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According to Forrester analyst Melissa Parrish, the move should be a wake-up call for the social network. Parrish has been hearing from companies who, like GM, have been dissatisfied with the way their ads are performing on Facebook for a while. She expects that others might look at GM’s move as validation of their own concerns.

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The timing of the news is a blow to Facebook, which is set to go public this week in an initial public offering that could value the company at over $100 billion.

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The social network leaps into the fray this week as it starts trading on the Nasdaq. The biggest unknown that the company faces going into its initial public offering is how long the social network will be able to stay hot.

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The company has bumped its share price up from its original $29-$34 range after shopping the offer around to investors, the company said in its filing. Although Facebook’s road show wasn’t a great success — thanks to complaints about chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s wardrobe, the format of the program and lingering questions about the company’s future viability — it clearly wasn’t enough to put out investors’ appetites for the stock.

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Holding down the fort at the company now is Ross Levinsohn, the firm’s head of global media, who is serving as interim CEO.

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]]> http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=deecf4e3214289654bea0a1e785c5060 http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/yahoo-who-is-ross-levinsohn/2012/05/14/gIQAnCOgOU_story.html?wprss=rss_linkset http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/yahoo-who-is-ross-levinsohn/2012/05/14/gIQAnCOgOU_story.html?wprss=rss_linkset http://www.washingtonpost.com/Fragment/SysConfig/WebPortal/twpweb/rss/mobile/blog-entry.jpp?id=1000.4.1357336635 http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/yahoo-who-is-ross-levinsohn/2012/05/14/gIQAnCOgOU_story.html?wprss=rss_linkset http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/yahoo-who-is-ross-levinsohn/2012/05/14/gIQAnCOgOU_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/yahoo-who-is-ross-levinsohn/2012/05/14/gIQAnCOgOU_search.html 1000.4.1357336635 96c74f0e-9dbe-11e1-b632-937d63cabfe7 Ross Levinsohn Yahoo Inc hedge fund Mon, 14 May 2012 08:30:00 EST Mon, 14 May 2012 22:06:59 EST 20120515030659 The Washington Post /2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/05/14/National-Economy/Stories/yhooross-ff0515.xml article_story EOM::CompoundStory The Washington Post <![CDATA[Yahoo chief executive resigns, company adds new board members]]> Yahoo chief executive Scott Thompson resigned Sunday, amid ongoing questions about his academic credentials. His decision follows more than a week of controversy that leaves Yahoo with a new interim chief executive, three new board members from Yahoo’s largest outside investor, a new board chairman and a serious public image problem.

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