[fleaflicker]

Why does everyone keep pointing out Mayer's compensation on this deal?

Nobody said a word about the $200M that went Tim Armstrong's way in the Aol deal. [1]

Can't help but think that if Yahoo had a male ceo nobody would be making these comments.

[1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2015/05/12/tim-armst...

[_delirium]

People complain about golden parachutes all the time, e.g. the executive payouts in the Blackberry and Nokia acquisitions were also heavily criticized. One of thousands of articles: http://business.financialpost.com/news/fp-street/how-golden-...

[epmatsw]

I think that's probably true, but I bet not directly. People know her name because she is a woman who is a CEO (which unfortunately is still noteworthy), and people note her compensation because they know her name. Who has even heard of Tim Armstrong?

[TillE]

Tim Armstrong was in the news a couple years ago, but the only reason I remember his name is because he shares it with the lead singer of Rancid.

And yeah, if you haven't noticed the widespread backlash against executive compensation in the past few years, you really haven't been paying attention.

[no1ne]

People know her name only because the media forced it down our throats since she is a woman.

[intoverflow2]

Did anyone care what happened to AOL though?

Yahoo had several well loved properties that they bought and ran into the ground.

You're comparing someone selling a truckload of junk for decent profit to someone who keeps buying expensive stuff, actively breaking it or leaving it to fester then selling it for a loss and being paid off for doing so.