It seems that every news and tech site is simultaneously reporting the news that Carol Bartz, CEO of Yahoo!, is no longer with the company. The New York Times reports Bartz, in a message to employees, wrote: “I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the phone by Yahoo’s chairman of the board.”

Carol Bartz joined Yahoo in January 2009. In December of 2010, she was at 92Y with Norman Pearlstine, chairman of Bloomberg Businessweek, as part of the Captains of Industry series. In frank discussion of her career, Bartz discussed working for 3M—where she was fired from her job before she even started, Groupon’s valuation, employee turnover at Yahoo!, laughing off a merger between Aol and Yahoo!, and more. Watch video highlights below. 

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We’re doubly excited about this because Joseph Brodsky’s photograph was taken by the Unterberg Poetry Center’s official photographer, Nancy Crampton! Read more about this Forever Stamp series on Beyond the Perf.

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And the 92Y Poetry Season kicks off it’s 73rd season on September 26 with Seamus Heaney.

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