Category Archives: Forbes

Could Startups Be The Panacea Big Media Is Looking For? (And Vice Versa?)

Looks like big media companies are taking a page right out of “acquire a startup a week” Google, and may be trying to bolster their online properties (perhaps, amongst other things, to capture online ad sales) with web2.0 functionality. Case in point: Hearst which has recently acquired Kaboodle, a social networking site for shopping, [...]

New York Times Nails Fake Steve’s Identity. Did I Just Hear The World Say “Meh?”

So, you may or may not have heard that Fake Steve Jobs was outed today in the New York Times as a senior editor of Forbes, thanks to some intrepid reporting by one Brad Stone.  Three words came to mind when I read this story.
1. “Machiavellian”.
Remember when FSJ posted this indignant response about a [...]