SUNNYVALE, CA: Yahoo has hired Colleen Rubart, senior manager of media relations/corporate communications at Autodesk, as a senior manager of its executive communications, effective the end of this month. This is the third hire the company has made in its communications department in recent weeks.

While Rubart will support several executives in her new role, other details are still being determined, said Mojgan Khalili, senior director of global products for Yahoo. Rubart is slated to join later this month. Yahoo's new CEO Carol Bartz also ...