulls in the best-performing content from across the site. Yahoo engineers generally believed that these big names should have been able to support themselves, garner their own large audiences, and shouldn’t have relied on placement on the home page to achieve large audiences. As a result, they were expected to sink or swim on their own.

Understandably, this bred some resentment within the newsroom, as writers with large egos and paychecks found themselves awash in a sea of lower-level content. Some writers felt “you could almost never find them because Kim Kardashian’s ass is so large it just pushed them off into the margin,” as one former staff member told me. One current employee explained that Yahoo’s algorithm serves up individualized content depending on a user’s habits. So if someone is complaining about seeing too much Kim Kardashian, this person said, “let’s stop lying that you are not clicking on it.”

Whatever the case, for all their panache and glamour, Mayer’s stars simply could not compete. “No matter how popular David Pogue is among his readers, he’s bringing, what, a million readers?” the former executive noted. “That’s a drop in the bucket on the home page.” Meanwhile, it’s not just Nelson who is telling people she’s been handed a mess. “The Katie deal is in very bad shape,” the former staffer told me. Many of the anchor’s interviews have drawn significant traffic. Since Couric joined Yahoo, in late 2013, her original video interviews have garnered some 300 million page views. Her interviews with the presidential candidates alone amassed 15 million streams. “We have an incredible, smart, nimble, and multi-talented team, capable of producing phenomenal news features and iterative content in many different forms for a variety of platforms,” Couric told me. “We’re like the little engine that could . . . working hard every day to deliver strong content.”

Still, many of these interviews can be impossible to find on the home page. As this person close to the company concluded, “She is succeeding despite Yahoo.”

Many point to Mayer’s own failed leadership as the main reason that the conflict between Yahoo’s media and technology talent has not been adequately resolved. (Through a spokesperson, Mayer declined to comment for this story.) Now, amid renewed investor pressure and a likely sale of Yahoo’s core business, the product side seems to be winning. The home-page editing staff has been cut way back from its peak, and the reliance on human intervention declines as the engineers, who have undergone their own staff reductions, insist that the algorithm is improving all the time and serving up what users actually want—not what the New York media types think they should read. Several people from Yahoo told me that the home page was entirely “iterative,” tweaking itself all the time, and that the technology was far more valuable than many realized.

To some, indeed, the cutbacks were not a surprise. “Well, that was not entirely unexpected,” wrote Dan Tynan, the editor of Yahoo Tech, in a note to staff after the site was downsized. During Mayer’s buying spree, many New York media insiders wondered aloud whether top journalists could break through on the platform, and how long they would tolerate the perception that their stories were obscured.

But the irony is that Mayer, a self-professed geek from Silicon Valley, threw so much of her reputation behind high-profile media figures and went with her gut, just like a 1980s magazine editor—when even magazine editors, including those who don’t profess to “get” technology, have long abandoned that practice themselves, in favor of what the geeks in Silicon Valley are doing.

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