Digg Grabs Senior Yahoo'er To Lead Communications

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

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Will the last person out please turn off the lights: Yahoo’s Director Communications & Communities Kiersten Hollars (pictured right along with CEO Jerry Yang and President Sue Decker) will shortly be leaving the company to lead Digg’s communication team.

Hollars previously reported to Brad Garlinghouse, who announced his departure in mid June. Her previous boss, Bradley Horowitz, is also gone – he left for Google in February.

This is the second reported departure from Yahoo today. More are certainly coming.

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