Nicholas Carlson writes for Business Insider. His book Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo! came out this week.

“To me people are what’s really interesting. Marissa Mayer is a once in a lifetime subject. She’s full of contradictions. … There are a million business stories, but if you don’t have that character at the center then you’re lost.”

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Show Notes:

@nichcarlson

Carlson on Longform

[6:00] Longform Podcast #81: Kevin Roose

[13:00] "What Happened When Marissa Mayer Tried to Be Steve Jobs" (New York Times Magazine • Dec 2014)

[16:00] "Viacom Takes Google, YouTube Fight to Court" (InternetNews.com • Mar 2007)

[18:00] Disney War (James B. Stewart • Simon & Schuster • 2005)

[19:00] Longform Podcast #19: Choire Sicha

[23:00] Longform Podcast #88: Sam Biddle

[23:00] Carlson’s archive on Valleywag

[33:00] "Google Gave Employees This Smartwatch As A Holiday Gift, And Some Of Them Are Whining About It" (Business Insider • Dec 2014)

[34:00] Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo! (Twelve • 2015)

[38:00] Googled: The End of the World As We Know It (Ken Auletta • Penguin Press • 2008)

[48:00] "The Story Behind Why AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Fired An Employee In Front Of 1,000 Coworkers" (Business Insider • Nov 2013)

[48:00] "This Man Was Supposed To Become Steve Jobs 2.0 — Here’s What Happened Instead" (Business Insider • Nov 2014)

[54:00] "The Untold Story Of Larry Page's Incredible Comeback" (Business Insider • Apr 2014)

[1:01:00] "Hacks Into Hackers" (The New York Times • Sep 2010)

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