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January 5, 2009
How Steve Jobs Turned CNBC Into Apple Touts
First clip: A CNBC reporter dishes outsidery snark about Apple’s supposedly botched iPhone launch. Second clip: CNBC’s Silicon Valley bureau chief guzzles the Apple Kool-Aid. Is this the same network?
CNBC’s change of tune is a classic cautionary tale. Reporters trade favorable coverage for access to products and executives all the time. But Jim Goldman, the network’s… Continue reading
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January 5, 2009
Meg Whitman Now More Retired from eBay Than Ever
The famously frumpy former CEO of eBay, Meg Whitman, is veering closer to entering California’s governor 2010 race, quitting the boards of Procter & Gamble, eBay, and Dreamworks Animation SKG.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, can’t run again because of California’s term-limits laws, which means the 2010 race to replace the Governator is wide… Continue reading
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January 5, 2009
CNBC Asks If Steve Jobs Has PMS
Having softpedaled rumors of Steve Jobs’s failing health, CNBC is falling over itself to catch up to the story — with embarrassing results.
In an intro to a segment, Power Lunch anchor Dennis Kneale, the BlackBerry-deprived crybaby, asks if Jobs had cancelled his keynote speech… Continue reading
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January 5, 2009
Why Facebook Won’t Bring Peace to the Middle East
Facebook, which claims its goal is to let users share their lives. has been accused of censoring posts about the fighting in Gaza. So much for Mark Zuckerberg’s dreams of breaking down global barriers.
Last March, at the SXSW Interactive Web conference, Zuckerberg spoke at length about how the connections Middle Eastern youth make on Facebook could lead them away from religious
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January 5, 2009
Twitter Hacking Epidemic Claims Britney Spears, Barack Obama
Whats going on with Twitter? First Fox News gets hacked, then Britney Spears. Is no one safe from this epidemic?
Well, yes, in fact — everyone who doesn’t click on crazy emails that claim to be from Twitter but aren’t. Twitter is the latest target of a “phishing” campaign — an… Continue reading
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January 5, 2009
Fox News Twitter Hacked By Bill O’Reilly
This is currently the lead post on the official Fox News Twitter page. Hackers are cool again.
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January 5, 2009
Becoming A Brand: Pointless
One of the biggest brand-called-you practitioners is calling the whole notion into question. Tech pundit Sarah Lacy publishes in four or five media and wonders what the point is.
As far as she’s concerned, Lacy had it all, ’round about May: A book (about Web 2.0 companies like Facebook), a Web video show… Continue reading
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January 5, 2009
Steve Jobs Confesses: Too Sick to Work
If you just look at how thin he is, you’d know it. But now Steve Jobs himself has admitted that his declining health is keeping him from taking the Macworld stage tomorrow.
In a letter posted to Apple’s website, Jobs writes:
As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout… Continue reading
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January 4, 2009
Why Halsey Minor Can’t Have Nice Things
Dotcom mogul Halsey Minor, the CNET founder, has spent freely on real estate, artwork, and startups. He’s having trouble keeping them all. The latest bauble to run aground: San Francisco magazine publisher 8020 Media.
I know what you’re thinking: Who starts a… Continue reading
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January 4, 2009
How Long Will the Greatest Depression Be?
When does a recession turn into a depression? When economists start getting fired! Since the experts can’t even agree on how long this downturn will last, let’s hope that starts happening soon.
One thing everyone agrees on: The current economic contraction, which began a year ago, will be the longest on record since the Great Depression. The optimistic scenario, voiced in the New York Times
