From our sources within the company: The expected layoffs have started at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), with as many as 100 expected from the Media Group, including those based in the Santa Monica offices, and elsewhere. We’re in the process of confirming names. According to someone mid-level who has been laid off: “It is like a morgue in here.” By the way, the technical term is RIF, as in Reduction in Force; CEO Jerry Yang called it a “strategic workforce realignment
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