That's true but given a brand name and an income stream there should be a way of reinventing themselves regardless of any roots.

I think it's really a people problem. Once the wrong people are in charge they keep replicating and it's very difficult to turn it around.

The only way would be for a buyer to come in, fire everyone who has ever made a product decision at Yahoo and replace them with a much smaller group of people who have a track record of creating successful products and who have no previous relation to Yahoo or the media industry.