Yahoo's New Chief Executive is Pregnant
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\b \cf0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 ANCHOR JIM FLINK
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Making headlines twice in the past 24 hours, Yahoo!\'92s new CEO Marissa Mayer has even
more to look forward to than her new high-profile job.\
She\'92s expecting a new addition to her family, a baby boy.\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
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\'93Mayer gave the hi-tech world thing else to talk about tonight, tweeting she is pregnant.
She and her husband are expecting a baby boy. So the world may not change here at Yahoo!
tomorrow, but starting tomorrow, a young pregnant woman is in charge of this hi-tech giant and
moving it in a new direction.\'94 \b0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
\uc0\u8232 \u8232 \kerning1\expnd0\expndtw0 Mayer first disclosed the information to the
Yahoo! board in June. And {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://allthingsd.com/20120716/new-ceos-pregancy-not-an-issue-for-yahoo-board/"}}{\fldrslt
\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \ul according to a reporter for All Things
Digital}}, this news obviously wasn\'92t about to keep Yahoo! from making Mayer its newest
top executive.\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\b \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \'93... Mayer\'92s capabilities as a CEO have
nothing to do with whether she has kids or not, but the subject of gender has been a
big topic of discussion and debate in tech of late... That said, Mayer\'92s pregnancy
puts into sharp relief the issues around women\'92s leadership in tech.\'94
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\ul A blogger for NY Times compares\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \ulnone }}\kerning1\expnd0\expndtw0 Mayer
with Facebook\'92s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and how the two are becoming
new role models for young women.\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\b \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \'93By taking such a powerful leadership role
while she is pregnant, Ms. Mayer, who has always been outspoken about encouraging girls
to study computer science and pursue technology jobs, is becoming an example in the mold of
Sheryl Sandberg. [The Facebook CEO] often advises women to go after bigger career opportunities
instead of stepping back when they consider starting a family.\'94
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Mayer plans to take a quick maternity leave and work throughout it.{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
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\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \ul But CNN\'92s Kristie Lu Stout wishes}}
the new CEO would take more than a few weeks to adjust to being a mother.\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
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\'93...maternity leave is not a vacation or a cop-out from your new post. It's the first
precious weeks to invest in a being who is completely dependent on you.\'94
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Big news for Mayer, but newsrooms don\'92t seem to be focusing much on the pregnancy.
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\ul Here\'92s the BBC}}.\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\b \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \'93But she faces an uphill battle re- establishing
it as an internet leader. Yahoo has struggled to turn its huge presence on the internet
into revenue.\'94 \b0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
\uc0\u8232 \u8232 \kerning1\expnd0\expndtw0 According to Fortune, Mayer found out she
was pregnant in January. Her baby boy is due in October.\
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