Now, as Yahoo sits on the block and with Verizon/AOL likely to acquire it,
Vanity Fair offers some color on Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer's first impressions of AOL chief Tim Armstrong, who she
felt superior to. A sale to Verizon would be real "humble pie" for Mayer, according to a former Yahoo executive. The piece also details Mayer's distaste for dealing with Madison Ave. "
Mayer’s actions seemed to reveal a lack of interest in the commercial underbelly of the technology business. She 'hated sitting down with ad agency
executives,' this former executive told me. 'She felt they were beneath her.'” Read the whole story at Vanity Fair »
