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CNET Soap Opera Continues; CEO Neil Ashe May Be Fighting For His Job

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2008-03-19 21:54:14 by Michael Arrington in TechCrunch
...Ashe as part of their proposed reforms of the ailing company. But that may be changing, says a source close to the drama. Janas patience with Neil has run out, theyre now looking to get rid of him, said the source. When a companys biggest stockholder (holding nearly 25% of the outstanding stock) wants you to resign as CEO, it becomes...
 
Tags: cnet, ceo shelby bonnie, shelby bonnie, ceo, board, cnet board, bonnie, neil ashe, ashe
 
 
 
 
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CBS Finishes Acquisition Of CNET; Leslie Moonves, Quincy Smith And Neil Ashe Address The Troops

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2008-06-30 17:21:45 by Michael Arrington in TechCrunch
...Ashe (now CBS Interactive President) is below. Its interesting that theres no mention of Dan Farber, CNET News.coms editor-in-chief , in the leadership section. Just an oversight, or is CBS just making it clear that they dont think much of CNETs newsroom Read the full email below Update: Weve added a second email from CBS CEO Leslie Moonves...
 
Tags: interactive space, interactive, interactive businesses, cbs interactive president, cbs corporation, entire cbs corporation, cbs, interactive property, interactive business
 
 
 
 
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Ashe Gets $1.6 Million Bonus For CNET Sale

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2008-05-16 00:50:00 by Michael Learmonth in Silicon Alley Insider
...Ashe and CFO Zander Lurie will be paid. Their amended employment agreements, per CNET's 8K Neil Ashe, CEO Annual Salary: $750,000 plus 100% bonus Long term stock award: not less than $1,625,000 per year The first stock award for Ashe is granted within 10 days of the closing of the merger Zander Lurie, CFO Annual Salary: $400,000 plus 50%...
 
Tags: ashe, cfo zander lurie, zander lurie, stock award, ceo, term stock award, ceo neil ashe, neil ashe, cnet
 
 
 
 
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LIVE CNET Chief Neil Ashe Talks To Goldman Sachs

2008-05-22 15:42:00 by Michael Learmonth in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...Ashe and CFO Zander Lurie are on the schedule at the Goldman Sachs Internet Conference in Las Vegas. We'll be listening live for details on the integration with CBS , the outlook for online advertising, and the company's ongoing efforts to reduce its bloated cost structure Call begins at 11:45 ET What has the investing community missed about...
 
Tags: yahoo partnership, yahoo, cnet, cbs, lurie, ashe, cfo zander lurie, platform company, exclusive third-party partner
 
 
 
 
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Interview: IBM Cognos chief Rob Ashe

2008-05-07 12:00:16 by HASH0x8b54d9c in iPhone Cheats
 
Rob Ashe, general manager of IBMs business intelligence and performance management unit, has had a busy year. He sold his company, Cognos, to IBM for $5 billion and has stayed on as a member of IBMs leadership team Ashes role day to day hasnt changed too much. He still runs Cognos, but has ditched a few
 
Tags: cognos, ashes role day, day, rob ashe, runs cognos, ibms leadership team, performance management unit, ibms business intelligence, ibm
 
 
 
 
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CBS Buying CNET For $1.8 Billion; CBS Predicts $1 Billion Interactive Revenues By 2010

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2008-05-15 11:25:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
...Ashe as a great exec, and lets his CFO Fred Reynolds lay out the broad financial case for the deal. The gist: They can combine ad platforms and get some other savings to lower costs, and can boost revenue by exposing CNET advertisers to CBS and vice versa. They predict that the combined CBS Interactive/CNET unit will hit $1B in revenue by...
 
Tags: cnet, acquire cnet networks, acquire, cnet networks, cbs, unit, cbs interactivecnet unit, cbs interactivecnet, mid-teens revenue growth
 
 
 
 
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CNET, CBS: We're Not Cost-Cutting, We're Growing

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2008-05-15 15:39:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
...Ashe, who will be reporting to him if CBS' $1.8 billion bid for CNET goes through. The message: The deal makes sense because the two offer non-overlapping, complimentary assets that can grow faster when combined Cost-cutting? Sure, there will be some -- during the conference call this morning CBS CEO Les Moonves and CFO Fred Reynolds talk...
 
Tags: cnet, jana team, cbs, jana, deal, deal guy, business, profitable interactive business, billion
 
 
 
 
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Judge Throws Out CNETs Objections to Investor Lawsuit

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2008-03-13 17:08:07 by Erick Schonfeld in TechCrunch
...Ashe earlier this week offered Jana only one board seat because he was so confident the lawsuit would be blocked. But the judge didnt agree So now his hand has been weakened considerably Update: Reuters has more here Update 2: The text of the Delware court ruling DELAWARE COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF JANA PARTNERS RIGHT TO NOMINATE SEVEN...
 
Tags: cnets, jana partners llc, llc, jana, delaware court rules, filed properly, delaware, filed, jana filed suit
 
 
 
 
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CNET Cuts 10% Of Workforce, Effective Immediately (Updated With Internal Memo)

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2008-03-26 22:15:18 by Duncan Riley in TechCrunch
...Ashe , the restructure will include stronger emphasis on centralized services in areas like IT architecture, SEO, yield monetization, Facilities, Legal, HR and Communications Business Unit Realignment: with the introduction of an open API, CNET will move its services, catalog, content management system onto one platform, making content...
 
Tags: business operations, international business operations, international, operations, business unit, business unit realignment, international sites, international business, business