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Megan Liberman, who has been editor-in-chief at Yahoo News since September 2013, is set to leave the company after its merger with Verizon is completed. The newswoman announced her plans in an email to staff today. “For now, I just want to say thank you,” Liberman said in the email, which was provided to CNNMoney. “It…

As editor in chief Megan Liberman will lead a major expansion of Yahoo News, focusing primarily on original reporting, social news gathering, video and live events coverage, the site announced on its blog. “Megan is a dynamic addition to the Yahoo News team,” Robertson Barrett, Vice President of Yahoo News and…

David Chalian has been named VP of video programming at Politico, the site reported today. Chalian was fired as Yahoo News Washington Bureau Chief during the Republican National Convention after he was caught on open mic over a break during an ABC News/Yahoo News webcast saying Mitt Romney and his wife Anne were “not…

Yahoo News has fired Washington bureau chief David Chalian for saying that GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his wife Ann were “not concerned at all” about African Americans suffering because of Hurricane Isaac. “They’re happy to have a party with black people drowning,” Chalian was heard saying on an open mic…

Yahoo! today announced Hillary Frey as Editor in Chief of Yahoo! News, and Aaron Task as Editor in Chief of Yahoo! Finance. In her new role, Frey will be responsible for the continued expansion and promotion of Yahoo! News' original content, developing new franchises and recruiting new talent. She will also oversee…

That’s what the struggling Internet search and content company hopes to accomplish as it unveils today what it calls “the first stage of an ambitious yearlong program” to build on its partnership with ABC News and cover 2012 campaign issues — and especially the presidential horse race. The effort includes a…

ABC News and Yahoo today announced they are partnering online to “enhance and transform the delivery of news and information across the digital landscape.” It will make ABC News-produced content available on Yahoo News. The alliance launches today with the debut of GoodMorningAmerica.com on Yahoo and three new…