Would you like to know just how independent Ian Smith is from Seven? Check out the link below as he departs from his job as CEO at Yahoo!7 prior to joining Engin where he declares "From a personal perspective I am very happy to be maintaining my relationship with Seven and Yahoo! and making a contribution to the realisation of their great ambitions in the new media space in Australia.?
And thereafter David Leckie, CEO of Seven Media Group said:?We respect Ian?s decision. He?s done a terrific job in bringing together the team at Yahoo!7 and working in partnership with Yahoo! and Seven. Ian will be maintaining his relationship with Seven in the digital area with one of our other investments. We?ll be announcing that role soon.?