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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Yahoo's Downfall

    This week Yahoo Inc. announced it would be laying off 15 percent of its 11,000 employees. Its overall fate is just as dismal: The company could be up for sale and its CEO could be gone pretty soon. Let’s not get started about the lawsuit that accuses the company of using performance reviews illegally and unfairly in firing employees.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 3, 2016 • 1 min read

    This week Yahoo Inc. announced it would be laying off 15 percent of its 11,000 employees. Its overall fate is just as dismal: The company could be up for sale and its CEO could be gone pretty soon. Let’s not get started about the lawsuit that accuses the company of using performance reviews illegally and unfairly in firing employees. CEO Marissa Mayer is being questioned about what’s going on and board members could also decide her fate in the upcoming weeks.

    The full episode

    3 of 5
    O.C. Jail Saga, Yahoo Collapse, and Hollywood Gentrification
    1. 0:29O.C. Jail Saga Continues
    2. 9:29Exonerations Report
    3. 19:50Yahoo's DownfallYou’re reading this
    4. 27:47A Tale of Two Hollywoods
    5. 37:18The Los Angeles Development Fight
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Ben Johnson

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    O.C. Jail Saga, Yahoo Collapse, and Hollywood Gentrification
    1. 0:29O.C. Jail Saga Continues
    2. 9:29Exonerations Report
    3. 19:50Yahoo's DownfallYou’re reading this
    4. 27:47A Tale of Two Hollywoods
    5. 37:18The Los Angeles Development Fight
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