First poach: Marissa Mayer brings over Google PR’s Anne Espiritu to Yahoo!

Anne Espiritu

Anne Espiritu

According to AllThingsD, brand new Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer has made her first official “Google poach” by bringing over Consumer Tech PR member Anne Espiritu. Her official title was “Global Communications and Public Affairs Manager”, according to LinkedIn. Espiritu spent nearly seven years at Google, so this is a pretty big change. The two have worked together for quite some time at Google, so it makes complete sense that Mayer would bring in Espiritu to help turn Yahoo! PR into a fine-oiled machine. Read the full story at The Next Web.

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Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).