Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer Reorganizes Leadership Team

New York Times: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has announced a major reorganization of the Internet company’s product teams. Under the new structure, Simon Khalaf, the Internet company’s data-spouting prophet of mobile, will become an SVP and oversee many of Yahoo’s consumer-facing products, including the home page, its portals devoted to themes like sports and movies, and related apps. the blogging platform Tumblr and its CEO, David Karp, will report to Khalaf. The move reflects Tumblr’s struggles to broaden its appeal beyond its core audience of artists, teenagers and 20somethings.