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A Katz fight at a pivotal moment — Ex-CEO of Orbitz takes on Google brand-killing

June 11, 2012 By Dennis Schaal 1 Comment

Jeff Katz, the CEO of Nextag who formerly headed Orbitz and Swissair, picked a fight with Google in the runup to a July 2 European Union deadline.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: advertising, Amit Singhal, antitrust, competition, direct answers, display bias, eu, european union, Google, Jeff Katz, NexTag, orbitz, search results

Orbitz founder Katz takes circuitous route to metasearch-engine NexTag

March 1, 2010 By Dennis Schaal 9 Comments

Jeffrey Katz, the founding CEO of Orbitz a decade ago, says he spent his first day on the job today as CEO of metasearch-engine NexTag in San Mateo, Calif., getting accustomed to his new surroundings and feeling happy to have “the opportunity to get involved in a very healthy Web company.”

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Jeffrey Katz, NexTag, orbitz

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