Saturday, April 22, 2006

Microsoft Hires CEO of Ask.com to Head Web Unit

A Reuters newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:

Software giant Microsoft Corp. said on Friday it hired away Steve Berkowitz, the chief executive of rival Internet company Ask.com, to head Microsoft's own Internet business.

Effective May 8, Berkowitz succeeds David Cole, a 20-year Microsoft veteran, who is set to begin a one-year leave of absence, Microsoft said in a statement. He had outlined his plans in a memo to employees in February.

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