Media-Whore D'oevres



"Best Week Ever’s large and loyal web community (we believe the term “sticky” could be used here) is in uproar over Star transplant David Caplan, who, we told you, was hired by VH1 to bring exclusive gossip reports to their network of web properties. Except it isn’t going over well, if you’re to read the comments." (Jossip)

"Yet another Huffington Post hire of note: The impossibly-named Willow Bay, former CNN, ABC and MSNBC anchor and wife of Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger, has signed up with Arianna Huffington's tribe as editor-at-large." (FishbowlNY)

"The family that controls Dow Jones & Company, publisher of The Wall Street Journal and one of the great names in American journalism, announced yesterday that it would consider selling the company. The announcement came after the family, the Bancrofts, said that it was willing to meet with Rupert Murdoch, just weeks after the family rejected an initial $5 billion takeover offer from Mr. Murdoch’s News Corporation.The decision, which represents a remarkable turnaround for both the company and for Mr. Murdoch’s bid, could end more than a century of family control over the company. For much of that time, The Wall Street Journal has been the gold standard in financial journalism." (NYTimes)

"Just like President Eisenhower did with highways, we need a leader who will commit to getting the job done and lead us back to the top position in the distribution of broadband and technology.It’s time we ask our candidates for president what they will do to insure that everyone is fully connected to the Internet and how this public resource can be used to make our country more competitive, more democratic, healthier, better educated, more secure and financially sound. With the help of our friend David Weinberger, we recently published a list of suggested policy goals for the candidates to consider. (See: www.techpresident.com.) Maybe some of them will realize that technology is not just a slice of the pie, it is actually the pan, capable of being a tool for change, innovation, and hope. Hopefully our next president will in fact be the first TechPresident." (Politico)