Jim Lanzone

Jim Lanzone
Born
James Lanzone[1]

(1971-01-20) January 20, 1971 (age 53)
California, U.S.[1]
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BA)
Emory University (JD, MBA)
OccupationCEO of Yahoo Inc.
EmployerYahoo Inc.
SpouseShannon[1]

James Lanzone (born January 20, 1971) is an American businessman and the CEO of Yahoo Inc. Previously, he was CEO of Tinder. He is also the former president and CEO of CBS Interactive, a top 10 Internet property that operated key websites including CBS All Access, CNET, GameSpot, CBS News, Metacritic, CBS Sports, 247 Sports, Scout Media, MaxPreps.com, TVGuide.com, Last.fm and many others. He took over as president from Neil Ashe in March 2011.[2] Lanzone later became the first chief digital officer of CBS Corporation. Prior to joining CBS Interactive, Lanzone was the founder and CEO of Clicker.com, a search engine and discovery guide for Internet video and television funded by Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital, Geoff Yang of Redpoint Ventures, Allen & Company, Qualcomm Ventures, Slingbox founder Blake Krikorian and several others.[3] Clicker launched in beta at TechCrunch50 on September 14, 2009 and was acquired by CBS Corporation on March 4, 2011.[4][5]

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  2. ^ Caroline McCarthy (2011-03-04). "CBS Interactive Hires Jim Lanzone as President". CNET. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  3. ^ Brian Lam (2009-09-14). "Clicker: Like TV Guide for Web Video". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  4. ^ "A Clicker To Watch TV Online".
  5. ^ "CBS Acquires TV Guide For Online Video Clicker, Jim Lanzone Named President Of CBS Interactive". TechCrunch. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 2020-02-06.