New CEO at AltaVista

AltaVista announce the appointment of James Barnett as new CEO. Formerly president of MyFamily.com, Barnett fills the post the Rod Schrock left last October after AltaVista's portal play failed. In the same press release, AltaVista reiterated its emphasis on an exclusive search focus and announced a repositioning of their comparison Shopping.com shopping service to become more of a search functionality.