Fru Hazlitt takes Yahoo! sales job
17 Dec 1999 | by LISA CAMBPELL
Fru Hazlitt, the sales director responsible for setting up Capital Radio Advertising, is leaving the company to join Yahoo! as European sales director.
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Fru Hazlitt, the sales director responsible for setting up Capital Radio Advertising, is leaving the company to join Yahoo! as European sales director.
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