A source close to Yahoo, closer yet to its Media Group, tells us that the emotional strain of February's layoffs, and more expected to come if the Microsoft deal goes through, has Yahoos in the grip of fear. "The big push inside of Yahoo right now is for everyone to justify what they're doing for a living," our source tells us.

Marketing executives Brad Ramsey and Karin Timpone are the latest out the door at Yahoo, a tipster tells us. According to their LinkedIn profiles, Ramsey came from eBay in 2006. Timpone joined Yahoo in 2005. Her most recent title? "Head of consumer/customer innovation." It took Yahoo three years to figure out that's not a real job?