Yesterday Yahoo India laid off over half of its editorial team based in Bangalore, MediaNama has learned from multiple, reliable sources. On being contacted with a request for verification, a Yahoo spokesperson told MediaNama that "Our practice is to not comment on internal matters. We constantly make changes to better align our resources and investments with our strategic priorities." This is essentially the same statement given to Wall Street Journal, which indicates that 100-200 jobs are being cut globally by the company, and mentions that they impact 35% of the editorial staff in Canada. The reasons given for the eight people laid off were global reorganization and restructuring. According to the source we spoke to, Yahoo India's editorial team size has been reduced from 14 to 6. At one time, Yahoo India had an editorial team of 32, we are told. What one source found surprising was that Yahoo has laid of three of four members from its sports editorial team at the peak of the ICC Cricket World Cup, a significant revenue earning opportunity for the company. It's worth noting that at one point in time Yahoo India had an exclusive three year deal with the ICC which included the World Cup, and had launched a cricket focused site. One source told us Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's focus is only on the US. "Marissa's entire focus is the US. She doesn't care what happens in the regional markets," a source said. "If they lose resources in the regional markets, that's okay…
