Skype Hire Ex-Yahoo CMO Steele

Former Yahoo CMO Elisa Steele has joined Skype to lead the Microsoft unit’s marketing efforts. Steele, who left Yahoo in December and served under ex-CEO Carol Bartz there, will oversee Skype’s global brand and marketing, as well as local go-to-market activities. As a corporate VP at Microsoft, she will report to the company’s president Tony Bates and work out of Skype’s Palo Alto office.

Microsoft acquired Skype in May 2011 for $8.5 billion and is still integrating the Internet voice and video chat service into its range of products from the forthcoming Windows 8 platform to the Xbox game system. Read more here.

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