Slipping rumors and internal memos to outsiders occurs at many companies, but the situation at Yahoo seems to be particularly severe. A few weeks ago, BoomTown revealed that Jill Nash, Yahoo's chief communications officer, . Yahoo made the official announcement later that day. Last week, rumors surfaced of Yahoo's plans to carry out a full-scale management reorganization, which was .

Many Yahoo-related rumors and memos are released by BoomTown's Kara Swisher, whose reliable Yahoo insider -- or insiders -- have steadily forwarded emails, tips, and company gossip . Bartz is clearly irked by the situation, judging by her offer of cash rewards to employees who turn in other Yahoo employees who leak to the press. The news, of course, was leaked to BoomTown. Oops.

Swisher for offering a bounty, writing "Yahoo is not a prison and its employees are not snitches and -- more to the point -- they won't leak to me if Bartz fixes the company."

Maybe it is being fixed. Thursday's of yet another Yahoo departure, that of chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen, came through official company channels, rather than the leak brigade.