After Only 15 Months, Marissa Mayer Fired Her First Major Hire (YHOO)

As we previously reported, Yahoo COO Henrique De Castro is leaving Yahoo, effective Jan. 16, according to Yahoo. Now, in an email to Yahoo employees from CEO Marissa Mayer, posted in full by Re/Code's Kara Swisher, Mayer makes it clear that she's firing Castro. Here's the key sentence from Mayer's email about it: During my own reflection, I made the difficult decision that our COO, Henrique de Castro, should leave the company. I appreciate Henrique’s contributions and wish him the best in his...